Furniture stores (e.g., household, office, outdoor) · Illinois
Walter E Smithe Furniture, Inc- Glendale Heights
Glendale Heights, IL · ~27 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 4.2
- Avg TCR
- 3.4
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Walter E Smithe Furniture, Inc- Glendale Heights runs at 122% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Furniture stores (e.g., household, office, outdoor) workplace, earning a grade D.
Walter E Smithe Furniture, Inc- Glendale Heights: 4.2 TCR = 122% of Furniture stores (e.g., household, office, outdoor) BLS 3.4 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Walter E Smithe Furniture, Inc- Glendale Heights safety composite
Walter E Smithe Furniture, Inc- Glendale Heights scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 73% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), blended into one 0-100 breakdown against same-industry peers. A missing measure drops out and redistributes its weight rather than deflating the score. This is a per-dimension breakdown, distinct from the single letter grade above it (which weights TCR alone against the BLS industry benchmark).
62/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- C 4.15 per 100 workers
Safer than 59% of industry peers
- DART rate
- C 0 per 100 workers
Safer than 73% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- D 0
Safer than 50% of industry peers
Benchmarked live against every credibly-rated employer in the same NAICS industry code in the current OSHA extract (a segment must have at least 8 rated peers to benchmark). Not a legal or compliance determination; PlainSafetyScore's own weighting (TCR 40%, DART 35%, fatalities 25%).
TCR Δ
−8.0
2018→2024
Walter E Smithe Furniture, Inc- Glendale Heights injury rate improved
Walter E Smithe Furniture, Inc- Glendale Heights's TCR fell 8.0 from 8.0 in 2018 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 8.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2018=8.0 · 2019=3.8 · 2020=8.5 · 2022=4.6 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=0.0
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 442110 · Glendale Heights, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade D · TCR 4.2 · 122% of ind
- DART 0.0 DART
- RANK #43/102
- PHOTO KWF GA Buford HomeSt…
- BOOK 6y book
- INJ 6 inj
- SIZE ~27 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: KWF GA Buford HomeStore (0.0 TCR gap)
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Walter E Smithe Furniture, Inc- Glendale Heights in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
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Walter E Smithe Furniture, Inc- Glendale Heights
4.2 TCR
- KWF GA Buford
KWF GA Buford HomeStore
4.2 TCR
- DBA Ashley Fur
DBA Ashley Furniture Homestores- Fresno
4.2 TCR
- Norcross Clear
Norcross Clearance Center #1095
4.2 TCR
- North Olmsted
North Olmsted
4.1 TCR
What this shows Walter E Smithe Furniture, Inc- Glendale Heights averages 4.2 TCR (122% of the Furniture stores (e.g., household, office, outdoor) BLS benchmark).
Walter E Smithe Furniture, Inc- Glendale Heights TCR series: 2018=8 · 2019=3.8 · 2020=8.5 · 2022=4.6 · 2023=0 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.4
Where Walter E Smithe Furniture, Inc- Glendale Heights falls in its industry
2,215 Furniture stores (e.g., househ establishmentsSafer than 59% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.0.
Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #43 safest of 102 Furniture stores (e.g., househ employers in Illinois.
Walter E Smithe Furniture, Inc- Glendale Heights has fewer employees than the Furniture stores (e.g., household, offic median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.0. Workforce size and injury rate do not always move together within the same industry -- some of its smaller peers run higher rates than its larger ones, and vice versa.
Year-by-Year Safety Data
| Year | TCR | DART | Injuries | Illnesses | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 4.6 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 8.5 | 4.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 8.0 | 4.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
442110 · IL · Glendale Heights
2,215 Furniture stores (e.g., household, office, outdoor) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 85 employers in Glendale Heights, IL · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.
| Rel | Establishment | Metric |
|---|---|---|
| NAICS-TCR | KWF GA Buford HomeStore | 4.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | DBA Ashley Furniture Homestores- Fresno | 4.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Norcross Clearance Center #1095 | 4.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | North Olmsted | 4.1 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Pizzo Native Plant Nursery, LLC | 27 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | C070 | 27 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Stonington, IL-R&D | 27 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Bloomington | 27 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | UChicago Medicine AdventHealth GlenOaks | 626 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Adventist GlenOaks Hospital | 531 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | MAIN | 381 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Kronos Foods | 380 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | New York Genome Center | 4.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Duininck - MN | 4.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Whittier Pacific Care Center | 4.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Jd Food | 4.2 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | ITW Performance Polymers | 27 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Prescott Valley AZ Yard | 27 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Spectra Colors | 27 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Turon Feed Yard | 27 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.