Merchandise bags, plastics film, single wall or multiwall, manufacturing · Illinois

Aargus Recycling

Name: Aargus Recycling Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Chicago, IL · ~20 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

D
Poor Safety Record: 4.1
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Aargus Recycling runs at 125% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Merchandise bags, plastics film, single wall or multiwall, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Aargus Recycling: 4.1 TCR = 125% of Merchandise bags, plastics film, single wall or multiwall, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Aargus Recycling safety composite

Aargus Recycling scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 23%), 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).

33/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 4.11 per 100 workers

Safer than 31% of industry peers
DART rate: F 3.77 per 100 workers

Safer than 23% 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%).

TCR Δ

−0.7

2019→2020

Aargus Recycling injury rate improved

Aargus Recycling's TCR fell 0.7 from 4.4 in 2019 to 3.8 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2019 at 4.4 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0.92× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=4.4 · 2020=3.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 326111 · Chicago, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.1 · 125% of ind

DART 3.8 DART
RANK #16/22
PHOTO Laddawn Atlanta
BOOK 2y book
INJ 2 inj
SIZE ~20 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Laddawn Atlanta (0.0 TCR gap)

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4.1
Laddawn Atlant

4.1
Heritage Bag-L

4.1
TC Ultra Flex

4.1
Chroma Color C

4.1

What this shows Aargus Recycling averages 4.1 TCR (125% of the Merchandise bags, plastics film, single wall or multiwall, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Aargus Recycling TCR series: 2019=4.4 · 2020=3.8 · BLS 3.3

Where Aargus Recycling falls in its industry

322 Merchandise bags, plastics fil establishments

Safer than 31% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.9.

Grade D

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #16 safest of 22 Merchandise bags, plastics fil employers in Illinois.

Aargus Recycling (20 employees, TCR 4.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 118 employees and a TCR of 2.9

Aargus Recycling has fewer employees than the Merchandise bags, plastics film, single median and a higher 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
2020	3.8	3.8	1	0	0
2019	4.4	4.4	1	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

326111 · IL · Chicago

322 Merchandise bags, plastics film, single wall or multiwall, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 2,934 employers in Chicago, IL · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Laddawn Atlanta	ATLANTA, GA	4.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Heritage Bag-Lebanon	LEBANON, TN	4.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	TC Ultra Flex	BROOKLYN, NY	4.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Chroma Color Corporation- Delaware Ohio	DELAWARE, OH	4.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE	East Ridge	PEARL	20 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Bay Creek 4	NEW SALEM	20 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Deer Run	HUNTSVILLE	20 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Grand View Farms, LLC.	LAPRAIRIE	20 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Chicago Public Schools	Chicago	49,500 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Chicago/Corporate	Chicago	18,831 FTE
CITY-NEAR	University of Illinois at Chicago	Chicago	13,092 FTE
CITY-NEAR	University Health Service UIC UIC Campus	Chicago	12,732 FTE
NAT-TCR	Custom Ecology, Inc-Roseboro	Roseboro, NC	4.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	SageWest Healthcare	Riverton, WY	4.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	Concordia at Sumner	Copley, OH	4.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	Ross store 633	Aurora, CO	4.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Linc 0464 (Indy - F)	Indianapolis, IN	20 FTE
NAT-SIZE	607-Stl Shop	Saint Peters, MO	20 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Statewide Service Company	San Antonio, TX	20 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Valdez, AK	Valdez, AK	20 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: 2020, 2019. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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