Concrete repair · Illinois

Zera Construction Company, Inc

Niles, IL · ~47 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.0
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Zera Construction Company, Inc runs at 179% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Concrete repair workplace, earning a grade D.

Zera Construction Company, Inc: 5.0 TCR = 179% of Concrete repair BLS 2.8 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Zera Construction Company, Inc safety composite

Zera Construction Company, Inc scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 81% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (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).

C

56/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 5 per 100 workers

Safer than 38% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 81% 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%).

Zera Construction Company, Inc held a steady TCR band

Zera Construction Company, Inc's TCR held near 0.2 from 4.4 in 2016 to 4.6 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 9.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=4.4 · 2017=2.4 · 2018=2.7 · 2019=9.8 · 2020=2.9 · 2021=2.8 · 2022=6.9 · 2023=8.6 · 2024=4.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238110 · Niles, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 5.0 · 179% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #38/48
  • PHOTO Prieto Construction …
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 19 inj
  • SIZE ~47 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Prieto Construction Company, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Zera Construction Company, Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Zera Construction Company, Inc averages 5.0 TCR (179% of the Concrete repair BLS benchmark).

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

Zera Construction Company, Inc TCR series: 2016=4.4 · 2017=2.4 · 2018=2.7 · 2019=9.8 · 2020=2.9 · 2021=2.8 · 2022=6.9 · 2023=8.6 · 2024=4.6 · BLS 2.8

Where Zera Construction Company, Inc falls in its industry

1,314 Concrete repair establishments

Safer than 38% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #38 safest of 48 Concrete repair employers in Illinois.

Zera Construction Company, Inc (47 employees, TCR 5.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 64 employees and a TCR of 3.8 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 0100200300 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Zera Construction Company, Inc
Zera Construction Company, Inc (47 employees, TCR 5.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 64 employees and a TCR of 3.8

Zera Construction Company, Inc has fewer employees than the Concrete repair median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.8. 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
2024 4.6 0.0 2 0 0
2023 8.6 6.4 4 0 0
2022 6.9 4.6 3 0 0
2021 2.8 2.8 1 0 0
2020 2.9 0.0 1 0 0
2019 9.8 9.8 4 0 0
2018 2.7 2.7 1 0 0
2017 2.4 2.4 1 0 0
2016 4.4 4.4 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238110 · IL · Niles

1,314 Concrete repair employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 111 employers in Niles, 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 Prieto Construction Company, Inc. 5.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Lonesome Dove Concrete Pumping LLC Belgrade 5.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR 8601 Forney Road, Dallas Texas 75227 5.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Coloscapes Concrete 5.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE 1987-Jerseyville, IL (Monsanto Co.) 47 FTE
STATE-SIZE Stonington, IL-Mfg 47 FTE
STATE-SIZE Prairie Power, Inc. 47 FTE
STATE-SIZE AMEREN ILLINOIS - Distribution Operating - Decatur 47 FTE
CITY-NEAR Aerospace Business Groups : Niles 1,010 FTE
CITY-NEAR Airframe Systems : Niles 978 FTE
CITY-NEAR Shure Incorporated 719 FTE
CITY-NEAR 3320 683 FTE
NAT-TCR Hayward Road 5.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Revlis - Akron 5.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Elevator Manufacturing Assembly Corporation, Inc. 5.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Wildman Business Group 5.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Linde - Research Triangle Park (Electronics) 47 FTE
NAT-SIZE Koshkonong Facility 47 FTE
NAT-SIZE CMC Recycling Odessa 47 FTE
NAT-SIZE CMC Recycling Fort Worth 47 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, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.