Adhesives and sealants merchant wholesalers · Illinois

Chicago Glue & Machine Location 1

Itasca, IL · ~23 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
4.6
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Chicago Glue & Machine Location 1 runs at 210% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Adhesives and sealants merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.

Chicago Glue & Machine Location 1: 4.6 TCR = 210% of Adhesives and sealants merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Chicago Glue & Machine Location 1 safety composite

Chicago Glue & Machine Location 1 scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 70% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 16%), 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

43/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 4.62 per 100 workers

Safer than 16% 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%).

Chicago Glue & Machine Location 1 held a steady TCR band

Chicago Glue & Machine Location 1's TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2017 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 11.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=0.0 · 2018=5.3 · 2019=5.9 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=9.7 · 2022=11.9 · 2023=4.2 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 424690 · Itasca, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 4.6 · 210% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #32/38
  • PHOTO Main Facilities
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 7 inj
  • SIZE ~23 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Main Facilities (0.0 TCR gap)

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Chicago Glue & Machine Location 1 in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Chicago Glue & Machine Location 1 averages 4.6 TCR (210% of the Adhesives and sealants merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

Chicago Glue & Machine Location 1 TCR series: 2017=0 · 2018=5.3 · 2019=5.9 · 2020=0 · 2021=9.7 · 2022=11.9 · 2023=4.2 · 2024=0 · BLS 2.2

Where Chicago Glue & Machine Location 1 falls in its industry

766 Adhesives and sealants merchan establishments

Safer than 16% 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 #32 safest of 38 Adhesives and sealants merchan employers in Illinois.

Chicago Glue & Machine Location 1 (23 employees, TCR 4.6) 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 Chicago Glue & Machine Location 1
Chicago Glue & Machine Location 1 (23 employees, TCR 4.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 38 employees and a TCR of 1.9

Chicago Glue & Machine Location 1 has fewer employees than the Adhesives and sealants merchant wholesal 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
2024 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 4.2 0.0 1 0 0
2022 11.9 5.9 2 0 0
2021 9.7 9.7 2 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 5.9 5.9 1 0 0
2018 5.3 5.3 1 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

424690 · IL · Itasca

766 Adhesives and sealants merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 110 employers in Itasca, 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 Main Facilities 4.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Manassas Park Packaged Gas Store 4.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Saba North America 4.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Spring WTG 4.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Oak Grove 23 FTE
STATE-SIZE Eagle Point Farms, LLC. 23 FTE
STATE-SIZE Mendota Office 23 FTE
STATE-SIZE Nokomis Area Fire Protection District 23 FTE
CITY-NEAR Diverzify 1,004 FTE
CITY-NEAR Fellowes, Inc Itasca 536 FTE
CITY-NEAR JH Associate Management LLC 526 FTE
CITY-NEAR MTS Titan Electric 460 FTE
NAT-TCR Lci - 203 4.6 TCR
NAT-TCR UC San Diego Health 4.6 TCR
NAT-TCR S03457 - Columbus Hauling 4.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Owensboro Health Muhlenberg Community Hospital 4.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Alamogordo Construction Center 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE Vortex Industries - SCC 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE Masters Concrete Products 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE Desert Star Energy Center - 01 23 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.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.