Profile shapes (e.g., rod, tube), nonrigid plastics, manufacturing · Illinois

A&E Plastics, LLC

Elgin, IL · ~30 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
6.8
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

A&E Plastics, LLC runs at 207% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Profile shapes (e.g., rod, tube), nonrigid plastics, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

A&E Plastics, LLC: 6.8 TCR = 207% of Profile shapes (e.g., rod, tube), nonrigid plastics, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

A&E Plastics, LLC safety composite

A&E Plastics, LLC scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 9%), 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

22/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.83 per 100 workers

Safer than 17% of industry peers

DART rate
F 7.33 per 100 workers

Safer than 9% 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

A&E Plastics, LLC: 6.3 → 7.3 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 7.3 TCR · DART/TCR 1.07× in 2018

A&E Plastics, LLC's TCR rose 1.0 from 6.3 in 2017 to 7.3 in 2018. In 2018, DART was 1.07× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 326121 · Elgin, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 6.8 · 207% of ind

  • DART 7.3 DART
  • RANK #6/7
  • PHOTO Advanced Plastics
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~30 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Advanced Plastics (0.1 TCR gap)

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A&E Plastics, LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows A&E Plastics, LLC averages 6.8 TCR (207% of the Profile shapes (e.g., rod, tube), nonrigid plastics, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

A&E Plastics, LLC TCR series: 2017=6.3 · 2018=7.3 · BLS 3.3

Where A&E Plastics, LLC falls in its industry

202 Profile shapes (e.g., rod, tub establishments

Safer than 17% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 7 Profile shapes (e.g., rod, tub employers in Illinois.

A&E Plastics, LLC (30 employees, TCR 6.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 71 employees and a TCR of 3.7 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 050100150200250 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate A&E Plastics, LLC
A&E Plastics, LLC (30 employees, TCR 6.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 71 employees and a TCR of 3.7

A&E Plastics, LLC has fewer employees than the Profile shapes (e.g., rod, tube), nonrig median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.7. 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
2018 7.3 7.3 2 0 0
2017 6.3 6.3 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

326121 · IL · Elgin

202 Profile shapes (e.g., rod, tube), nonrigid plastics, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 250 employers in Elgin, 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 Advanced Plastics 7.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR NewAge Industries 7.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Inplex Custom Extruders LLC 6.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Alliance Plastics Corp 7.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Odell Fire 30 FTE
STATE-SIZE AMEREN ILLINOIS - Northern N - IL Common Ops 30 FTE
STATE-SIZE Chicago Loop Tech 30 FTE
STATE-SIZE Spoon River Electric Cooperative, Inc. 30 FTE
CITY-NEAR Advocate Sherman Hospital 1,717 FTE
CITY-NEAR Elgin John B. Sanfilippo & Son 987 FTE
CITY-NEAR City of Elgin 986 FTE
CITY-NEAR American NTN Bearing Manufacturing Corporation-Elgin 774 FTE
NAT-TCR Reading Hospital 6.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Legends - Veterans at Virginia Beach 6.8 TCR
NAT-TCR NFOG0 - Ogden UT 6.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Traverse City Center (Mitcy) 6.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Rai Mx Dca 30 FTE
NAT-SIZE 0011 - Stockton, Ca 30 FTE
NAT-SIZE 0006 - Hesperia, Ca 30 FTE
NAT-SIZE 0005 - Bakersfield, CA 30 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: 2018, 2017. 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.