Primary batteries manufacturing · Illinois

Dixon Packaging and Distribution

Dixon, IL · ~128 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

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

Dixon Packaging and Distribution runs at 99% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Primary batteries manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

Dixon Packaging and Distribution: 3.3 TCR = 99% of Primary batteries manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Dixon Packaging and Distribution safety composite

Dixon Packaging and Distribution scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 56% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 19%), 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).

D

40/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 3.28 per 100 workers

Safer than 19% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0.63 per 100 workers

Safer than 56% 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

−1.5

2019→2020

Dixon Packaging and Distribution injury rate improved

Dixon Packaging and Distribution's TCR fell 1.5 from 4.0 in 2019 to 2.5 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2019 at 4.0 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0.19× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=4.0 · 2020=2.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 335912 · Dixon, IL AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 3.3 · 99% of ind

  • DART 0.6 DART
  • RANK P19
  • PHOTO Portage Plant
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 11 inj
  • SIZE ~128 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Portage Plant (0.1 TCR gap)

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Dixon Packaging and Distribution in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Dixon Packaging and Distribution averages 3.3 TCR (99% of the Primary batteries manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Dixon Packaging and Distribution TCR series: 2019=4 · 2020=2.5 · BLS 3.3

Where Dixon Packaging and Distribution falls in its industry

42 Primary batteries manufacturin establishments

Safer than 19% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Dixon Packaging and Distribution (128 employees, TCR 3.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 181 employees and a TCR of 2.0 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 02004006008001,000 02468 Average employees Total Case Rate Dixon Packaging and Distribution
Dixon Packaging and Distribution (128 employees, TCR 3.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 181 employees and a TCR of 2.0

Dixon Packaging and Distribution has fewer employees than the Primary batteries manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.0. 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
2020 2.5 0.6 4 0 0
2019 4.0 3.5 7 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

335912 · IL · Dixon

42 Primary batteries manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 50 employers in Dixon, 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 Portage Plant 3.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Electrochem Solutions Inc. 3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Materials Division 3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Energizer Holdings Inc. 3.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Orsted - Chicago 128 FTE
STATE-SIZE Henkels & McCoy, Illinois - Salem 128 FTE
STATE-SIZE Howell Paving, Inc. 128 FTE
STATE-SIZE Arrow Road 128 FTE
CITY-NEAR Katherine Shaw Bethea Hospital 701 FTE
CITY-NEAR Raynor Garage Doors 541 FTE
CITY-NEAR 5399 333 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 5399 327 FTE
NAT-TCR Jacksonville (BP) 3.3 TCR
NAT-TCR ITW Shakeproof Group - Watertown, WI 3.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Ross store 1242 3.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Ross store 1596 3.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Biery Cheese Company Plover 128 FTE
NAT-SIZE Pyramid Mountain Lumber, Inc. 128 FTE
NAT-SIZE Vandenberg Air Force Base 128 FTE
NAT-SIZE Lessors, Inc.- Dover 128 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: 2020, 2019. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.