Packaging services (except packing and crating for transportation) · Illinois

Bolke Miller Company (1)

Waukegan, IL · ~69 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
1.9
Avg TCR
2.6
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Bolke Miller Company (1) runs at 75% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Packaging services (except packing and crating for transportation) workplace, earning a grade B.

Bolke Miller Company (1): 1.9 TCR = 75% of Packaging services (except packing and crating for transportation) BLS 2.6 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Bolke Miller Company (1) safety composite

Bolke Miller Company (1) scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 30%), 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

43/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 1.94 per 100 workers

Safer than 50% of industry peers

DART rate
F 1.61 per 100 workers

Safer than 30% 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%).

TCR Δ

−0.7

2021→2023

Bolke Miller Company (1) injury rate improved

Bolke Miller Company (1)'s TCR fell 0.7 from 2.3 in 2021 to 1.6 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2021 at 2.3 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.83× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=2.3 · 2023=1.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 561910 · Waukegan, IL AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 1.9 · 75% of ind

  • DART 1.6 DART
  • RANK #23/37
  • PHOTO Auropackaging
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~69 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Auropackaging (0.1 TCR gap)

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Bolke Miller Company (1) in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Bolke Miller Company (1) averages 1.9 TCR (75% of the Packaging services (except packing and crating for transportation) BLS benchmark).

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

Bolke Miller Company (1) TCR series: 2021=2.3 · 2023=1.6 · BLS 2.6

Where Bolke Miller Company (1) falls in its industry

228 Packaging services (except pac establishments

Safer than 50% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #23 safest of 37 Packaging services (except pac employers in Illinois.

Bolke Miller Company (1) (69 employees, TCR 1.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 130 employees and a TCR of 1.9 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 05001,0001,500 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Bolke Miller Company (1)
Bolke Miller Company (1) (69 employees, TCR 1.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 130 employees and a TCR of 1.9

Bolke Miller Company (1) has fewer employees than the Packaging services (except packing and c median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.9. 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 1.6 1.6 1 0 0
2021 2.3 2.3 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

561910 · IL · Waukegan

228 Packaging services (except packing and crating for transportation) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 141 employers in Waukegan, 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 Auropackaging 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Cleveland 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR BIC Charlotte Packaging 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR NOVO Health Services - Mason 1.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Pioneer HiBred International Inc. McLeansboro Production 69 FTE
STATE-SIZE Corteva Litchfield 69 FTE
STATE-SIZE 2057-Centralia, IL (Monsanto Co.) 69 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hennepin Power Station 69 FTE
CITY-NEAR Waukegan PSD #60 2,420 FTE
CITY-NEAR Vista Medical Center 936 FTE
CITY-NEAR Visual Pak Waukegan 807 FTE
CITY-NEAR American Blending & Filling 793 FTE
NAT-TCR Unified Brands 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Central Shops 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Groendyke Transport - Houston 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Ogden Day Program 1 1.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Armstrong Garden Centers Corporate Office 69 FTE
NAT-SIZE Canton South Svc Ctr 69 FTE
NAT-SIZE Abilene Transmission Svc 69 FTE
NAT-SIZE Providence Place 69 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.