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

A.Schulman, Inc. East Chicago

East Chicago, IN · ~30 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
8.9
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

A.Schulman, Inc. East Chicago runs at 270% 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, Inc. East Chicago: 8.9 TCR = 270% of Custom compounding (i.e., blending and mixing) of purchased plastics resins BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

A.Schulman, Inc. East Chicago safety composite

A.Schulman, Inc. East Chicago scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 2%), 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

15/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 8.91 per 100 workers

Safer than 5% of industry peers

DART rate
F 9.68 per 100 workers

Safer than 2% 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.Schulman, Inc. East Chicago: 4.9 → 12.9 TCR

Peak year 2017 @ 12.9 TCR · DART/TCR 1.09× in 2017

A.Schulman, Inc. East Chicago's TCR rose 8.0 from 4.9 in 2016 to 12.9 in 2017. In 2017, DART was 1.09× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325991 · East Chicago, IN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 8.9 · 270% of ind

  • DART 9.7 DART
  • RANK #30/30
  • PHOTO Tymex Plastics Inc
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~30 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Tymex Plastics Inc (0.6 TCR gap)

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A.Schulman, Inc. East Chicago in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows A.Schulman, Inc. East Chicago averages 8.9 TCR (270% 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, Inc. East Chicago TCR series: 2016=4.9 · 2017=12.9 · BLS 3.3

Where A.Schulman, Inc. East Chicago falls in its industry

342 Custom compounding (i.e., blen establishments

Safer than 5% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Indiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #30 safest of 30 Custom compounding (i.e., blen employers in Indiana.

A.Schulman, Inc. East Chicago (30 employees, TCR 8.9) 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, Inc. East Chicago
A.Schulman, Inc. East Chicago (30 employees, TCR 8.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 72 employees and a TCR of 2.5

A.Schulman, Inc. East Chicago 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 12.9 9.7 4 0 0
2016 4.9 4.9 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325991 · IN · East Chicago

342 Custom compounding (i.e., blending and mixing) of purchased plastics resins employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,750 rated employers in Indiana with headcount on file · 69 employers in East Chicago, IN · 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 Tymex Plastics Inc 8.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Deckorators Inc dba Cedar Poly 8.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Universal Consumer Products INC 8.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Foster West Corporation 8.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Noblesville Generating Station 30 FTE
STATE-SIZE Lawrenceburg Power, LLC 30 FTE
STATE-SIZE HQ 30 FTE
STATE-SIZE Steuben County REMC 30 FTE
CITY-NEAR Arcelormittal Indiana Harbor 3,844 FTE
CITY-NEAR Cleveland-Cliffs - Indiana Harbor 3,192 FTE
CITY-NEAR Ameristar East Chicago 1,371 FTE
CITY-NEAR Ameristar Casino and Hotel East Chicago 1,155 FTE
NAT-TCR Giant Eagle #3021 8.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Austin Lighthouse 8.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Livonia Woods-Livonia Woods SNF 8.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Arc Twin Cities Brooklyn Center 8.9 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: 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.