Binder's board manufacturing · Illinois

Chicago Converted Products

Chicago, IL · ~37 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.3
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Chicago Converted Products runs at 38% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Binder's board manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Chicago Converted Products: 1.3 TCR = 38% of Binder's board manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Chicago Converted Products safety composite

Chicago Converted Products scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 86% 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

72/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 1.26 per 100 workers

Safer than 72% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 86% 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%).

Chicago Converted Products held a steady TCR band

Chicago Converted Products's TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2017 at 4.8 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=0.0 · 2017=4.8 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=2.7 · 2021=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 322130 · Chicago, IL AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 1.3 · 38% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #1/7
  • PHOTO International Paper …
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~37 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: International Paper Columbus Georgia (0.0 TCR gap)

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Chicago Converted Products in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Chicago Converted Products averages 1.3 TCR (38% of the Binder's board manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Chicago Converted Products TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=4.8 · 2018=0 · 2019=0 · 2020=2.7 · 2021=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Chicago Converted Products falls in its industry

181 Binder's board manufacturing establishments

Safer than 72% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #1 safest of 7 Binder's board manufacturing employers in Illinois.

Chicago Converted Products (37 employees, TCR 1.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 138 employees and a TCR of 2.3 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 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Chicago Converted Products
Chicago Converted Products (37 employees, TCR 1.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 138 employees and a TCR of 2.3

Chicago Converted Products has fewer employees than the Binder's board manufacturing median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.3. 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
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 2.7 2.7 1 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 4.8 2.4 2 0 0
2016 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

322130 · IL · Chicago

181 Binder's board manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 2,934 employers in Chicago, 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 International Paper Columbus Georgia 1.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR 3221 Dallas Mill 1.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Greif (MG TAYLORS) 1.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Cedar River Mill 1.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Curtis Orchard Ltd 37 FTE
STATE-SIZE Tuscola 37 FTE
STATE-SIZE Lewis Seed Farms, Inc. - Ursa 37 FTE
STATE-SIZE Aurora Fleet Facility 37 FTE
CITY-NEAR Chicago Public Schools 49,500 FTE
CITY-NEAR Chicago/Corporate 18,831 FTE
CITY-NEAR University of Illinois at Chicago 13,092 FTE
CITY-NEAR University Health Service UIC UIC Campus 12,732 FTE
NAT-TCR USCS- Fresno, CA (E. North Ave) 1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR USCS- Laredo, TX (W. Calton Rd.) 1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR US Gypsum Norfolk 1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Meffert Oil Co Inc 1.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Paint Sundries Solutions - Washington 37 FTE
NAT-SIZE Forum Energy Technologies - Humble 37 FTE
NAT-SIZE Forum Energy Technologies - Odessa-Grandview 37 FTE
NAT-SIZE 4769-959-Pottery Barn 37 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: 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.