Store display fixtures manufacturing · Illinois

Z-West

St. Charles, IL · ~55 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
7.1
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Z-West runs at 214% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Store display fixtures manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Z-West: 7.1 TCR = 214% of Store display fixtures manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Z-West safety composite

Z-West scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 29%), 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).

F

34/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.07 per 100 workers

Safer than 29% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.87 per 100 workers

Safer than 29% 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

Z-West: 4.1 → 5.8 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 14.4 TCR · DART/TCR 0.55× in 2019

Z-West's TCR rose 1.7 from 4.1 in 2016 to 5.8 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2018 at 14.4 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0.55× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 337215 · St. Charles, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 7.1 · 214% of ind

  • DART 3.9 DART
  • RANK #20/26
  • PHOTO Mack Studios
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 16 inj
  • SIZE ~55 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Mack Studios (0.0 TCR gap)

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Z-West in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Z-West averages 7.1 TCR (214% of the Store display fixtures manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Z-West TCR series: 2016=4.1 · 2017=4 · 2018=14.4 · 2019=5.8 · BLS 3.3

Where Z-West falls in its industry

231 Store display fixtures manufac establishments

Safer than 29% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #20 safest of 26 Store display fixtures manufac employers in Illinois.

Z-West (55 employees, TCR 7.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 76 employees and a TCR of 5.1 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 02004006008001,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Z-West
Z-West (55 employees, TCR 7.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 76 employees and a TCR of 5.1

Z-West has fewer employees than the Store display fixtures manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.1. 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
2019 5.8 3.9 3 0 0
2018 14.4 11.5 10 0 0
2017 4.0 4.0 2 0 0
2016 4.1 4.1 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

337215 · IL · St. Charles

231 Store display fixtures manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 87 employers in St. Charles, 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 Mack Studios 7.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Design Master Displays 7.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Middlebury 7.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Lozier Corporation - Joplin 7.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Illinois 55 FTE
STATE-SIZE 0G6 - Gas Storage 55 FTE
STATE-SIZE BS&T Construction 55 FTE
STATE-SIZE JOSCO Construction Services, Inc 55 FTE
CITY-NEAR Rukel Management, LLC. 607 FTE
CITY-NEAR Omron Automotive Electronics, Inc. (OEDC) 572 FTE
CITY-NEAR Nidec Mobility of America Corporation 454 FTE
CITY-NEAR Nidec Mobility America Corporation 439 FTE
NAT-TCR Community Home Health Network of Indiana 20-5280817 7.1 TCR
NAT-TCR The DM Burr Group - Swartz Creek Schools 7.1 TCR
NAT-TCR 6400-Swy 0005 1681 7.1 TCR
NAT-TCR 6962-Swy 0025 1195 7.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Performance Contractors, Inc. - Valero Houston 55 FTE
NAT-SIZE Fairburn D.C. 55 FTE
NAT-SIZE Refuse Division - Pearl City Collection Yard 55 FTE
NAT-SIZE US OH Cincinnati Plant 55 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: 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.