Custom compounding (i.e., blending and mixing) of purchased plastics resins · Illinois

Chroma Corporation

Mchenry, IL · ~106 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.7
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Chroma Corporation runs at 143% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Custom compounding (i.e., blending and mixing) of purchased plastics resins workplace, earning a grade D.

Chroma Corporation: 4.7 TCR = 143% of Custom compounding (i.e., blending and mixing) of purchased plastics resins BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Chroma Corporation safety composite

Chroma Corporation scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 21%), 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).

F

34/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 4.72 per 100 workers

Safer than 21% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.91 per 100 workers

Safer than 36% 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

−1.0

2017→2019

Chroma Corporation injury rate improved

Chroma Corporation's TCR fell 1.0 from 4.8 in 2017 to 3.8 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2018 at 5.5 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0.4× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=4.8 · 2018=5.5 · 2019=3.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325991 · Mchenry, IL ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 4.7 · 143% of ind

  • DART 1.9 DART
  • RANK #15/18
  • PHOTO Butler-MacDonald, Inc.
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 13 inj
  • SIZE ~106 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Butler-MacDonald, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Chroma Corporation in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Chroma Corporation averages 4.7 TCR (143% of the Custom compounding (i.e., blending and mixing) of purchased plastics resins BLS benchmark).

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

Chroma Corporation TCR series: 2017=4.8 · 2018=5.5 · 2019=3.8 · BLS 3.3

Where Chroma Corporation falls in its industry

342 Custom compounding (i.e., blen establishments

Safer than 21% 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 #15 safest of 18 Custom compounding (i.e., blen employers in Illinois.

Chroma Corporation (106 employees, TCR 4.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 72 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 0100200300400500 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Chroma Corporation
Chroma Corporation (106 employees, TCR 4.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 72 employees and a TCR of 2.5

Chroma Corporation has more employees than the Custom compounding (i.e., blending and m 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
2019 3.8 1.9 2 2 0
2018 5.5 2.8 6 0 0
2017 4.8 4.8 5 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325991 · IL · Mchenry

342 Custom compounding (i.e., blending and mixing) of purchased plastics resins employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 67 employers in Mchenry, 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 Butler-MacDonald, Inc. 4.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Teknor Color Company - Texas 4.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Sika Greenstreak 4.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Teknor Apex 4.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Kincaid Power Station 106 FTE
STATE-SIZE Department of Public Utilities - Electric 106 FTE
STATE-SIZE Division of Transportation 106 FTE
STATE-SIZE CECO Concrete : Tribco - Chicago 106 FTE
CITY-NEAR Northern Illinois Medical Center 2,452 FTE
CITY-NEAR Medcor, Inc 1,271 FTE
CITY-NEAR McHenry 609 FTE
CITY-NEAR MDC 530 FTE
NAT-TCR White Skanska Koch JV 4.7 TCR
NAT-TCR 244 Locker Lane 4.7 TCR
NAT-TCR 4054-Abs 0016 4005 4.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Arby's 5683 4.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Paramount Games Inc 106 FTE
NAT-SIZE Moldtech, Inc. 106 FTE
NAT-SIZE Corporate Office 106 FTE
NAT-SIZE Recreation Unlimited Farm & Fun 106 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: 2019, 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.