Motor vehicle moldings and extrusions, plastics, manufacturing · Illinois

Microplastics Inc

St. Charles, IL · ~164 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.1
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Microplastics Inc runs at 155% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Motor vehicle moldings and extrusions, plastics, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Microplastics Inc: 5.1 TCR = 155% of Motor vehicle moldings and extrusions, plastics, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Microplastics Inc safety composite

Microplastics Inc scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 30%), 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

39/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 5.12 per 100 workers

Safer than 30% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.4 per 100 workers

Safer than 40% 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

−1.0

2017→2024

Microplastics Inc injury rate improved

Microplastics Inc's TCR fell 1.0 from 5.1 in 2017 to 4.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 8.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.47× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=5.1 · 2018=8.7 · 2019=3.3 · 2020=4.5 · 2024=4.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 326199 · St. Charles, IL ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 5.1 · 155% of ind

  • DART 2.4 DART
  • RANK #128/175
  • PHOTO Plastics Division
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 37 inj
  • SIZE ~164 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Plastics Division (0.0 TCR gap)

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Microplastics Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Microplastics Inc averages 5.1 TCR (155% of the Motor vehicle moldings and extrusions, plastics, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Microplastics Inc TCR series: 2017=5.1 · 2018=8.7 · 2019=3.3 · 2020=4.5 · 2024=4 · BLS 3.3

Where Microplastics Inc falls in its industry

2,838 Motor vehicle moldings and ext establishments

Safer than 30% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #128 safest of 175 Motor vehicle moldings and ext employers in Illinois.

Microplastics Inc (164 employees, TCR 5.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 101 employees and a TCR of 3.5 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 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Microplastics Inc
Microplastics Inc (164 employees, TCR 5.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 101 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Microplastics Inc has more employees than the Motor vehicle moldings and extrusions, p median and a higher 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
2024 4.0 2.4 5 0 0
2020 4.5 0.9 4 1 0
2019 3.3 0.7 5 0 0
2018 8.7 6.6 13 3 0
2017 5.1 5.1 10 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

326199 · IL · St. Charles

2,838 Motor vehicle moldings and extrusions, plastics, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 87 employers in St. Charles, 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 Plastics Division 5.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Silver Line Building Products LLC Extrusion Operations 5.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR ecore 360 LLC Greenville 5.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Milgard Windows & Doors -- Temecula Manufacturing 5.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE DuPont Pioneer Woodhull WOO1 164 FTE
STATE-SIZE AMEREN ILLINOIS - Belleville 164 FTE
STATE-SIZE Long Grove Confectionery Co 164 FTE
STATE-SIZE Kerry-Melrose Park 164 FTE
CITY-NEAR Rukel Management, LLC. 607 FTE
CITY-NEAR Omron Automotive Electronics, Inc. (OEDC) 572 FTE
CITY-NEAR Nidec Mobility of America Corporation 454 FTE
CITY-NEAR Nidec Mobility America Corporation 439 FTE
NAT-TCR Tiny Town 5.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Kalman Manufacturing Inc 5.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Florida Express Environmental 5.1 TCR
NAT-TCR James Meat Company Inc 5.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Colorado Springs 164 FTE
NAT-SIZE Southpointe Energy Resources, LLC 164 FTE
NAT-SIZE Aerospace Coatings International, Inc. 164 FTE
NAT-SIZE R&B Roofing LLC 164 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, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.