Paper (e.g., fine, printing, writing), bulk, merchant wholesalers · Illinois

Midland Paper - Des Plaines, IL

Des Plaines, IL · ~48 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
1.4
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Midland Paper - Des Plaines, IL runs at 66% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Paper (e.g., fine, printing, writing), bulk, merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade B.

Midland Paper - Des Plaines, IL: 1.4 TCR = 66% of Paper (e.g., fine, printing, writing), bulk, merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Midland Paper - Des Plaines, IL safety composite

Midland Paper - Des Plaines, IL scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 74% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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).

C

66/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 1.45 per 100 workers

Safer than 70% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 74% 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

−2.2

2019→2021

Midland Paper - Des Plaines, IL injury rate improved

Midland Paper - Des Plaines, IL's TCR fell 2.2 from 2.2 in 2019 to 0.0 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2019 at 2.2 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=2.2 · 2020=2.1 · 2021=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 424110 · Des Plaines, IL AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 1.4 · 66% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #2/7
  • PHOTO Midland - Wolf Rd
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~48 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Midland - Wolf Rd (0.0 TCR gap)

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Midland Paper - Des Plaines, IL in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Midland Paper - Des Plaines, IL averages 1.4 TCR (66% of the Paper (e.g., fine, printing, writing), bulk, merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

Midland Paper - Des Plaines, IL TCR series: 2019=2.2 · 2020=2.1 · 2021=0 · BLS 2.2

Where Midland Paper - Des Plaines, IL falls in its industry

116 Paper (e.g., fine, printing, w establishments

Safer than 70% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.2.

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 Paper (e.g., fine, printing, w employers in Illinois.

Midland Paper - Des Plaines, IL (48 employees, TCR 1.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 46 employees and a TCR of 2.2 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 050100150200 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Midland Paper - Des Plaines, IL
Midland Paper - Des Plaines, IL (48 employees, TCR 1.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 46 employees and a TCR of 2.2

Midland Paper - Des Plaines, IL has more employees than the Paper (e.g., fine, printing, writing), b median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.2. 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
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 2.1 2.1 1 0 0
2019 2.2 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

424110 · IL · Des Plaines

116 Paper (e.g., fine, printing, writing), bulk, merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 174 employers in Des Plaines, 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 Midland - Wolf Rd 1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Millcraft Columbus 1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Pratt Retail Specialties, LLC Dayton, NJ 1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Midland Paper - Plainfield, IN 1.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE City of Marengo - 04WW 48 FTE
STATE-SIZE Kirie Water Reclamation Plant 48 FTE
STATE-SIZE Focus Development, Inc. 48 FTE
STATE-SIZE Lennar Multi-Family - Central (Chicago) 48 FTE
CITY-NEAR Illinois Bone & Joint Institute 2,172 FTE
CITY-NEAR Rivers Casino 1,705 FTE
CITY-NEAR Des Plaines Campus 1,245 FTE
CITY-NEAR Des Plaines (IL36) 1,200 FTE
NAT-TCR Thermo Fisher Scientific-FCS Allentown, PA 1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Tarkett Middlefield Warehouse 1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR One Point/Corporate Environments 1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR City of Greensboro Human Resources Department 1.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE OR2 48 FTE
NAT-SIZE Connelly Plumbing Co 48 FTE
NAT-SIZE Holiday Inn Milwaukee Riverfront 48 FTE
NAT-SIZE Public Safety 48 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: 2021, 2020, 2019. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.