Chemical additives (e.g., concrete, food, fuel, oil) merchant wholesalers · Illinois

EMCO Chemical Distributors, Inc., DC Building

North Chicago, IL · ~23 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
2.4
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

EMCO Chemical Distributors, Inc., DC Building runs at 108% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Chemical additives (e.g., concrete, food, fuel, oil) merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade C.

EMCO Chemical Distributors, Inc., DC Building: 2.4 TCR = 108% of Chemical additives (e.g., concrete, food, fuel, oil) merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

EMCO Chemical Distributors, Inc., DC Building safety composite

EMCO Chemical Distributors, Inc., DC Building scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 70% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (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).

D

54/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 2.38 per 100 workers

Safer than 42% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 70% 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

−4.8

2023→2024

EMCO Chemical Distributors, Inc., DC Building injury rate improved

EMCO Chemical Distributors, Inc., DC Building's TCR fell 4.8 from 4.8 in 2023 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 4.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2023=4.8 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 424690 · North Chicago, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 2.4 · 108% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #21/38
  • PHOTO Cee Kay Supply, INC
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~23 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Cee Kay Supply, INC (0.0 TCR gap)

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EMCO Chemical Distributors, Inc., DC Building in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows EMCO Chemical Distributors, Inc., DC Building averages 2.4 TCR (108% of the Chemical additives (e.g., concrete, food, fuel, oil) merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

EMCO Chemical Distributors, Inc., DC Building TCR series: 2023=4.8 · 2024=0 · BLS 2.2

Where EMCO Chemical Distributors, Inc., DC Building falls in its industry

766 Chemical additives (e.g., conc establishments

Safer than 42% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.9.

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 38 Chemical additives (e.g., conc employers in Illinois.

EMCO Chemical Distributors, Inc., DC Building (23 employees, TCR 2.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 38 employees and a TCR of 1.9 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 050100150200 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate EMCO Chemical Distributors, Inc., DC Building
EMCO Chemical Distributors, Inc., DC Building (23 employees, TCR 2.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 38 employees and a TCR of 1.9

EMCO Chemical Distributors, Inc., DC Building has fewer employees than the Chemical additives (e.g., concrete, food median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.9. 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 4.8 4.8 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

424690 · IL · North Chicago

766 Chemical additives (e.g., concrete, food, fuel, oil) merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 11 employers in North Chicago, 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 Cee Kay Supply, INC 2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Callahan Chemical Company 2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Alvin Distribution 2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Thermo Fisher Scientific - Bridgewater 2.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Oak Grove 23 FTE
STATE-SIZE Eagle Point Farms, LLC. 23 FTE
STATE-SIZE Mendota Office 23 FTE
STATE-SIZE Nokomis Area Fire Protection District 23 FTE
CITY-NEAR Abbvie 20,982 FTE
CITY-NEAR EMCO Chemical Distributors, Inc. North Chicago 268 FTE
CITY-NEAR 4319 North Chicago Container 135 FTE
CITY-NEAR North Chicago Container 133 FTE
NAT-TCR Advanced Molding Technologies 2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR RHCC Lathrop 2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR EB Loren On Park 2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Holmes Lumber 168 2.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Atlanta Office 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE Greenfield 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE Miskelly Hattiesburg, LLC 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE Rosenquist Construction 23 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.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.