Furniture stores (e.g., household, office, outdoor) · Illinois
Walter E Smithe Furniture, Inc - Operations Center
Itasca, IL · ~130 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 4.3
- Avg TCR
- 3.4
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Walter E Smithe Furniture, Inc - Operations Center runs at 125% 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 - Operations Center: 4.3 TCR = 125% of Furniture stores (e.g., household, office, outdoor) BLS 3.4 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Walter E Smithe Furniture, Inc - Operations Center safety composite
Walter E Smithe Furniture, Inc - Operations Center scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 59% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 44%), 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).
52/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- C 4.26 per 100 workers
Safer than 59% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 0.91 per 100 workers
Safer than 44% 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
−2.9
2018→2024
Walter E Smithe Furniture, Inc - Operations Center injury rate improved
Walter E Smithe Furniture, Inc - Operations Center's TCR fell 2.9 from 4.7 in 2018 to 1.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 6.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.21× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2018=4.7 · 2019=4.4 · 2020=6.3 · 2022=4.2 · 2023=4.2 · 2024=1.8
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 442110 · Itasca, IL ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade D · TCR 4.3 · 125% of ind
- DART 0.9 DART
- RANK #45/102
- PHOTO 4535-1470
- BOOK 6y book
- INJ 30 inj
- SIZE ~130 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: 4535-1470 (0.0 TCR gap)
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Walter E Smithe Furniture, Inc - Operations Center in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Walter E Smithe Furniture, Inc - Operations Center
4.3 TCR
- 4535-1470
4535-1470
4.3 TCR
- Syracuse Store
Syracuse Store - 01
4.3 TCR
- 4535-0752
4535-0752
4.3 TCR
- Avon Warehouse
Avon Warehouse
4.3 TCR
What this shows Walter E Smithe Furniture, Inc - Operations Center averages 4.3 TCR (125% of the Furniture stores (e.g., household, office, outdoor) BLS benchmark).
Walter E Smithe Furniture, Inc - Operations Center TCR series: 2018=4.7 · 2019=4.4 · 2020=6.3 · 2022=4.2 · 2023=4.2 · 2024=1.8 · BLS 3.4
Where Walter E Smithe Furniture, Inc - Operations Center 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 #45 safest of 102 Furniture stores (e.g., househ employers in Illinois.
Walter E Smithe Furniture, Inc - Operations Center has more 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 | 1.8 | 0.9 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 4.2 | 2.5 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 4.2 | 2.8 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 6.3 | 5.4 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 4.4 | 0.9 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 4.7 | 3.8 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
442110 · IL · Itasca
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 · 110 employers in Itasca, 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 | 4535-1470 | 4.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Syracuse Store - 01 | 4.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | 4535-0752 | 4.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Avon Warehouse | 4.3 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Buffalo Grove Facility | 130 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Effingham | 130 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Midwestern Pet Foods, Inc. - Monmouth | 130 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Geka Manufacturing Corporation | 130 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Diverzify | 1,004 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Fellowes, Inc Itasca | 536 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | JH Associate Management LLC | 526 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | MTS Titan Electric | 460 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Social Vocational Services 263 | 4.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Calleguas Municipal Water District | 4.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Thermal Concepts, Inc. | 4.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Yogi Bear's Jellystone Park: Lazy River | 4.3 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Richland JMS | 130 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Al Packer's White Marsh Ford, LLC | 130 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Franciscan Health Crawfordsville | 130 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Fresno Office | 130 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.