Silica, amorphous, manufacturing · Illinois

Essential Chemicals USA LLC

Name: Essential Chemicals USA LLC Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Chicago Heights, IL · ~37 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

A
Excellent Safety Record: 1.1
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Essential Chemicals USA LLC runs at 32% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Silica, amorphous, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Essential Chemicals USA LLC: 1.1 TCR = 32% of Silica, amorphous, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Essential Chemicals USA LLC safety composite

Essential Chemicals USA LLC scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 75% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).

67/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): C 1.06 per 100 workers

Safer than 71% of industry peers
DART rate: B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 75% of industry peers
Fatalities: D 0

Safer than 51% 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

−2.1

2023→2024

Essential Chemicals USA LLC injury rate improved

Essential Chemicals USA LLC's TCR fell 2.1 from 2.1 in 2023 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 2.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2023=2.1 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325180 · Chicago Heights, IL AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 1.1 · 32% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #6/25
PHOTO Covoro Mining Soluti…
BOOK 2y book
INJ 1 inj
SIZE ~37 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Covoro Mining Solutions LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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1.1
Covoro Mining

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1.1
Odyssey Manufa

1.1
Riverland Indu

1.1

What this shows Essential Chemicals USA LLC averages 1.1 TCR (32% of the Silica, amorphous, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Essential Chemicals USA LLC TCR series: 2023=2.1 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Essential Chemicals USA LLC falls in its industry

418 Silica, amorphous, manufacturi establishments

Safer than 71% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.9.

Grade A

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 25 Silica, amorphous, manufacturi employers in Illinois.

Essential Chemicals USA LLC (37 employees, TCR 1.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 61 employees and a TCR of 1.9

Essential Chemicals USA LLC has fewer employees than the Silica, amorphous, manufacturing median and a lower 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	2.1	2.1	1	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325180 · IL · Chicago Heights

418 Silica, amorphous, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 82 employers in Chicago Heights, 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	Covoro Mining Solutions LLC	MEMPHIS, TN	1.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Olin Corporation - Niagara Falls Operations	NIAGARA FALLS, NY	1.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Odyssey Manufacturing Main Terminal	TAMPA, FL	1.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Riverland Industries, Inc.	BATON ROUGE, LA	1.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Curtis Orchard Ltd	CHAMPAIGN	37 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Tuscola	TUSCOLA	37 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Lewis Seed Farms, Inc. - Ursa	URSA	37 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Aurora Fleet Facility	AURORA	37 FTE
CITY-NEAR	309 CHICAGO	Chicago Heights	1,341 FTE
CITY-NEAR	CHICAGO STMP	Chicago Heights	1,226 FTE
CITY-NEAR	6284-YR-309 RX	Chicago Heights	827 FTE
CITY-NEAR	CGT	Chicago Heights	581 FTE
NAT-TCR	Atlanta- Dry Bulk Transport	College Park, GA	1.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	Bratney Companies	Urbandale, IA	1.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	Beaverton Honda	Beaverton, OR	1.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	Intercontinental Packaging, Inc	Opelika, AL	1.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Hero BX - Alabama	Moundville, AL	37 FTE
NAT-SIZE	D. B. Cheerleaders, Inc.	Denver, CO	37 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Starks Welding & Manufacturing Services, Inc.	Georgetown, TX	37 FTE
NAT-SIZE	998 Glory Rd.	Green Bay, WI	37 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.

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