332710 Machine Shops · Illinois

Cope Plastics Inc Alton

Alton, IL · ~197 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.2
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Cope Plastics Inc Alton runs at 36% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical 332710 Machine Shops workplace, earning a grade A.

Cope Plastics Inc Alton: 1.2 TCR = 36% of 332710 Machine Shops BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Cope Plastics Inc Alton safety composite

Cope Plastics Inc Alton scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 88% 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

65/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.19 per 100 workers

Safer than 88% of industry peers

DART rate
D 0.49 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

−0.4

2023→2024

Cope Plastics Inc Alton injury rate improved

Cope Plastics Inc Alton's TCR fell 0.4 from 1.4 in 2023 to 1.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 1.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.41× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2023=1.4 · 2024=1.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade A · TCR 1.2 · 36% of ind

  • DART 0.5 DART
  • RANK #12/103
  • PHOTO Joy Global Undergrou…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~197 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Joy Global Underground Mining (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 1.2 TCR (36% 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: 2023=1.4 · 2024=1 · BLS 3.3

Where Cope Plastics Inc Alton falls in its industry

1,821 332710 Machine Shops establishments

Safer than 88% 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 #12 safest of 103 332710 Machine Shops employers in Illinois.

Cope Plastics Inc Alton (197 employees, TCR 1.2) 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 (197 employees, TCR 1.2) 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
2024 1.0 0.5 2 0 0
2023 1.4 0.9 3 0 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 Joy Global Underground Mining 1.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR NxEdge MH LLC 1.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Precision Grinding & MFG Corp 1.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR NRG Maintenance Services LLC 1.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Lennar - Chicago 197 FTE
STATE-SIZE Chicago - Caplis 197 FTE
STATE-SIZE Double Black Diamond Solar 197 FTE
STATE-SIZE ihc construction companies llc 197 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 Ascensus Specialties 1.2 TCR
NAT-TCR AITX Brookhaven 1.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Springhill Suites Cheyenne 1.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Salem 10221 1.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE 272 Richmond Ctr 197 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ctora - Orange 197 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ncsou - Southern Pines Center 197 FTE
NAT-SIZE Insob - South Bend Center 197 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. 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.