Packaging machinery manufacturing · Illinois

Algus Packaging, Inc. - East Taylor

Dekalb, IL · ~77 workers · 6 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

Algus Packaging, Inc. - East Taylor runs at 208% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Packaging machinery manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Algus Packaging, Inc. - East Taylor: 6.8 TCR = 208% of Packaging machinery manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Algus Packaging, Inc. - East Taylor safety composite

Algus Packaging, Inc. - East Taylor scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 8%), 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

19/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.85 per 100 workers

Safer than 8% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.08 per 100 workers

Safer than 9% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 51% 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

Algus Packaging, Inc. - East Taylor: 3.4 → 6.8 TCR

Peak year 2019 @ 13.6 TCR · DART/TCR 0.6× in 2021

Algus Packaging, Inc. - East Taylor's TCR rose 3.4 from 3.4 in 2016 to 6.8 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2019 at 13.6 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.6× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 333993 · Dekalb, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 6.8 · 208% of ind

  • DART 4.1 DART
  • RANK #29/33
  • PHOTO Mayco Inc.
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 31 inj
  • SIZE ~77 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Mayco Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Algus Packaging, Inc. - East Taylor in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Algus Packaging, Inc. - East Taylor averages 6.8 TCR (208% of the Packaging machinery manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Algus Packaging, Inc. - East Taylor TCR series: 2016=3.4 · 2017=1.1 · 2018=4.1 · 2019=13.6 · 2020=12.1 · 2021=6.8 · BLS 3.3

Where Algus Packaging, Inc. - East Taylor falls in its industry

269 Packaging machinery manufactur establishments

Safer than 8% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #29 safest of 33 Packaging machinery manufactur employers in Illinois.

Algus Packaging, Inc. - East Taylor (77 employees, TCR 6.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 66 employees and a TCR of 2.4 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 02468 Average employees Total Case Rate Algus Packaging, Inc. - East Taylor
Algus Packaging, Inc. - East Taylor (77 employees, TCR 6.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 66 employees and a TCR of 2.4

Algus Packaging, Inc. - East Taylor has more employees than the Packaging machinery manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.4. 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
2021 6.8 4.1 5 0 0
2020 12.1 5.4 9 0 0
2019 13.6 4.1 10 0 0
2018 4.1 1.4 3 0 0
2017 1.1 1.1 1 0 0
2016 3.4 2.3 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

333993 · IL · Dekalb

269 Packaging machinery manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 93 employers in Dekalb, 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 Mayco Inc. 6.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Milan-Deere Returns 6.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Eastey Enterprises 6.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Derby Industries, LLC Anderson Location 6.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Albers Farm 77 FTE
STATE-SIZE Facebook DKL 1 2 NEW 20126004 77 FTE
STATE-SIZE Builtech Services, LLC. 77 FTE
STATE-SIZE William A. Randolph, Inc. 77 FTE
CITY-NEAR 3842 - UDC-DeKalb 1,635 FTE
CITY-NEAR 3842 - DeKalb UDC 1,411 FTE
CITY-NEAR Northwestern Medicine Kishwaukee Hospital 1,067 FTE
CITY-NEAR DeKalb Community Unit School District #428 940 FTE
NAT-TCR Emplotment :68 6.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Production & Warehouse 6 6.8 TCR
NAT-TCR West Michigan Compounding - Moore 6.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Appalachian Tank Car Services - Kingsport TN 6.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Good Samaritan Society Pine River 77 FTE
NAT-SIZE LGS Pace, LLC.-AZ 77 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sutter Care at Home (247-T1) 77 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sutter Care at Home (247-SJ) 77 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: 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.