Custom compounding (i.e., blending and mixing) of purchased plastics resins · Illinois

A.Schulman Carpentersville

Carpentersville, IL · ~29 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
7.4
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

A.Schulman Carpentersville runs at 225% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Custom compounding (i.e., blending and mixing) of purchased plastics resins workplace, earning a grade F.

A.Schulman Carpentersville: 7.4 TCR = 225% of Custom compounding (i.e., blending and mixing) of purchased plastics resins BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

A.Schulman Carpentersville safety composite

A.Schulman Carpentersville scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% 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

22/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.44 per 100 workers

Safer than 8% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.69 per 100 workers

Safer than 17% 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%).

TCR Δ

−7.5

2016→2017

A.Schulman Carpentersville injury rate improved

A.Schulman Carpentersville's TCR fell 7.5 from 11.2 in 2016 to 3.7 in 2017. Peak filing year was 2016 at 11.2 TCR. In 2017, DART was 0.5× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=11.2 · 2017=3.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325991 · Carpentersville, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 7.4 · 225% of ind

  • DART 3.7 DART
  • RANK #17/18
  • PHOTO MRC Polymers, Inc.
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~29 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: MRC Polymers, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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A.Schulman Carpentersville in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows A.Schulman Carpentersville averages 7.4 TCR (225% of the Custom compounding (i.e., blending and mixing) of purchased plastics resins BLS benchmark).

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

A.Schulman Carpentersville TCR series: 2016=11.2 · 2017=3.7 · BLS 3.3

Where A.Schulman Carpentersville falls in its industry

342 Custom compounding (i.e., blen establishments

Safer than 8% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #17 safest of 18 Custom compounding (i.e., blen employers in Illinois.

A.Schulman Carpentersville (29 employees, TCR 7.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 72 employees and a TCR of 2.5 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 0100200300400500 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate A.Schulman Carpentersville
A.Schulman Carpentersville (29 employees, TCR 7.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 72 employees and a TCR of 2.5

A.Schulman Carpentersville has fewer employees than the Custom compounding (i.e., blending and m median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.5. 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
2017 3.7 3.7 1 0 0
2016 11.2 11.2 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325991 · IL · Carpentersville

342 Custom compounding (i.e., blending and mixing) of purchased plastics resins employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 40 employers in Carpentersville, 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 MRC Polymers, Inc. 7.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR S&E Specialty Polymers, LLC 7.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Asahi Kasei Plastics- Athens 7.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Mesa Fully Formed, LLC - Mesa 7.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Grant Park 29 FTE
STATE-SIZE AMEREN ILLINOIS - Southern - IL Common Ops 29 FTE
STATE-SIZE AMEREN ILLINOIS - Western - IL Common Ops 29 FTE
STATE-SIZE AMEREN ILLINOIS - Eastern - IL Common Ops 29 FTE
CITY-NEAR OTTO Engineering 536 FTE
CITY-NEAR Recreation Services 480 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 1531 329 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1531 321 FTE
NAT-TCR Lake Delton (Wilak) 7.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Lumberton Center (Nclum) 7.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Hope House Foundation 7.4 TCR
NAT-TCR SAT - Airport United Airlines Offices 7.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE 0109 - Norfolk, Va 29 FTE
NAT-SIZE 0097 - Raleigh, Nc 29 FTE
NAT-SIZE 0016 - Modesto, Ca 29 FTE
NAT-SIZE Mid-West Roofing Company 29 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: 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.