Hair preparations (e.g., conditioners, dyes, rinses, shampoos) manufacturing · Illinois

AFAM Concept. Inc

Chicago, IL · ~120 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
10.3
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

AFAM Concept. Inc runs at 311% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Hair preparations (e.g., conditioners, dyes, rinses, shampoos) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

AFAM Concept. Inc: 10.3 TCR = 311% of Hair preparations (e.g., conditioners, dyes, rinses, shampoos) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

AFAM Concept. Inc safety composite

AFAM Concept. Inc scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 4%), 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

17/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 10.25 per 100 workers

Safer than 4% of industry peers

DART rate
F 5.48 per 100 workers

Safer than 7% 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

AFAM Concept. Inc: 8.2 → 12.3 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 12.3 TCR · DART/TCR 0.53× in 2018

AFAM Concept. Inc's TCR rose 4.1 from 8.2 in 2017 to 12.3 in 2018. In 2018, DART was 0.53× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325620 · Chicago, IL ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 10.3 · 311% of ind

  • DART 5.5 DART
  • RANK #24/24
  • PHOTO B&R Products LLC
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 18 inj
  • SIZE ~120 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: B&R Products LLC (0.4 TCR gap)

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AFAM Concept. Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows AFAM Concept. Inc averages 10.3 TCR (311% of the Hair preparations (e.g., conditioners, dyes, rinses, shampoos) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

AFAM Concept. Inc TCR series: 2017=8.2 · 2018=12.3 · BLS 3.3

Where AFAM Concept. Inc falls in its industry

260 Hair preparations (e.g., condi establishments

Safer than 4% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #24 safest of 24 Hair preparations (e.g., condi employers in Illinois.

AFAM Concept. Inc (120 employees, TCR 10.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 161 employees and a TCR of 2.3 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 0200400600800 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate AFAM Concept. Inc
AFAM Concept. Inc (120 employees, TCR 10.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 161 employees and a TCR of 2.3

AFAM Concept. Inc has fewer employees than the Hair preparations (e.g., conditioners, d median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.3. 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 12.3 5.5 9 0 0
2017 8.2 2.7 9 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325620 · IL · Chicago

260 Hair preparations (e.g., conditioners, dyes, rinses, shampoos) 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 Metric
NAICS-TCR B&R Products LLC 9.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Cosmos Corporation 9.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Mane USA 11.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Chae Manufacturing 11.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Ragnar Benson 120 FTE
STATE-SIZE TKC Highland 120 FTE
STATE-SIZE Utility Constructors 120 FTE
STATE-SIZE 123 - Archer Western/Herzog 4 JV 120 FTE
CITY-NEAR Chicago Public Schools 49,500 FTE
CITY-NEAR Chicago/Corporate 18,831 FTE
CITY-NEAR University of Illinois at Chicago 13,092 FTE
CITY-NEAR University Health Service UIC UIC Campus 12,732 FTE
NAT-TCR InterChange Operations 10.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Max & Erma's Mentor 10.3 TCR
NAT-TCR The Grove Care & Wellness ALF 10.3 TCR
NAT-TCR OUTWOOD 10.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Headquarters 120 FTE
NAT-SIZE Holland - YT 120 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sagamore (Masag) 120 FTE
NAT-SIZE Utica (Nyuti) 120 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.