Merchandise bags, plastics film, single wall or multiwall, manufacturing · Illinois
Aargus Recycling
Chicago, IL · ~20 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 4.1
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
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.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 4.1
- avg TCR · per 100 workers
- 3.3
- industry benchmark (BLS)
- 2
- recordable injuries tracked
Grade compares Aargus Recycling's OSHA Total Case Rate to the BLS industry benchmark across 2 years of Form 300A filings (2016–2024). This reflects reported recordable injuries, not an independent safety inspection -- underreporting is a known limitation of employer self-recordkeeping.
Injury rate over time
Aargus Recycling's yearly Total Case Rate, against the 3.3 industry benchmark.
Where Aargus Recycling falls in its industry
335 Merchandise bags, plastics fil establishmentsSafer than 30% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.8.
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 has an average TCR of 4.1, which is 125% of the industry average (3.3) for Merchandise bags, plastics film, single wall or multiwall, manufacturing. This is worse than average.
The letter grade is a transparent derived index PlainSafetyScore computes from public OSHA ITA and BLS benchmark data, not an official OSHA rating or safety certification. Full formula and thresholds: Methodology.
Trend analysis for Aargus Recycling
Between 2019 and 2020, Aargus Recycling's Total Case Rate improved from 4.4 to 3.8 recordable injuries per 100 full-time workers, a 15% decrease across 1 year of OSHA reporting.
The safest year on record was 2020, at a TCR of 3.8, while 2019 saw the highest rate, at 4.4, a spread of 0.7 points between the best and worst reporting years. That's a comparatively narrow spread, suggesting a fairly consistent safety record across the 2 years with a usable rate on file, rather than one outlier year skewing the multi-year average.
Summed across those 2 reporting years, Aargus Recycling recorded 2 total injuries and illnesses, with no fatalities reported in any of those years. Readers comparing establishments should weigh the 2-year trend above alongside establishment size, since a larger workforce naturally accumulates more raw incidents even at a lower per-100-worker rate.
Verify This Employer with OSHA
All injury, illness, and fatality figures on this page are sourced from Aargus Recycling's own mandatory OSHA Form 300A summaries. Cross-check the underlying establishment record directly against the federal source, name, NAICS classification, recordable case totals, and inspection history are all searchable on OSHA's Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data system.
Verify on OSHA Establishment SearchSource: U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data. NAICS 326111 - Merchandise bags, plastics film, single wall or multiwall, manufacturing.
DART Rate, Transparent Calculation (2020)
DART (Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred) is computed by OSHA as incidents × 200,000 ÷ hours worked. The 200,000-hour denominator equals roughly 100 full-time workers, which lets establishments of very different sizes be compared directly.
1 DART incidents × 200,000 ÷ 53,038 hours worked = 3.77 DART
Methodology: 29 CFR 1904, OSHA Form 300A recordkeeping
Cross-Validating Context, Establishment vs Industry vs State
| Benchmark | TCR | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Aargus Recycling (this establishment) | 4.11 | OSHA ITA Form 300A, 2-year avg |
| Manufacturing industry avg | 3.30 | BLS IIF, NAICS 326111 |
| Illinois state avg (all industries) | 4.73 | OSHA ITA, state-level rollup |
Industry benchmarks: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities (IIF) program
Reportable Incident Timeline
Year-by-year reportable incidents (recordable injuries + illnesses + fatalities) submitted by Aargus Recycling to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application. Each row anchors to OSHA's inspection records search where you can pull the underlying inspection case numbers and citations for that establishment-year.
- 2020: 1 reportable incidents · 1 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2019: 1 reportable incidents · 1 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
Source: OSHA Inspection Information System (IMIS) - inspection case-number records
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 |
What this grade means for you
Use this grade as a relative read on Aargus Recycling's reported OSHA injury record versus its Merchandise bags, plastics film, single wall or multiwall, manufacturing peers, not a verdict on whether any single site is safe today.
- At 125% of the Merchandise bags, plastics film, single wall or multiwall, manufacturing benchmark, Aargus Recycling reports more injuries than typical peers, ask specifically how the employer is reducing them. Know your rights
- Judge this record against the wider Merchandise bags, plastics film, single wall or multiwall, manufacturing sector, where injury rates vary widely, before comparing it in isolation. See the industry
- Grades reflect 2016–2024 filings; check the latest establishment record straight from OSHA, or look up a different employer. Look up another
Safety grades reflect employers' self-reported OSHA Form 300A filings from 2016 to 2024 and can lag current conditions. A grade is not a guarantee that any specific workplace is safe or unsafe today. See our methodology and disclaimer.
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