Adhesives (except asphalt, dental, gypsum base) manufacturing · Illinois

Henkel U.S Operations

Chicago, IL · ~42 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.0
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Henkel U.S Operations runs at 90% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Adhesives (except asphalt, dental, gypsum base) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

Henkel U.S Operations: 3.0 TCR = 90% of Adhesives (except asphalt, dental, gypsum base) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Henkel U.S Operations safety composite

Henkel U.S Operations scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 35%), 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)
D 2.97 per 100 workers

Safer than 42% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.16 per 100 workers

Safer than 35% 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

−1.4

2020→2024

Henkel U.S Operations injury rate improved

Henkel U.S Operations's TCR fell 1.4 from 3.5 in 2020 to 2.2 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 5.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.73× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=3.5 · 2021=5.3 · 2022=1.9 · 2023=1.9 · 2024=2.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade C · TCR 3.0 · 90% of ind

  • DART 2.2 DART
  • RANK #14/22
  • PHOTO Dymax Corporation (H…
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 8 inj
  • SIZE ~42 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Dymax Corporation (HQ & Adhesives) (0.0 TCR gap)

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Henkel U.S Operations in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Henkel U.S Operations averages 3.0 TCR (90% of the Adhesives (except asphalt, dental, gypsum base) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Henkel U.S Operations TCR series: 2020=3.5 · 2021=5.3 · 2022=1.9 · 2023=1.9 · 2024=2.2 · BLS 3.3

Where Henkel U.S Operations falls in its industry

287 Adhesives (except asphalt, den establishments

Safer than 42% 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 #14 safest of 22 Adhesives (except asphalt, den employers in Illinois.

Henkel U.S Operations (42 employees, TCR 3.0) 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 U.S Operations
Henkel U.S Operations (42 employees, TCR 3.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 63 employees and a TCR of 2.7

Henkel U.S Operations has fewer employees than the Adhesives (except asphalt, dental, gypsu median and a higher 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 2.2 2.2 1 0 0
2023 1.9 1.9 1 0 0
2022 1.9 1.9 1 0 0
2021 5.3 5.3 3 0 0
2020 3.5 3.5 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325520 · IL · Chicago

287 Adhesives (except asphalt, dental, gypsum base) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 2,934 employers in 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 Dymax Corporation (HQ & Adhesives) 3.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Kent Manufacturing Company 3.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Siroflex, a company of Bostik, Inc. 2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Copps Industries 3.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE DAS Pontiac, IL 42 FTE
STATE-SIZE Waterman, IL-R&D 42 FTE
STATE-SIZE Springfield IL 42 FTE
STATE-SIZE Egyptian Electric Cooperative 42 FTE
CITY-NEAR Chicago Public Schools 49,500 FTE
CITY-NEAR Chicago/Corporate 18,831 FTE
CITY-NEAR University of Illinois at Chicago 13,092 FTE
CITY-NEAR University Health Service UIC UIC Campus 12,732 FTE
NAT-TCR Crystal River FL 3.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Maximus Minimus 3.0 TCR
NAT-TCR 2025 - Andover 3.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Stadium Casino RE, LLC dba Live! Casino & Hotel Philadelphia 3.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Ste. Genevieve Terminal 42 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hilliard OH 42 FTE
NAT-SIZE 2404-Hyatt Place Austin Dt 42 FTE
NAT-SIZE Heartland Express Medford 42 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.