Manufacturing Non-Woven Fabrics · Illinois

Medline Industries - ReadyCare Waukegan - RCW

Name: Medline Industries - ReadyCare Waukegan - RCW Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Waukegan, IL · ~78 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

C
Average Safety Record: 2.7
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Medline Industries - ReadyCare Waukegan - RCW runs at 82% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Manufacturing Non-Woven Fabrics workplace, earning a grade C.

Medline Industries - ReadyCare Waukegan - RCW: 2.7 TCR = 82% of Manufacturing Non-Woven Fabrics BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Medline Industries - ReadyCare Waukegan - RCW safety composite

Medline Industries - ReadyCare Waukegan - RCW scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 62% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (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).

46/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): C 2.69 per 100 workers

Safer than 62% of industry peers
DART rate: F 3.96 per 100 workers

Safer than 25% of industry peers
Fatalities: D 0

Safer than 51% 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

Medline Industries - ReadyCare Waukegan - RCW: 1.4 → 4.0 TCR

Peak year 2017 @ 4.0 TCR · DART/TCR 1.47× in 2017

Medline Industries - ReadyCare Waukegan - RCW's TCR rose 2.5 from 1.4 in 2016 to 4.0 in 2017. In 2017, DART was 1.47× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 313230 · Waukegan, IL AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 2.7 · 82% of ind

DART 4.0 DART
RANK #2/7
PHOTO Fibertex Nonwovens I…
BOOK 2y book
INJ 4 inj
SIZE ~78 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Fibertex Nonwovens Inc. - GRE (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Medline Industries - ReadyCare Waukegan - RCW averages 2.7 TCR (82% of the Manufacturing Non-Woven Fabrics BLS benchmark).

Medline Industries - ReadyCare Waukegan - RCW TCR series: 2016=1.4 · 2017=4 · BLS 3.3

Where Medline Industries - ReadyCare Waukegan - RCW falls in its industry

191 Manufacturing Non-Woven Fabric establishments

Safer than 62% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

Grade C

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #2 safest of 7 Manufacturing Non-Woven Fabric employers in Illinois.

Medline Industries - ReadyCare Waukegan - RCW (78 employees, TCR 2.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 82 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Medline Industries - ReadyCare Waukegan - RCW has fewer employees than the Manufacturing Non-Woven Fabrics median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.5. 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
2017	4.0	4.0	3	0	0
2016	1.4	1.4	1	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

313230 · IL · Waukegan

191 Manufacturing Non-Woven Fabrics employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 141 employers in Waukegan, 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	Fibertex Nonwovens Inc. - GRE	GRAY COURT, SC	2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Tenowo, Inc	LINCOLNTON, NC	2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Floyd	FLOYD, VA	2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Lydall Performance Materials, Inc. Green Island	GREEN ISLAND, NY	2.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Bedford Grow LLC	BEDFORD PARK	78 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Waukegan Station	WAUKEGAN	78 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Chicago West Tech	CHICAGO	78 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Corn Belt Energy Corporation	BLOOMINGTON	78 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Waukegan PSD #60	Waukegan	2,420 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Vista Medical Center	Waukegan	936 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Visual Pak Waukegan	Waukegan	807 FTE
CITY-NEAR	American Blending & Filling	Waukegan	793 FTE
NAT-TCR	0244 - Newport News, Va	Newport News, VA	2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	0214 - Clarksville, Tn	Clarksville, TN	2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	AmeriGas - Swanton, OH	Swanton, OH	2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	G & W Equipment - Raleigh	Raleigh, NC	2.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE	N and R of Willard LLC	Willard, MO	78 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Giant 779	Manassas, VA	78 FTE
NAT-SIZE	KP - Frazer CSC	Malvern, PA	78 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Global Services Supply Chain Operations : Las Vegas, NV	North Las Vegas, NV	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: 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.