Hardware (except motor vehicle) merchant wholesalers · Illinois
Wurth Baer Supply Co Vernon Hills
Vernon Hills, IL · ~146 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- B
- Good Safety Record
- 1.3
- Avg TCR
- 2.2
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Wurth Baer Supply Co Vernon Hills runs at 60% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Hardware (except motor vehicle) merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade B.
Wurth Baer Supply Co Vernon Hills: 1.3 TCR = 60% of Hardware (except motor vehicle) merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Wurth Baer Supply Co Vernon Hills safety composite
Wurth Baer Supply Co Vernon Hills scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 78% 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).
63/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- B 1.32 per 100 workers
Safer than 78% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 1.11 per 100 workers
Safer than 54% 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%).
Rising injury rate
Wurth Baer Supply Co Vernon Hills: 0.0 → 1.7 TCR
Peak year 2023 @ 3.4 TCR · DART/TCR 0.84× in 2024
Wurth Baer Supply Co Vernon Hills's TCR rose 1.7 from 0.0 in 2020 to 1.7 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 3.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.84× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 423710 · Vernon Hills, IL AT/BELOW-IND · MID
Grade B · TCR 1.3 · 60% of ind
- DART 1.1 DART
- RANK #7/21
- PHOTO Gainesville Retail S…
- BOOK 5y book
- INJ 11 inj
- SIZE ~146 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Gainesville Retail Support Center (0.0 TCR gap)
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Wurth Baer Supply Co Vernon Hills in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Wurth Baer Supply Co Vernon Hills
1.3 TCR
- Gainesville Re
Gainesville Retail Support Center
1.3 TCR
- Richelieu Amer
Richelieu America CHI
1.3 TCR
- Industrial Riv
Industrial Rivet & Fastener Co.
1.3 TCR
- Duluth-Airgas
Duluth-Airgas Safety
1.3 TCR
What this shows Wurth Baer Supply Co Vernon Hills averages 1.3 TCR (60% of the Hardware (except motor vehicle) merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).
Wurth Baer Supply Co Vernon Hills TCR series: 2020=0 · 2021=0.8 · 2022=0.7 · 2023=3.4 · 2024=1.7 · BLS 2.2
Where Wurth Baer Supply Co Vernon Hills falls in its industry
449 Hardware (except motor vehicle establishmentsSafer than 78% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.9.
Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #7 safest of 21 Hardware (except motor vehicle employers in Illinois.
Wurth Baer Supply Co Vernon Hills has more employees than the Hardware (except motor vehicle) merchant median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.9. 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 | 1.7 | 1.1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 3.4 | 0.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
423710 · IL · Vernon Hills
449 Hardware (except motor vehicle) merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 65 employers in Vernon Hills, 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 | Gainesville Retail Support Center | 1.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Richelieu America CHI | 1.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Industrial Rivet & Fastener Co. | 1.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Duluth-Airgas Safety | 1.3 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Early Construction Inc. | 146 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Henkels & McCoy, Inc - Aurora, IL | 146 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Herman Seekamp, Inc | 146 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Illinois | 146 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Vernon Hills | 1,273 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Rust-Oleum | 580 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Vernon Hills, IL - BCU | 434 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | BD Vernon Hills | 375 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Clean Harbors San Jose LLC 67SJ | 1.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Columbus - 9799 Heartland Court | 1.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Sodexo at Denver Performing Arts Complex | 1.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Dolphins Cove | 1.3 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | 10453 Wilmington | 146 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | 10352 Pompano Beach | 146 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Somerby of Mobile | 146 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | 10173 Santa Monica | 146 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.