Potassium permanganate manufacturing · Illinois

Carus LLC - LaSalle

Lasalle, IL · ~100 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.5
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Carus LLC - LaSalle runs at 44% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Potassium permanganate manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Carus LLC - LaSalle: 1.5 TCR = 44% of Potassium permanganate manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Carus LLC - LaSalle safety composite

Carus LLC - LaSalle scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 59% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 28%), 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

46/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 1.46 per 100 workers

Safer than 59% of industry peers

DART rate
F 1.77 per 100 workers

Safer than 28% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Carus LLC - LaSalle: 1.7 → 2.6 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 2.6 TCR · DART/TCR 1.21× in 2024

Carus LLC - LaSalle's TCR rose 1.0 from 1.7 in 2016 to 2.6 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1.21× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325180 · Lasalle, IL AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 1.5 · 44% of ind

  • DART 1.8 DART
  • RANK #11/25
  • PHOTO Evonik Active Oxygen…
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 15 inj
  • SIZE ~100 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Evonik Active Oxygens, LLC - Bayport (0.0 TCR gap)

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Carus LLC - LaSalle in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Carus LLC - LaSalle averages 1.5 TCR (44% of the Potassium permanganate manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Carus LLC - LaSalle TCR series: 2016=1.7 · 2017=1.7 · 2018=0.9 · 2019=2.5 · 2020=0 · 2021=1.8 · 2022=0 · 2023=2 · 2024=2.6 · BLS 3.3

Where Carus LLC - LaSalle falls in its industry

418 Potassium permanganate manufac establishments

Safer than 59% 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 #11 safest of 25 Potassium permanganate manufac employers in Illinois.

Carus LLC - LaSalle (100 employees, TCR 1.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 61 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 0100200300400500 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Carus LLC - LaSalle
Carus LLC - LaSalle (100 employees, TCR 1.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 61 employees and a TCR of 1.9

Carus LLC - LaSalle has more employees than the Potassium permanganate manufacturing median and a lower 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
2024 2.6 1.8 3 0 0
2023 2.0 2.0 2 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 1.8 0.9 2 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 2.5 1.7 3 0 0
2018 0.9 0.0 1 0 0
2017 1.7 0.8 2 0 0
2016 1.7 0.8 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325180 · IL · Lasalle

418 Potassium permanganate manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 10 employers in Lasalle, 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 Evonik Active Oxygens, LLC - Bayport 1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR PVS Chemical Solutions - Buffalo 1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR PMC Organometallix 1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Lake Charles Silicas 1.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE TCR SYSTEMS LLC 100 FTE
STATE-SIZE Dealer Installation 100 FTE
STATE-SIZE Evans Electric 100 FTE
STATE-SIZE Rethink Electric LLC 100 FTE
CITY-NEAR JC Whitney 245 FTE
CITY-NEAR CARPARTS.COM - DISTRIBUTION CENTER - LASALLE, IL 224 FTE
CITY-NEAR Illinois Veterans' Home-LaSalle 204 FTE
CITY-NEAR Viakable Manufacturing LLC 90 FTE
NAT-TCR McGinnis Wood Products, Inc. 1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Solo Cup Company Thomaston 1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Casadei Structural Steel Inc. 1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Trailway 1.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE FoodTown #012 100 FTE
NAT-SIZE Symrise - Bushy Park 100 FTE
NAT-SIZE Miles-McClellan Construction Company, Inc. 100 FTE
NAT-SIZE Northern Area 100 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: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. 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.