Emulsifiers (i.e., surface-active agents) manufacturing · Illinois

Kensing - Kankakee

Name: Kensing - Kankakee Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Kankakee, IL · ~218 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

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

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The verdict

Kensing - Kankakee runs at 49% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Emulsifiers (i.e., surface-active agents) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Kensing - Kankakee: 1.6 TCR = 49% of Emulsifiers (i.e., surface-active agents) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Kensing - Kankakee safety composite

Kensing - Kankakee scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 32%), 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).

44/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): D 1.61 per 100 workers

Safer than 50% of industry peers
DART rate: F 1.45 per 100 workers

Safer than 32% 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%).

Kensing - Kankakee held a steady TCR band

Kensing - Kankakee's TCR held near 0.3 from 1.8 in 2023 to 1.4 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 1.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.9× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2023=1.8 · 2024=1.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325613 · Kankakee, IL AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 1.6 · 49% of ind

DART 1.4 DART
RANK #3/7
PHOTO Lubrizol Advanced Ma…
BOOK 2y book
INJ 7 inj
SIZE ~218 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Lubrizol Advanced Materials Inc Bowling Green (0.0 TCR gap)

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Solvay Univers

1.7
This site

1.6
Lubrizol Advan

1.6
BASF Corporati

1.6
Stepan Company

1.6

What this shows Kensing - Kankakee averages 1.6 TCR (49% of the Emulsifiers (i.e., surface-active agents) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Kensing - Kankakee TCR series: 2023=1.8 · 2024=1.4 · BLS 3.3

Where Kensing - Kankakee falls in its industry

66 Emulsifiers (i.e., surface-act establishments

Safer than 50% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.7.

Grade A

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 7 Emulsifiers (i.e., surface-act employers in Illinois.

Kensing - Kankakee (218 employees, TCR 1.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 69 employees and a TCR of 1.7

Kensing - Kankakee has more employees than the Emulsifiers (i.e., surface-active agents median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.7. 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	1.4	1.4	3	0	0
2023	1.8	1.8	4	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325613 · IL · Kankakee

66 Emulsifiers (i.e., surface-active agents) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 105 employers in Kankakee, 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	Lubrizol Advanced Materials Inc Bowling Green	BOWLING GREEN, OH	1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	BASF Corporation	KANKAKEE, IL	1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Stepan Company	ANAHEIM, CA	1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Solvay University Park, IL	UNIVERSITY PARK, IL	1.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Prysmian Cables and Systems USA, LLC	DUQUOIN	218 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Metro Tech Service Corp	SCHAUMBURG	218 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Ferrara Candy Company - DeKalb	DEKALB	218 FTE
STATE-SIZE	United Laboratories, Inc.	ST. CHARLES	218 FTE
CITY-NEAR	RIVERSIDE HEALTH SYSTEM - 7240724	Kankakee	3,145 FTE
CITY-NEAR	RIVERSIDE MEDICAL CENTER	Kankakee	2,562 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Kankakee SD #111	Kankakee	859 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Presence St. Mary's Hospital Kankakee	Kankakee	726 FTE
NAT-TCR	South Durham Operations	Durham, NC	1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	Lubrizol Advanced Materials Inc Bowling Green	Bowling Green, OH	1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	ACCO Engineered Systems	Pasadena, CA	1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	Roseville 10077	Roseville, MI	1.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Jefferson County nursing home	Dandridge, TN	218 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Medical West	Flagstaff, AZ	218 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Asphalt Specialists, LLC	Pontiac, MI	218 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Martin'S Food Markets 6425	Rising Sun, MD	218 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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