Locomotive and rail car repair (except factory conversion, factory overhaul, factory rebuilding) · Illinois

WheelWorx PEKIN

Pekin, IL · ~34 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
2.0
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

WheelWorx PEKIN runs at 46% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Locomotive and rail car repair (except factory conversion, factory overhaul, factory rebuilding) workplace, earning a grade A.

WheelWorx PEKIN: 2.0 TCR = 46% of Locomotive and rail car repair (except factory conversion, factory overhaul, factory rebuilding) BLS 4.5 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

WheelWorx PEKIN safety composite

WheelWorx PEKIN scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 63% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 38%), 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).

D

51/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.05 per 100 workers

Safer than 63% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.09 per 100 workers

Safer than 38% 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

−4.8

2017→2023

WheelWorx PEKIN injury rate improved

WheelWorx PEKIN's TCR fell 4.8 from 6.9 in 2017 to 2.1 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2017 at 6.9 TCR. In 2023, DART was 1.02× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=6.9 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=2.8 · 2020=2.6 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=2.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 488210 · Pekin, IL AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 2.0 · 46% of ind

  • DART 2.1 DART
  • RANK #13/36
  • PHOTO GLOBAL 2
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~34 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: GLOBAL 2 (0.0 TCR gap)

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WheelWorx PEKIN in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows WheelWorx PEKIN averages 2.0 TCR (46% of the Locomotive and rail car repair (except factory conversion, factory overhaul, factory rebuilding) BLS benchmark).

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

WheelWorx PEKIN TCR series: 2017=6.9 · 2018=0 · 2019=2.8 · 2020=2.6 · 2021=0 · 2022=0 · 2023=2.1 · BLS 4.5

Where WheelWorx PEKIN falls in its industry

409 Locomotive and rail car repair establishments

Safer than 63% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #13 safest of 36 Locomotive and rail car repair employers in Illinois.

WheelWorx PEKIN (34 employees, TCR 2.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 51 employees and a TCR of 2.8 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 0200400600800 02468 Average employees Total Case Rate WheelWorx PEKIN
WheelWorx PEKIN (34 employees, TCR 2.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 51 employees and a TCR of 2.8

WheelWorx PEKIN has fewer employees than the Locomotive and rail car repair (except f median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.8. 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
2023 2.1 2.1 1 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 2.6 2.6 1 0 0
2019 2.8 2.8 1 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 6.9 3.5 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

488210 · IL · Pekin

409 Locomotive and rail car repair (except factory conversion, factory overhaul, factory rebuilding) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 84 employers in Pekin, 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 GLOBAL 2 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Smithfield Terminal 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR TTX- WRRX 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR GLOBAL 4 TSS 2.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Cresco Labs - Kankakee 34 FTE
STATE-SIZE Kendall Energy Facility 34 FTE
STATE-SIZE Adams Electric 34 FTE
STATE-SIZE Town of Normal - Water 34 FTE
CITY-NEAR Federal Correctional Institution - Staff and Inmates 1,380 FTE
CITY-NEAR Pekin Hospital 420 FTE
CITY-NEAR 603 367 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 603 351 FTE
NAT-TCR Mertek Solutions, Inc. 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR George Koch Sons - Caledonia 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Desert Mist Farms 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Frock Bros.Trucking Inc. 2.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE TTK Enterprises LLC 34 FTE
NAT-SIZE McConnell & Son Inc. 34 FTE
NAT-SIZE Eldora Specialty Care 34 FTE
NAT-SIZE Tgnr Tvl LLC 34 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: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.