Architectural coatings (i.e., paint) manufacturing · Illinois

DSM Desotech Inc.

Elgin, IL · ~62 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.5
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

DSM Desotech Inc. runs at 16% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Architectural coatings (i.e., paint) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

DSM Desotech Inc.: 0.5 TCR = 16% of Architectural coatings (i.e., paint) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

DSM Desotech Inc. safety composite

DSM Desotech Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 96% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 42%), 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

66/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 0.54 per 100 workers

Safer than 96% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.63 per 100 workers

Safer than 42% 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

DSM Desotech Inc.: 0.0 → 1.6 TCR

Peak year 2020 @ 1.6 TCR · DART/TCR 3.02× in 2020

DSM Desotech Inc.'s TCR rose 1.6 from 0.0 in 2017 to 1.6 in 2020. In 2020, DART was 3.02× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325510 · Elgin, IL AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 0.5 · 16% of ind

  • DART 1.6 DART
  • RANK #5/59
  • PHOTO USA IL South Holland…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~62 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: USA IL South Holland Plant (0.0 TCR gap)

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DSM Desotech Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows DSM Desotech Inc. averages 0.5 TCR (16% of the Architectural coatings (i.e., paint) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

DSM Desotech Inc. TCR series: 2017=0 · 2018=0 · 2020=1.6 · BLS 3.3

Where DSM Desotech Inc. falls in its industry

530 Architectural coatings (i.e., establishments

Safer than 96% 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 #5 safest of 59 Architectural coatings (i.e., employers in Illinois.

DSM Desotech Inc. (62 employees, TCR 0.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 70 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 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate DSM Desotech Inc.
DSM Desotech Inc. (62 employees, TCR 0.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 70 employees and a TCR of 2.5

DSM Desotech Inc. has fewer employees than the Architectural coatings (i.e., paint) man median and a lower 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
2020 1.6 1.6 1 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325510 · IL · Elgin

530 Architectural coatings (i.e., paint) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 250 employers in Elgin, 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 USA IL South Holland Plant 0.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Arkema St. Charles 0.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Rust-Oleum Corporation - Waupun 0.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR POR Products, LLC 0.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Dupont Pioneer Mcleansboro MCL1 62 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hinsdale Nurseries, Inc. - Plano 62 FTE
STATE-SIZE 03U - Electric Field Meter Services 62 FTE
STATE-SIZE AMEREN ILLINOIS - Gas Tech Services 62 FTE
CITY-NEAR Advocate Sherman Hospital 1,717 FTE
CITY-NEAR Elgin John B. Sanfilippo & Son 987 FTE
CITY-NEAR City of Elgin 986 FTE
CITY-NEAR American NTN Bearing Manufacturing Corporation-Elgin 774 FTE
NAT-TCR Tinuum Services, LLC 0.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Los Angeles LA 0.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Pier 17 0.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Tarpon Springs Operations Center 0.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Autumn Glen at Dartmouth 62 FTE
NAT-SIZE Boyer's Food Markets -Frackville 62 FTE
NAT-SIZE 85 Cascade Wholesale Warehouse 62 FTE
NAT-SIZE Eversource - Worcester 62 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, 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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