Building materials (e.g., fascia, panels, siding, soffit), plastics, manufacturing · Illinois

Chicago Operation

Chicago, IL · ~319 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
2.7
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Chicago Operation runs at 81% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Building materials (e.g., fascia, panels, siding, soffit), plastics, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

Chicago Operation: 2.7 TCR = 81% of Building materials (e.g., fascia, panels, siding, soffit), plastics, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Chicago Operation safety composite

Chicago Operation scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 63% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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

58/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.66 per 100 workers

Safer than 63% of industry peers

DART rate
C 1.17 per 100 workers

Safer than 58% 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

−1.8

2016→2021

Chicago Operation injury rate improved

Chicago Operation's TCR fell 1.8 from 4.1 in 2016 to 2.4 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2016 at 4.1 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.44× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=4.1 · 2017=2.9 · 2018=2.1 · 2019=1.8 · 2021=2.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 326199 · Chicago, IL AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 2.7 · 81% of ind

  • DART 1.2 DART
  • RANK #83/175
  • PHOTO TH Plastics - Plant 2
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 45 inj
  • SIZE ~319 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: TH Plastics - Plant 2 (0.0 TCR gap)

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Chicago Operation in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Chicago Operation averages 2.7 TCR (81% of the Building materials (e.g., fascia, panels, siding, soffit), plastics, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Chicago Operation TCR series: 2016=4.1 · 2017=2.9 · 2018=2.1 · 2019=1.8 · 2021=2.4 · BLS 3.3

Where Chicago Operation falls in its industry

2,838 Building materials (e.g., fasc establishments

Safer than 63% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #83 safest of 175 Building materials (e.g., fasc employers in Illinois.

Chicago Operation (319 employees, TCR 2.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 101 employees and a TCR of 3.5 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 0100200300400 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Chicago Operation
Chicago Operation (319 employees, TCR 2.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 101 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Chicago Operation has more employees than the Building materials (e.g., fascia, panels median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.5. 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
2021 2.4 1.2 6 0 0
2019 1.8 1.5 6 0 0
2018 2.1 1.6 8 0 0
2017 2.9 2.9 11 0 0
2016 4.1 2.6 14 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

326199 · IL · Chicago

2,838 Building materials (e.g., fascia, panels, siding, soffit), plastics, 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 TH Plastics - Plant 2 2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Delta Plastics 2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Middlefield 2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Plasticade Inc. 2.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE REM 319 FTE
STATE-SIZE Manan Medical Products Inc. dba Argon Medical Devices Inc. 319 FTE
STATE-SIZE 5472-NAI-0032-0032-03082 319 FTE
STATE-SIZE 0647 - ORLAND PARK IL WHSE 319 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 Control Point Associates, Inc. 2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Trulite W74 2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Umphers Construction 2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Richardson #533 2.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE The Westin Las Vegas Hotel and Spa 319 FTE
NAT-SIZE Globe Manufacturing Company, LLC NH 319 FTE
NAT-SIZE Newell Brands Fishers 319 FTE
NAT-SIZE Silco Fire & Security - Corporate Summary 319 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, 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.