Extruded, molded or lathe-cut rubber goods manufacturing · Illinois

Central Rubber Company

Belvidere, IL · ~24 workers · 9 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

Central Rubber Company runs at 230% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Extruded, molded or lathe-cut rubber goods manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Central Rubber Company: 7.6 TCR = 230% of Extruded, molded or lathe-cut rubber goods manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Central Rubber Company safety composite

Central Rubber Company scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 5%), 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

20/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.6 per 100 workers

Safer than 14% of industry peers

DART rate
F 8.46 per 100 workers

Safer than 5% 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

−10.3

2016→2024

Central Rubber Company injury rate improved

Central Rubber Company's TCR fell 10.3 from 18.8 in 2016 to 8.5 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 18.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.11× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=18.8 · 2017=18.2 · 2018=6.6 · 2019=4.7 · 2020=4.0 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=7.6 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=8.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 326291 · Belvidere, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 7.6 · 230% of ind

  • DART 8.5 DART
  • RANK #9/9
  • PHOTO Sperry & Rice, LLC
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 14 inj
  • SIZE ~24 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Sperry & Rice, LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Central Rubber Company in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Central Rubber Company averages 7.6 TCR (230% of the Extruded, molded or lathe-cut rubber goods manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Central Rubber Company TCR series: 2016=18.8 · 2017=18.2 · 2018=6.6 · 2019=4.7 · 2020=4 · 2021=0 · 2022=7.6 · 2023=0 · 2024=8.5 · BLS 3.3

Where Central Rubber Company falls in its industry

266 Extruded, molded or lathe-cut establishments

Safer than 14% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #9 safest of 9 Extruded, molded or lathe-cut employers in Illinois.

Central Rubber Company (24 employees, TCR 7.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 81 employees and a TCR of 3.6 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 0200400600 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Central Rubber Company
Central Rubber Company (24 employees, TCR 7.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 81 employees and a TCR of 3.6

Central Rubber Company has fewer employees than the Extruded, molded or lathe-cut rubber goo median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.6. 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 8.5 8.5 2 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 7.6 3.8 2 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 4.0 4.0 1 0 0
2019 4.7 4.7 1 0 0
2018 6.6 6.6 2 0 0
2017 18.2 14.6 3 2 0
2016 18.8 18.8 3 2 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

326291 · IL · Belvidere

266 Extruded, molded or lathe-cut rubber goods manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 74 employers in Belvidere, 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 Sperry & Rice, LLC 7.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Vanseal 7.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Kokoku Rubber Inc. KY Factory Manufacturing Division 7.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Rol-Tec, Inc. 7.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE C70 24 FTE
STATE-SIZE Nelson Energy Center 24 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hecate Grid LLC 24 FTE
STATE-SIZE NG DeKalb Reporting Center 24 FTE
CITY-NEAR Belvidere Assembly Plant 3,525 FTE
CITY-NEAR Magna Exterirors Belvidere 655 FTE
CITY-NEAR General Mills (Belvidere) 583 FTE
CITY-NEAR General Mills Operations, LLC. 560 FTE
NAT-TCR Brookdale Oklahoma City Southwest 7.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Ridgefield Police Department 7.6 TCR
NAT-TCR The Windsor of San Pablo 7.6 TCR
NAT-TCR UPMC Altoona 7.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Milford Lumber Company 24 FTE
NAT-SIZE Southern States Chemicals SeaGate 24 FTE
NAT-SIZE Statesville 24 FTE
NAT-SIZE Kindred 24 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.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.