Awnings, rigid plastics or fiberglass, manufacturing · Illinois

Carstin Brands

Arthur, IL · ~119 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
7.6
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Carstin Brands runs at 231% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Awnings, rigid plastics or fiberglass, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Carstin Brands: 7.6 TCR = 231% of Awnings, rigid plastics or fiberglass, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Carstin Brands safety composite

Carstin Brands scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 11%), 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 7.62 per 100 workers

Safer than 15% of industry peers

DART rate
F 6.27 per 100 workers

Safer than 11% 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

−1.1

2018→2021

Carstin Brands injury rate improved

Carstin Brands's TCR fell 1.1 from 7.4 in 2018 to 6.3 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2019 at 8.6 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.82× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=7.4 · 2019=8.6 · 2020=8.3 · 2021=6.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 326199 · Arthur, IL ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 7.6 · 231% of ind

  • DART 6.3 DART
  • RANK #159/175
  • PHOTO OCRS Harrisburg
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 37 inj
  • SIZE ~119 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: OCRS Harrisburg (0.0 TCR gap)

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Carstin Brands in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Carstin Brands averages 7.6 TCR (231% of the Awnings, rigid plastics or fiberglass, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Carstin Brands TCR series: 2018=7.4 · 2019=8.6 · 2020=8.3 · 2021=6.3 · BLS 3.3

Where Carstin Brands falls in its industry

2,838 Awnings, rigid plastics or fib establishments

Safer than 15% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #159 safest of 175 Awnings, rigid plastics or fib employers in Illinois.

Carstin Brands (119 employees, TCR 7.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 101 employees and a TCR of 3.5 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 0100200300400 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Carstin Brands
Carstin Brands (119 employees, TCR 7.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 101 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Carstin Brands has more employees than the Awnings, rigid plastics or fiberglass, m median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.5. 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
2021 6.3 6.3 9 0 0
2020 8.3 8.3 10 0 0
2019 8.6 8.6 10 0 0
2018 7.4 7.4 8 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

326199 · IL · Arthur

2,838 Awnings, rigid plastics or fiberglass, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 12 employers in Arthur, 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 OCRS Harrisburg 7.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR DCI Monticello IN 7.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Airlite Plastics Co. PA 7.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Plasticade 7.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE 119 - Archer Western de Moya JV III 119 FTE
STATE-SIZE 1001 - Romeoville, IL 119 FTE
STATE-SIZE City of Sycamore 119 FTE
STATE-SIZE Upland Concrete 119 FTE
CITY-NEAR CHI Overhead Doors, Arthur 829 FTE
CITY-NEAR Arthur, IL 811 FTE
CITY-NEAR Masterbrand 477 FTE
CITY-NEAR Arthur CUSD #305 203 FTE
NAT-TCR Pennsylvania Transformer Technology, Inc 7.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Bruce Kreofsky & Sons, Inc 7.6 TCR
NAT-TCR 10664 Orange Village 7.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Carrollton Operating - 1130 Alabama St. Carrollton 7.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Life Care Center of Evergreen 119 FTE
NAT-SIZE Executive Las Vegas 119 FTE
NAT-SIZE Holyoke Massachusetts 119 FTE
NAT-SIZE Pickaway Manor Care Center 119 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. 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.