Plastics basic shapes (e.g., film, rod, sheet, sheeting, tubing) merchant wholesalers · Illinois

Laird - Chicago

Bensenville, IL · ~32 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
1.6
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Laird - Chicago runs at 74% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Plastics basic shapes (e.g., film, rod, sheet, sheeting, tubing) merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade B.

Laird - Chicago: 1.6 TCR = 74% of Plastics basic shapes (e.g., film, rod, sheet, sheeting, tubing) merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Laird - Chicago safety composite

Laird - Chicago scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 67% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 21%), 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

47/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 1.63 per 100 workers

Safer than 67% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.25 per 100 workers

Safer than 21% 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

Laird - Chicago: 0.0 → 3.3 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 3.3 TCR · DART/TCR 1.99× in 2024

Laird - Chicago's TCR rose 3.3 from 0.0 in 2023 to 3.3 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1.99× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 424610 · Bensenville, IL AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 1.6 · 74% of ind

  • DART 3.3 DART
  • RANK #4/9
  • PHOTO Ravago Baytown Distr…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~32 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Ravago Baytown Distribution (0.0 TCR gap)

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Laird - Chicago in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Laird - Chicago averages 1.6 TCR (74% of the Plastics basic shapes (e.g., film, rod, sheet, sheeting, tubing) merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-09-26

Laird - Chicago TCR series: 2023=0 · 2024=3.3 · BLS 2.2

Where Laird - Chicago falls in its industry

101 Plastics basic shapes (e.g., f establishments

Safer than 67% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 9 Plastics basic shapes (e.g., f employers in Illinois.

Laird - Chicago (32 employees, TCR 1.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 2.1 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 0100200300 02468 Average employees Total Case Rate Laird - Chicago
Laird - Chicago (32 employees, TCR 1.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 2.1

Laird - Chicago has fewer employees than the Plastics basic shapes (e.g., film, rod, median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.1. 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 3.3 3.3 1 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

424610 · IL · Bensenville

101 Plastics basic shapes (e.g., film, rod, sheet, sheeting, tubing) merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 82 employers in Bensenville, 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 Ravago Baytown Distribution 1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR NORTH AMERICAN COMPOSITES COMPANY 1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Hart Supply 1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR RHA Barberton 1.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Juvenile Detention Center 32 FTE
STATE-SIZE 4769-6016-WILLIAMS SONOMA 32 FTE
STATE-SIZE Springfield Shunk Office 32 FTE
STATE-SIZE The Home City Ice Company Woodridge 32 FTE
CITY-NEAR 3Y US Foods Bensenville 412 FTE
CITY-NEAR US Foods Chicago 387 FTE
CITY-NEAR ORD - Main facility 367 FTE
CITY-NEAR US Foods Bensenville 366 FTE
NAT-TCR Allison Abrasives , Inc. 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Educational Service Center 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Sioux City Service Center 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR 301 Culinaria 1.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Springhill Suites Bozeman 32 FTE
NAT-SIZE Durand Builders Service 32 FTE
NAT-SIZE STR0669 32 FTE
NAT-SIZE STR0520 32 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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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.