Pharmaceutical preparations (e.g., capsules, liniments, ointments, tablets) manufacturing · Illinois

EMD Millipore Operations

Name: EMD Millipore Operations Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Kankakee, IL · ~77 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

C
Average Safety Record: 2.9
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

EMD Millipore Operations runs at 89% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Pharmaceutical preparations (e.g., capsules, liniments, ointments, tablets) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

EMD Millipore Operations: 2.9 TCR = 89% of Pharmaceutical preparations (e.g., capsules, liniments, ointments, tablets) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

EMD Millipore Operations safety composite

EMD Millipore Operations scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 21%), 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).

31/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 2.94 per 100 workers

Safer than 27% of industry peers
DART rate: F 2.28 per 100 workers

Safer than 21% 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

−5.0

2018→2021

EMD Millipore Operations injury rate improved

EMD Millipore Operations's TCR fell 5.0 from 7.3 in 2018 to 2.3 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2018 at 7.3 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.78× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=7.3 · 2019=1.3 · 2020=0.9 · 2021=2.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325412 · Kankakee, IL AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 2.9 · 89% of ind

DART 2.3 DART
RANK #28/31
PHOTO THE WRIGHT GROUP
BOOK 4y book
INJ 8 inj
SIZE ~77 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: THE WRIGHT GROUP (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows EMD Millipore Operations averages 2.9 TCR (89% of the Pharmaceutical preparations (e.g., capsules, liniments, ointments, tablets) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

EMD Millipore Operations TCR series: 2018=7.3 · 2019=1.3 · 2020=0.9 · 2021=2.3 · BLS 3.3

Where EMD Millipore Operations falls in its industry

855 Pharmaceutical preparations (e establishments

Safer than 27% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.6.

Grade C

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #28 safest of 31 Pharmaceutical preparations (e employers in Illinois.

EMD Millipore Operations (77 employees, TCR 2.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 171 employees and a TCR of 1.6

EMD Millipore Operations has fewer employees than the Pharmaceutical preparations (e.g., capsu median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.6. 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
2021	2.3	2.3	2	0
2020	0.9	0.9	1	0
2019	1.3	0.0	1	0
2018	7.3	7.3	4	1

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325412 · IL · Kankakee

855 Pharmaceutical preparations (e.g., capsules, liniments, ointments, tablets) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 105 employers in Kankakee, IL · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	THE WRIGHT GROUP	LAFAYETTE, LA	2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR	ANI Pharmaceuticals - Main Street Facility	BAUDETTE, MN	2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Mercer Road Building	LEXINGTON, KY	2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR	STAQ Pharma	DENVER, CO	3.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Albers Farm	ALBERS	77 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Facebook DKL 1 2 NEW 20126004	DEKALB	77 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Builtech Services, LLC.	SCHAUMBURG	77 FTE
STATE-SIZE	William A. Randolph, Inc.	GURNEE	77 FTE
CITY-NEAR	RIVERSIDE HEALTH SYSTEM - 7240724	Kankakee	3,145 FTE
CITY-NEAR	RIVERSIDE MEDICAL CENTER	Kankakee	2,562 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Kankakee SD #111	Kankakee	859 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Presence St. Mary's Hospital Kankakee	Kankakee	726 FTE
NAT-TCR	DATTCO - Randolph	Randolph, MA	2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR	144 Greenwich Gallery	Greenwich, CT	2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR	Pointe	Pittsburgh, PA	2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR	FM Plant	Fort Mill, SC	2.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE	EMPNC, Inc. dba EmpireWorks	San Leandro, CA	77 FTE
NAT-SIZE	EMPSD, Inc. dba EmpireWorks	Santee, CA	77 FTE
NAT-SIZE	ABW Technologies, Inc	Arlington, WA	77 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Production Center	Wichita, KS	77 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: 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018. 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.