Lubricating oils and greases, synthetic, manufacturing · Illinois

Chemtool, Inc., Crystal Lake

Crystal Lake, IL · ~31 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.6
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Chemtool, Inc., Crystal Lake runs at 110% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Lubricating oils and greases, synthetic, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

Chemtool, Inc., Crystal Lake: 3.6 TCR = 110% of Lubricating oils and greases, synthetic, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Chemtool, Inc., Crystal Lake safety composite

Chemtool, Inc., Crystal Lake scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 78% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 33%), 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

53/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 3.62 per 100 workers

Safer than 33% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 78% 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

−7.7

2016→2020

Chemtool, Inc., Crystal Lake injury rate improved

Chemtool, Inc., Crystal Lake's TCR fell 7.7 from 7.7 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2016 at 7.7 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=7.7 · 2017=5.8 · 2018=4.6 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325998 · Crystal Lake, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 3.6 · 110% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #24/32
  • PHOTO Chase Products Co. (…
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 10 inj
  • SIZE ~31 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Chase Products Co. (DE) (0.0 TCR gap)

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Chemtool, Inc., Crystal Lake in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Chemtool, Inc., Crystal Lake averages 3.6 TCR (110% of the Lubricating oils and greases, synthetic, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Chemtool, Inc., Crystal Lake TCR series: 2016=7.7 · 2017=5.8 · 2018=4.6 · 2019=0 · 2020=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Chemtool, Inc., Crystal Lake falls in its industry

485 Lubricating oils and greases, establishments

Safer than 33% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #24 safest of 32 Lubricating oils and greases, employers in Illinois.

Chemtool, Inc., Crystal Lake (31 employees, TCR 3.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 62 employees and a TCR of 2.5 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 05001,0001,500 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Chemtool, Inc., Crystal Lake
Chemtool, Inc., Crystal Lake (31 employees, TCR 3.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 62 employees and a TCR of 2.5

Chemtool, Inc., Crystal Lake has fewer employees than the Lubricating oils and greases, synthetic, median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.5. 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
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 4.6 2.3 2 0 0
2017 5.8 3.9 3 0 0
2016 7.7 6.1 5 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325998 · IL · Crystal Lake

485 Lubricating oils and greases, synthetic, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 101 employers in Crystal Lake, 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 Chase Products Co. (DE) 3.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR ITW ProAP Manufacturing 3.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR FUJIFILM ULTRAPURE SOLUTIONS, CA 3.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR MacDermid Enthone Ferndale, MI 3.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Bear Creek Genetics, LLC. 31 FTE
STATE-SIZE Highland 31 FTE
STATE-SIZE The Maschhoffs, LLC - Pittsfield Office 31 FTE
STATE-SIZE AMEREN ILLINOIS - Beardstown 31 FTE
CITY-NEAR McHenry County College 695 FTE
CITY-NEAR Customer Service Crystal Lake Product Center 535 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 1413 459 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1413 432 FTE
NAT-TCR East Coast Distribution center 3.6 TCR
NAT-TCR SMS Services INC 3.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Woodruff Cold Storage 3.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Metal Seal Precision, Ltd. - Plant 2 3.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Crawford County Road Commission 31 FTE
NAT-SIZE Nagurski Transportation 31 FTE
NAT-SIZE World Energy Houston LLC 31 FTE
NAT-SIZE St. Ansgar Mill 31 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: 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.