332710 Machine Shops · Illinois

Cope Plastics, Inc. - Alton

Alton, IL · ~213 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.6
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Cope Plastics, Inc. - Alton runs at 48% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical 332710 Machine Shops workplace, earning a grade A.

Cope Plastics, Inc. - Alton: 1.6 TCR = 48% of 332710 Machine Shops BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Cope Plastics, Inc. - Alton safety composite

Cope Plastics, Inc. - Alton scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 80% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 49%), 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

62/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.59 per 100 workers

Safer than 80% of industry peers

DART rate
D 0.43 per 100 workers

Safer than 49% 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

−1.1

2018→2022

Cope Plastics, Inc. - Alton injury rate improved

Cope Plastics, Inc. - Alton's TCR fell 1.1 from 2.4 in 2018 to 1.3 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2018 at 2.4 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0.27× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=2.4 · 2019=0.8 · 2020=1.8 · 2021=1.6 · 2022=1.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332710 · Alton, IL AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 1.6 · 48% of ind

  • DART 0.4 DART
  • RANK #21/103
  • PHOTO Madison Heights
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 17 inj
  • SIZE ~213 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Madison Heights (0.0 TCR gap)

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Cope Plastics, Inc. - Alton in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Cope Plastics, Inc. - Alton averages 1.6 TCR (48% of the 332710 Machine Shops BLS benchmark).

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

Cope Plastics, Inc. - Alton TCR series: 2018=2.4 · 2019=0.8 · 2020=1.8 · 2021=1.6 · 2022=1.3 · BLS 3.3

Where Cope Plastics, Inc. - Alton falls in its industry

1,821 332710 Machine Shops establishments

Safer than 80% 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 #21 safest of 103 332710 Machine Shops employers in Illinois.

Cope Plastics, Inc. - Alton (213 employees, TCR 1.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 48 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 050100150200250 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Cope Plastics, Inc. - Alton
Cope Plastics, Inc. - Alton (213 employees, TCR 1.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 48 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Cope Plastics, Inc. - Alton has more employees than the 332710 Machine Shops 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
2022 1.3 0.4 3 0 0
2021 1.6 1.2 4 0 0
2020 1.8 0.9 3 1 0
2019 0.8 0.8 2 0 0
2018 2.4 2.0 5 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332710 · IL · Alton

1,821 332710 Machine Shops employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 75 employers in Alton, 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 Madison Heights 1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR G&H Diversified Manufacturing 1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Vanderhulst 1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Maxcess-Fife 1.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Prairie State Generating Company - Power Block 213 FTE
STATE-SIZE Mondelez Global LLC 213 FTE
STATE-SIZE Imagine 213 FTE
STATE-SIZE SABIC Ottawa, IL Site 213 FTE
CITY-NEAR Challenge Unlimited 921 FTE
CITY-NEAR Alton Community Unit School District No. 11 845 FTE
CITY-NEAR Alton Memorial Hospital 762 FTE
CITY-NEAR Saint Anthony's Health Center 547 FTE
NAT-TCR Solutions Yes 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Racine Wisconsin Digital Printing 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR PSSI - 0674 Schwan's - Florence KY 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR 1416 - West Ashley 1.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Rust-Oleum Distribution Center Kenosha 213 FTE
NAT-SIZE American Girl Deforest 213 FTE
NAT-SIZE CA_Lathrop_5120 213 FTE
NAT-SIZE Vibra Hospital of San Bernardino, LLC d/b/a Ballard Rehabilitation Hospital 213 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: 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018. 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.