Packaging machinery manufacturing · Illinois

Central Machines, Inc.

Lincolnshire, IL · ~22 workers · 8 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

Central Machines, Inc. runs at 58% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Packaging machinery manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

Central Machines, Inc.: 1.9 TCR = 58% of Packaging machinery manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Central Machines, Inc. safety composite

Central Machines, Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 77% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).

C

65/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 1.92 per 100 workers

Safer than 63% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 77% 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%).

Central Machines, Inc. held a steady TCR band

Central Machines, Inc.'s TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2017 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 7.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=0.0 · 2018=7.0 · 2019=4.0 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=4.3 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 333993 · Lincolnshire, IL AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 1.9 · 58% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #4/33
  • PHOTO Fortune Avenue
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~22 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Fortune Avenue (0.0 TCR gap)

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Central Machines, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Central Machines, Inc. averages 1.9 TCR (58% of the Packaging machinery manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Central Machines, Inc. TCR series: 2017=0 · 2018=7 · 2019=4 · 2020=0 · 2021=4.3 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Central Machines, Inc. falls in its industry

269 Packaging machinery manufactur establishments

Safer than 63% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 33 Packaging machinery manufactur employers in Illinois.

Central Machines, Inc. (22 employees, TCR 1.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 66 employees and a TCR of 2.4 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 0200400600800 02468 Average employees Total Case Rate Central Machines, Inc.
Central Machines, Inc. (22 employees, TCR 1.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 66 employees and a TCR of 2.4

Central Machines, Inc. has fewer employees than the Packaging machinery manufacturing median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.4. 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 4.3 4.3 1 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 4.0 4.0 1 0 0
2018 7.0 7.0 2 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

333993 · IL · Lincolnshire

269 Packaging machinery manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 53 employers in Lincolnshire, 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 Fortune Avenue 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Matrix Packaging Machinery 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Circle Packaging Machinery 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Flexstar 2.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Tolono Main 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE Anna Evergreen, LLC 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE Sunset 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE Cedarcrest, LLC. 22 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6894-68940034 3,583 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6894-68940020 1,175 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lincolnshire 1,039 FTE
CITY-NEAR IL151 981 FTE
NAT-TCR Waseca 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR CMC Placing Los Angeles 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Celadon Systems 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Sacramento 2 1.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Meadowland Farmers Coop - Wabasso 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE St Albans 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE Saint Ann 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE Castleton 22 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. 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.