Bottles, plastics, manufacturing · Illinois

Axium Chicago

Bartlett, IL · ~239 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
1.9
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Axium Chicago runs at 59% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Bottles, plastics, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

Axium Chicago: 1.9 TCR = 59% of Bottles, plastics, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Axium Chicago safety composite

Axium Chicago scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 39%), 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).

D

47/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 1.95 per 100 workers

Safer than 51% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.08 per 100 workers

Safer than 39% 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

−0.7

2020→2023

Axium Chicago injury rate improved

Axium Chicago's TCR fell 0.7 from 1.8 in 2020 to 1.1 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2021 at 3.0 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.55× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=1.8 · 2021=3.0 · 2023=1.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 326160 · Bartlett, IL AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 1.9 · 59% of ind

  • DART 1.1 DART
  • RANK #14/34
  • PHOTO Plastipak- Ottumwa
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 15 inj
  • SIZE ~239 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Plastipak- Ottumwa (0.0 TCR gap)

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Axium Chicago in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Axium Chicago averages 1.9 TCR (59% of the Bottles, plastics, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Axium Chicago TCR series: 2020=1.8 · 2021=3 · 2023=1.1 · BLS 3.3

Where Axium Chicago falls in its industry

411 Bottles, plastics, manufacturi establishments

Safer than 51% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #14 safest of 34 Bottles, plastics, manufacturi employers in Illinois.

Axium Chicago (239 employees, TCR 1.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 77 employees and a TCR of 2.0 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 0100200300400 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Axium Chicago
Axium Chicago (239 employees, TCR 1.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 77 employees and a TCR of 2.0

Axium Chicago has more employees than the Bottles, plastics, manufacturing median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.0. 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
2023 1.1 1.1 3 0 0
2021 3.0 2.6 8 0 0
2020 1.8 1.8 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

326160 · IL · Bartlett

411 Bottles, plastics, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 49 employers in Bartlett, 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 Plastipak- Ottumwa 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR 43 RCT Jefferson 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Amcor Rigid Plastics 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Logoplaste, Kansas City 1.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Main Office Building (MOB) 239 FTE
STATE-SIZE wenona 239 FTE
STATE-SIZE NSA Rubin Bros LLC 239 FTE
STATE-SIZE American Buildings Company-Midwest Division 239 FTE
CITY-NEAR Rana Meal Solutions 898 FTE
CITY-NEAR Greco and Sons 425 FTE
CITY-NEAR Bartlett Park District 378 FTE
CITY-NEAR Get Fresh Produce - Bartlett 363 FTE
NAT-TCR houck specialty contractors 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Woodlawn Svc Ctr 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Groveland Tap 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Engineered Materials : Hudson 1.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE 8807716-Damco Dist Services-Va 239 FTE
NAT-SIZE Altru FMC, Home Care 239 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sunrise Erectors, Inc. 239 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sanrose Home Health Services, Inc. 239 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: 2023, 2021, 2020. 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.