Polyurethane foam products manufacturing · Illinois

FXI - West Chicago

West Chicago, IL · ~204 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.6
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

FXI - West Chicago runs at 49% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Polyurethane foam products manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

FXI - West Chicago: 1.6 TCR = 49% of Polyurethane foam products manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

FXI - West Chicago safety composite

FXI - West Chicago scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 81% 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).

C

68/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.62 per 100 workers

Safer than 81% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0.43 per 100 workers

Safer than 64% 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

−2.3

2020→2024

FXI - West Chicago injury rate improved

FXI - West Chicago's TCR fell 2.3 from 2.7 in 2020 to 0.4 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 2.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.27× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=2.7 · 2021=2.7 · 2022=1.6 · 2023=0.6 · 2024=0.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 326150 · West Chicago, IL AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 1.6 · 49% of ind

  • DART 0.4 DART
  • RANK #7/20
  • PHOTO Austin Foam/Sealed Air
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 21 inj
  • SIZE ~204 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Austin Foam/Sealed Air (0.0 TCR gap)

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FXI - West Chicago in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows FXI - West Chicago averages 1.6 TCR (49% of the Polyurethane foam products manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

FXI - West Chicago TCR series: 2020=2.7 · 2021=2.7 · 2022=1.6 · 2023=0.6 · 2024=0.4 · BLS 3.3

Where FXI - West Chicago falls in its industry

474 Polyurethane foam products man establishments

Safer than 81% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #7 safest of 20 Polyurethane foam products man employers in Illinois.

FXI - West Chicago (204 employees, TCR 1.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 76 employees and a TCR of 3.1 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 050100150200250 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate FXI - West Chicago
FXI - West Chicago (204 employees, TCR 1.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 76 employees and a TCR of 3.1

FXI - West Chicago has more employees than the Polyurethane foam products manufacturing median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.1. 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 0.4 0.4 1 0 0
2023 0.6 0.0 1 0 0
2022 1.6 1.1 3 0 0
2021 2.7 2.4 8 0 0
2020 2.7 2.4 8 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

326150 · IL · West Chicago

474 Polyurethane foam products manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 123 employers in West 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 Austin Foam/Sealed Air 1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Duna USA Inc. 1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Tupelo Pouring Plant 1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Polymer Technologies Inc 1.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE William Charles Construction 204 FTE
STATE-SIZE Pella Corporatio - Macomb Operations 204 FTE
STATE-SIZE DeKalb, IL - CN1 204 FTE
STATE-SIZE MacLean Fasteners, a MacLean-Fogg Company 204 FTE
CITY-NEAR The Jel Sert Company 830 FTE
CITY-NEAR BALL HORTICULTURAL COMPANY 713 FTE
CITY-NEAR Amazon.com Services LLC - SIL3 351 FTE
CITY-NEAR Siemens West Chicago 342 FTE
NAT-TCR ICU Medical Inc. 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR AMC Mechanical LLC 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Elder Care Alliance 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Belt Construction Inc. 1.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE St. John Rehabilitation Hospital, an affiliate of Encompass Health 204 FTE
NAT-SIZE MORryde - Sterling 204 FTE
NAT-SIZE Worldwide Protective Products 204 FTE
NAT-SIZE Panorama Gardens Nursing & Rehabilitation Center 204 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, 2022, 2021, 2020. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.