Organo-inorganic compound manufacturing · Illinois
AB Specialty Silicones
Waukegan, IL · ~78 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 2.9
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 4
- Fatalities
The verdict
AB Specialty Silicones runs at 89% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Organo-inorganic compound manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.
AB Specialty Silicones: 2.9 TCR = 89% of Organo-inorganic compound manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)
AB Specialty Silicones safety composite
AB Specialty Silicones scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 75% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 0%), 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).
36/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 2.93 per 100 workers
Safer than 25% of industry peers
- DART rate
- B 0 per 100 workers
Safer than 75% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- F 4
Safer than 0% 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
−2.0
2016→2024
AB Specialty Silicones injury rate improved
AB Specialty Silicones's TCR fell 2.0 from 2.0 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 8.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2016=2.0 · 2019=8.9 · 2020=5.0 · 2021=2.1 · 2022=1.2 · 2023=1.3 · 2024=0.0
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 325199 · Waukegan, IL AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL
Grade C · TCR 2.9 · 89% of ind
- DART 0.0 DART
- RANK #18/25
- PHOTO Cedar Concepts Corpo…
- BOOK 7y book
- INJ 14 inj
- SIZE ~78 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Cedar Concepts Corporation (0.0 TCR gap)
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AB Specialty Silicones in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Cedar Concepts
Cedar Concepts Corporation
3 TCR
- Aprinnova
Aprinnova
3 TCR
- UNGERER & COMP
UNGERER & COMPANY - BETHLEHEM
3 TCR
- This site
AB Specialty Silicones
2.9 TCR
- Smallman Stree
Smallman Street
2.9 TCR
What this shows AB Specialty Silicones averages 2.9 TCR (89% of the Organo-inorganic compound manufacturing BLS benchmark).
AB Specialty Silicones TCR series: 2016=2 · 2019=8.9 · 2020=5 · 2021=2.1 · 2022=1.2 · 2023=1.3 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.3
Where AB Specialty Silicones falls in its industry
552 Organo-inorganic compound manu establishmentsSafer than 25% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.5.
Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #18 safest of 25 Organo-inorganic compound manu employers in Illinois.
AB Specialty Silicones has more employees than the Organo-inorganic compound manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.5. 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 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 1.3 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 5.0 | 3.7 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 2019 | 8.9 | 4.5 | 7 | 1 | 4 |
| 2016 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
325199 · IL · Waukegan
552 Organo-inorganic compound manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 141 employers in Waukegan, 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 | Cedar Concepts Corporation | 3.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Smallman Street | 2.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Aprinnova | 3.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | UNGERER & COMPANY - BETHLEHEM | 3.0 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Bedford Grow LLC | 78 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Waukegan Station | 78 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Chicago West Tech | 78 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Corn Belt Energy Corporation | 78 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Waukegan PSD #60 | 2,420 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Vista Medical Center | 936 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Visual Pak Waukegan | 807 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | American Blending & Filling | 793 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | PDC, Inc. | 2.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Centro Emergencias y Medicina Intengrada | 2.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Magnolia Station | 2.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | WireCo WorldGroup Rosenberg | 2.9 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Dixon | 78 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Vienna Village, Inc. | 78 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Avantara Norton | 78 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Signal Restoration USA | 78 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.