Chemicals (except agriculture) (e.g., automotive, household, industrial, photographic) merchant wholesalers · Illinois

Chem-Impex International, Inc.

Wood Dale, IL · ~20 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
11.1
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Chem-Impex International, Inc. runs at 506% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Chemicals (except agriculture) (e.g., automotive, household, industrial, photographic) merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.

Chem-Impex International, Inc.: 11.1 TCR = 506% of Chemicals (except agriculture) (e.g., automotive, household, industrial, photographic) merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Chem-Impex International, Inc. safety composite

Chem-Impex International, Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 70% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 1%), 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

37/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 11.13 per 100 workers

Safer than 1% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 70% 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

−10.6

2018→2023

Chem-Impex International, Inc. injury rate improved

Chem-Impex International, Inc.'s TCR fell 10.6 from 10.6 in 2018 to 0.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2022 at 36.0 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=10.6 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=12.0 · 2021=8.2 · 2022=36.0 · 2023=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 424690 · Wood Dale, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 11.1 · 506% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #38/38
  • PHOTO BISON LABORATORIES, …
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 7 inj
  • SIZE ~20 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: BISON LABORATORIES, INC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Chem-Impex International, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Chem-Impex International, Inc. averages 11.1 TCR (506% of the Chemicals (except agriculture) (e.g., automotive, household, industrial, photographic) merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

Chem-Impex International, Inc. TCR series: 2018=10.6 · 2019=0 · 2020=12 · 2021=8.2 · 2022=36 · 2023=0 · BLS 2.2

Where Chem-Impex International, Inc. falls in its industry

766 Chemicals (except agriculture) establishments

Safer than 1% 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 #38 safest of 38 Chemicals (except agriculture) employers in Illinois.

Chem-Impex International, Inc. (20 employees, TCR 11.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 38 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 050100150200 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Chem-Impex International, Inc.
Chem-Impex International, Inc. (20 employees, TCR 11.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 38 employees and a TCR of 1.9

Chem-Impex International, Inc. has fewer employees than the Chemicals (except agriculture) (e.g., au 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 36.0 18.0 2 0 0
2021 8.2 8.2 1 0 0
2020 12.0 12.0 2 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 10.6 10.6 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

424690 · IL · Wood Dale

766 Chemicals (except agriculture) (e.g., automotive, household, industrial, photographic) merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 69 employers in Wood Dale, 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 BISON LABORATORIES, INC 11.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR REN475 11.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Chemtreat - Trident 11.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Phoenix Products Company 10.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE East Ridge 20 FTE
STATE-SIZE Bay Creek 4 20 FTE
STATE-SIZE Deer Run 20 FTE
STATE-SIZE Grand View Farms, LLC. 20 FTE
CITY-NEAR Videojet 678 FTE
CITY-NEAR Global Specialty Fulfillment : UIL2 604 FTE
CITY-NEAR Power Solutions International 518 FTE
CITY-NEAR Videojet Technologies Wood Dale 499 FTE
NAT-TCR Big Lots Store #4546 Port Hueneme, CA 11.1 TCR
NAT-TCR More Truck Lines 11.1 TCR
NAT-TCR GA - Montreal Rd 11.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Illini State Trucking 11.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Smiths Laminating Shop Inc 20 FTE
NAT-SIZE Harwin RMC 20 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hotwire Communications - Boyton Warehouse 20 FTE
NAT-SIZE Town of Woodbury - Police Department 20 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, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.