Detergents (e.g., dishwashing, industrial, laundry) manufacturing · Illinois

KIK Chicago

Chicago, IL · ~78 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.8
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

KIK Chicago runs at 114% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Detergents (e.g., dishwashing, industrial, laundry) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

KIK Chicago: 3.8 TCR = 114% of Detergents (e.g., dishwashing, industrial, laundry) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

KIK Chicago safety composite

KIK Chicago scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 25%), 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

38/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 3.75 per 100 workers

Safer than 25% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.19 per 100 workers

Safer than 44% 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

KIK Chicago: 2.6 → 6.0 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 6.0 TCR · DART/TCR 0.32× in 2018

KIK Chicago's TCR rose 3.4 from 2.6 in 2016 to 6.0 in 2018. In 2018, DART was 0.32× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325611 · Chicago, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 3.8 · 114% of ind

  • DART 1.2 DART
  • RANK #18/23
  • PHOTO Bradford Soap - WWRI
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 9 inj
  • SIZE ~78 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Bradford Soap - WWRI (0.0 TCR gap)

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KIK Chicago in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows KIK Chicago averages 3.8 TCR (114% of the Detergents (e.g., dishwashing, industrial, laundry) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

KIK Chicago TCR series: 2016=2.6 · 2017=2.7 · 2018=6 · BLS 3.3

Where KIK Chicago falls in its industry

240 Detergents (e.g., dishwashing, establishments

Safer than 25% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #18 safest of 23 Detergents (e.g., dishwashing, employers in Illinois.

KIK Chicago (78 employees, TCR 3.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 113 employees and a TCR of 2.3 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 01,0002,0003,0004,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate KIK Chicago
KIK Chicago (78 employees, TCR 3.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 113 employees and a TCR of 2.3

KIK Chicago has fewer employees than the Detergents (e.g., dishwashing, industria median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.3. 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
2018 6.0 1.2 5 0 0
2017 2.7 1.4 2 0 0
2016 2.6 2.6 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325611 · IL · Chicago

240 Detergents (e.g., dishwashing, industrial, laundry) 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 Bradford Soap - WWRI 3.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR ChemStation of South Carolina 3.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR 4848_11163 3.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Conish Facility 3.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Bedford Grow LLC 78 FTE
STATE-SIZE Waukegan Station 78 FTE
STATE-SIZE Chicago West Tech 78 FTE
STATE-SIZE Corn Belt Energy Corporation 78 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 Walcott St Warehouse Location #01 3.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Bliss 3.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Morgan Truck Body LLC- MGA Rydal 3.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Mesa Grande dba The Citadel Retirement Apts 3.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE KP - Frazer CSC 78 FTE
NAT-SIZE Global Services Supply Chain Operations : Las Vegas, NV 78 FTE
NAT-SIZE Legacy Lighting : Ravenna - MDC, OH 78 FTE
NAT-SIZE Beckley (Wvbec) 78 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: 2018, 2017, 2016. 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.