Starch glues manufacturing · Illinois

Henkel

Elgin, IL · ~85 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.4
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Henkel runs at 73% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Starch glues manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

Henkel: 2.4 TCR = 73% of Starch glues manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Henkel safety composite

Henkel scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 57% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 18%), 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

42/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.42 per 100 workers

Safer than 57% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.13 per 100 workers

Safer than 18% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Henkel: 3.7 → 4.1 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 4.1 TCR · DART/TCR 1.71× in 2024

Henkel's TCR rose 0.5 from 3.7 in 2016 to 4.1 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1.71× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325520 · Elgin, IL AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.4 · 73% of ind

  • DART 4.1 DART
  • RANK #9/22
  • PHOTO MAPEI Garland, TX
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 13 inj
  • SIZE ~85 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: MAPEI Garland, TX (0.0 TCR gap)

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Henkel in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Henkel averages 2.4 TCR (73% of the Starch glues manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Henkel TCR series: 2016=3.7 · 2017=1.1 · 2018=3.4 · 2019=3.4 · 2022=1.2 · 2023=0 · 2024=4.1 · BLS 3.3

Where Henkel falls in its industry

287 Starch glues manufacturing establishments

Safer than 57% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #9 safest of 22 Starch glues manufacturing employers in Illinois.

Henkel (85 employees, TCR 2.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 63 employees and a TCR of 2.7 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 0100200300400 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Henkel
Henkel (85 employees, TCR 2.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 63 employees and a TCR of 2.7

Henkel has more employees than the Starch glues manufacturing median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.7. 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 4.1 4.1 3 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 1.2 1.2 1 0 0
2019 3.4 1.1 3 0 0
2018 3.4 2.2 3 0 0
2017 1.1 1.1 1 0 0
2016 3.7 2.5 2 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325520 · IL · Elgin

287 Starch glues manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 250 employers in Elgin, 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 MAPEI Garland, TX 2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Oatey Co - Cleveland Manufacturing 2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR American Sealants Inc- Nevada Plant 2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ardex, L.P. Bourbonnais 2.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Atkinson 85 FTE
STATE-SIZE DuPont Pioneer Utica UTI1 85 FTE
STATE-SIZE Monmouth, IL 85 FTE
STATE-SIZE Newton Power Station 85 FTE
CITY-NEAR Advocate Sherman Hospital 1,717 FTE
CITY-NEAR Elgin John B. Sanfilippo & Son 987 FTE
CITY-NEAR City of Elgin 986 FTE
CITY-NEAR American NTN Bearing Manufacturing Corporation-Elgin 774 FTE
NAT-TCR Memphis Sales Location 2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Turman Lumber Company Salem 2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Council Oak Comprehensive Healthcare 2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Legrand AV 2.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE BAS Logistics LLC 85 FTE
NAT-SIZE Limoges Construction 85 FTE
NAT-SIZE Rodelle Inc 85 FTE
NAT-SIZE Bayview Elementary School 85 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, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. 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.