Thermoforming · Illinois

DeKalb, IL - CN1

Dekalb, IL · ~204 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.8
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

DeKalb, IL - CN1 runs at 24% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Thermoforming workplace, earning a grade A.

DeKalb, IL - CN1: 0.8 TCR = 24% of Thermoforming BLS 3.3 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

DeKalb, IL - CN1 safety composite

DeKalb, IL - CN1 scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 94% 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

74/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 0.8 per 100 workers

Safer than 94% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0.58 per 100 workers

Safer than 69% 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%).

Rising injury rate

DeKalb, IL - CN1: 0.0 → 0.6 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 1.8 TCR · DART/TCR 0.72× in 2022

DeKalb, IL - CN1's TCR rose 0.6 from 0.0 in 2016 to 0.6 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2018 at 1.8 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0.72× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade A · TCR 0.8 · 24% of ind

  • DART 0.6 DART
  • RANK #11/175
  • PHOTO Teijin Automotive Te…
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 10 inj
  • SIZE ~204 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Teijin Automotive Technologies, Inc (0.0 TCR gap)

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DeKalb, IL - CN1 in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows DeKalb, IL - CN1 averages 0.8 TCR (24% of the Thermoforming BLS benchmark).

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

DeKalb, IL - CN1 TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=0 · 2018=1.8 · 2019=1.3 · 2020=1.1 · 2021=0.9 · 2022=0.6 · BLS 3.3

Where DeKalb, IL - CN1 falls in its industry

2,838 Thermoforming establishments

Safer than 94% 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 #11 safest of 175 Thermoforming employers in Illinois.

DeKalb, IL - CN1 (204 employees, TCR 0.8) 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 DeKalb, IL - CN1
DeKalb, IL - CN1 (204 employees, TCR 0.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 101 employees and a TCR of 3.5

DeKalb, IL - CN1 has more employees than the Thermoforming 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 0.6 0.6 1 0 0
2021 0.9 0.9 2 0 0
2020 1.1 0.5 2 0 0
2019 1.3 0.4 1 2 0
2018 1.8 0.9 4 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

326199 · IL · Dekalb

2,838 Thermoforming employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 93 employers in Dekalb, 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 Teijin Automotive Technologies, Inc 0.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Port Erie Plastics Warehouses 0.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Entegris Bloomington 0.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR mfg 0.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE William Charles Construction 204 FTE
STATE-SIZE Pella Corporatio - Macomb Operations 204 FTE
STATE-SIZE FXI - West Chicago 204 FTE
STATE-SIZE MacLean Fasteners, a MacLean-Fogg Company 204 FTE
CITY-NEAR 3842 - UDC-DeKalb 1,635 FTE
CITY-NEAR 3842 - DeKalb UDC 1,411 FTE
CITY-NEAR Northwestern Medicine Kishwaukee Hospital 1,067 FTE
CITY-NEAR DeKalb Community Unit School District #428 940 FTE
NAT-TCR CMC Materials - Fort Worth 0.8 TCR
NAT-TCR McNeil Industrial, Inc. 0.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Dakota Gasification Company - BSL 0.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Phoenix Products, LLC 0.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Borrell Electric Co., Inc. 204 FTE
NAT-SIZE 1277 - East Lansing Mi Whse 204 FTE
NAT-SIZE 1200 - Wichita Ks Whse 204 FTE
NAT-SIZE 1333 - Mooresville Nc Whse 204 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, 2017, 2016. 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.