Other Chemical and Allied Products Merchant Wholesalers · Illinois

Midwest - Aurora

Aurora, IL · ~23 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
2.8
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Midwest - Aurora runs at 125% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Other Chemical and Allied Products Merchant Wholesalers workplace, earning a grade D.

Midwest - Aurora: 2.8 TCR = 125% of Other Chemical and Allied Products Merchant Wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Midwest - Aurora safety composite

Midwest - Aurora scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 70% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 35%), 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

51/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 2.75 per 100 workers

Safer than 35% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 70% 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

−8.7

2016→2023

Midwest - Aurora injury rate improved

Midwest - Aurora's TCR fell 8.7 from 8.7 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2016 at 8.7 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=8.7 · 2017=4.1 · 2018=4.2 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=4.9 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 424690 · Aurora, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 2.8 · 125% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #25/38
  • PHOTO Hydrite - LaCrosse WI
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~23 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Hydrite - LaCrosse WI (0.0 TCR gap)

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Midwest - Aurora in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Midwest - Aurora averages 2.8 TCR (125% of the Other Chemical and Allied Products Merchant Wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

Midwest - Aurora TCR series: 2016=8.7 · 2017=4.1 · 2018=4.2 · 2019=0 · 2020=0 · 2021=4.9 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · BLS 2.2

Where Midwest - Aurora falls in its industry

766 Other Chemical and Allied Prod establishments

Safer than 35% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #25 safest of 38 Other Chemical and Allied Prod employers in Illinois.

Midwest - Aurora (23 employees, TCR 2.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 38 employees and a TCR of 1.9 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 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Midwest - Aurora
Midwest - Aurora (23 employees, TCR 2.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 38 employees and a TCR of 1.9

Midwest - Aurora has fewer employees than the Other Chemical and Allied Products Merch median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.9. 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
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 4.9 4.9 1 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 4.2 0.0 1 0 0
2017 4.1 0.0 1 0 0
2016 8.7 8.7 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

424690 · IL · Aurora

766 Other Chemical and Allied Products Merchant Wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 325 employers in Aurora, 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 Hydrite - LaCrosse WI 2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR 6603_15282 2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR TLC Ingredients, Inc. 2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR American Tokyo Kasei inc. 2.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Oak Grove 23 FTE
STATE-SIZE Eagle Point Farms, LLC. 23 FTE
STATE-SIZE Mendota Office 23 FTE
STATE-SIZE Nokomis Area Fire Protection District 23 FTE
CITY-NEAR Indian Prairie School District 204 3,309 FTE
CITY-NEAR Factor Aurora 2,167 FTE
CITY-NEAR Rush Copley Medical Center, Inc. 2,163 FTE
CITY-NEAR ANDY FRAIN SERVICES INC 2,100 FTE
NAT-TCR Midwest-Waukesha 2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Fm 5 2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Hilton Garden Inn Mooresville Nc 2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Big Lots Store #4743 Collins, NY 2.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Shinnston (S184) 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE Great Lakes Cincinnati Dayton Rd 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE Builder Brothers Carpentry Inc 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE MO 23 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: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.