Machine tools, metal forming, manufacturing · Illinois

Encore Packaging, LLC

Lake Villa, IL · ~43 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
7.3
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Encore Packaging, LLC runs at 220% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Machine tools, metal forming, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Encore Packaging, LLC: 7.3 TCR = 220% of Machine tools, metal forming, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Encore Packaging, LLC safety composite

Encore Packaging, LLC scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 17%), 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).

F

28/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.26 per 100 workers

Safer than 17% of industry peers

DART rate
F 2.47 per 100 workers

Safer than 25% 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%).

Encore Packaging, LLC held a steady TCR band

Encore Packaging, LLC's TCR held near 0.3 from 7.1 in 2023 to 7.4 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0.34× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2023=7.1 · 2024=7.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 333517 · Lake Villa, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 7.3 · 220% of ind

  • DART 2.5 DART
  • RANK #27/35
  • PHOTO AZT Technology - S
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 6 inj
  • SIZE ~43 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: AZT Technology - S (0.0 TCR gap)

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Encore Packaging, LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Encore Packaging, LLC averages 7.3 TCR (220% of the Machine tools, metal forming, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Encore Packaging, LLC TCR series: 2023=7.1 · 2024=7.4 · BLS 3.3

Where Encore Packaging, LLC falls in its industry

391 Machine tools, metal forming, establishments

Safer than 17% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #27 safest of 35 Machine tools, metal forming, employers in Illinois.

Encore Packaging, LLC (43 employees, TCR 7.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 3.4 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 0100200300 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Encore Packaging, LLC
Encore Packaging, LLC (43 employees, TCR 7.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 3.4

Encore Packaging, LLC has fewer employees than the Machine tools, metal forming, manufactur median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.4. 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 7.4 2.5 3 0 0
2023 7.1 4.7 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

333517 · IL · Lake Villa

391 Machine tools, metal forming, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 14 employers in Lake Villa, 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 AZT Technology - S 7.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Mursix Corporation 7.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Orick Stamping 7.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Arrow Gear Company 7.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Illinois 43 FTE
STATE-SIZE Stratum Reservoir, LLC - Champaign 43 FTE
STATE-SIZE AMEREN ILLINOIS - East St. Louis 43 FTE
STATE-SIZE Manlove Storage Field 43 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2662-4014 136 FTE
CITY-NEAR 4014 CENTRAL REGION-LAKE VILLA 108 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lake Villa Fire Protection District 84 FTE
CITY-NEAR 164272-LAKE VILLA PO 66 FTE
NAT-TCR Amazon.com Services LLC - PCW1 7.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Amazon.com Services LLC - WIN1 7.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Peek Brothers Construction 7.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Atlas Electric LLC. 7.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Hastings Construction Inc. 43 FTE
NAT-SIZE Mativ 43 FTE
NAT-SIZE Equipment Depot Texas, Inc. - San Antonio 43 FTE
NAT-SIZE Edison 43 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.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

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