Masonry contractors · Illinois

Western Specialty Contractors - Chicago 109

Glendale Heights, IL · ~33 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.1
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Western Specialty Contractors - Chicago 109 runs at 39% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Masonry contractors workplace, earning a grade A.

Western Specialty Contractors - Chicago 109: 1.1 TCR = 39% of Masonry contractors BLS 2.8 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Western Specialty Contractors - Chicago 109 safety composite

Western Specialty Contractors - Chicago 109 scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 91% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).

B

77/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 1.08 per 100 workers

Safer than 91% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 80% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 51% 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

−3.2

2022→2024

Western Specialty Contractors - Chicago 109 injury rate improved

Western Specialty Contractors - Chicago 109's TCR fell 3.2 from 3.2 in 2022 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 3.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=3.2 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238140 · Glendale Heights, IL AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 1.1 · 39% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #3/24
  • PHOTO Grunwell-Cashero Co
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~33 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Grunwell-Cashero Co (0.0 TCR gap)

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Western Specialty Contractors - Chicago 109 in the TCR neighbourhood

Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers

TCR

What this shows Western Specialty Contractors - Chicago 109 averages 1.1 TCR (39% of the Masonry contractors BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-08-25

Western Specialty Contractors - Chicago 109 TCR series: 2022=3.2 · 2023=0 · 2024=0 · BLS 2.8

Where Western Specialty Contractors - Chicago 109 falls in its industry

703 Masonry contractors establishments

Safer than 91% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 24 Masonry contractors employers in Illinois.

Western Specialty Contractors - Chicago 109 (33 employees, TCR 1.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 52 employees and a TCR of 3.9 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 30 entities by Average employees (X) and Total Case Rate (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. Larger & higher-riskSmaller & higher-riskLarger & saferSmaller & safer than peers 0200400600 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Western Specialty Contractors - Chicago 109
Western Specialty Contractors - Chicago 109 (33 employees, TCR 1.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 52 employees and a TCR of 3.9

Western Specialty Contractors - Chicago 109 has fewer employees than the Masonry contractors median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.9. 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 3.2 3.2 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238140 · IL · Glendale Heights

703 Masonry contractors 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 Grunwell-Cashero Co 1.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Griffin Masonry 1.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Mid-Continental Restoration 1.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Schad Boiler Setting Company 1.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE PharmaCann Dwight 33 FTE
STATE-SIZE Konos 33 FTE
STATE-SIZE Mendota Farm Shop 208 33 FTE
STATE-SIZE NRG Will County Generating Station 33 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 Houston TX Truss 1.1 TCR
NAT-TCR HO1 Gulfstream Service Center 1.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Mid-Ohio Food Collective 1.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Seagraves GP Shelling Plant 1.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE PL Developments - Clinton Warehouse 33 FTE
NAT-SIZE Postle Industries Inc. 33 FTE
NAT-SIZE Stephenson Equipment Inc - Butler 33 FTE
NAT-SIZE Suderman Contracting Stevedores (Houston) dba Metro Ports 33 FTE

Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →

Data Source: OSHA Injury Tracking Application (ITA), mandatory establishment-level injury/illness reports. Grades compare employer Total Case Rate (TCR) to BLS IIF industry benchmarks. Data covers years reported by this establishment: 2024, 2023, 2022. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.