Other Chemical and Allied Products Merchant Wholesalers · Illinois

Midwest - Rockford - Linden

Rockford, IL · ~58 workers · 8 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

Midwest - Rockford - Linden runs at 73% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Other Chemical and Allied Products Merchant Wholesalers workplace, earning a grade B.

Midwest - Rockford - Linden: 1.6 TCR = 73% of Other Chemical and Allied Products Merchant Wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Midwest - Rockford - Linden safety composite

Midwest - Rockford - Linden scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 70% 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

60/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 1.6 per 100 workers

Safer than 58% 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

−3.4

2016→2023

Midwest - Rockford - Linden injury rate improved

Midwest - Rockford - Linden's TCR fell 3.4 from 3.4 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2021 at 4.4 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=3.4 · 2017=3.3 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=1.7 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=4.4 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 424690 · Rockford, IL AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 1.6 · 73% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #14/38
  • PHOTO INTERNATIONAL CHEMTE…
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 7 inj
  • SIZE ~58 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: INTERNATIONAL CHEMTEX CORPORATION (0.0 TCR gap)

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Midwest - Rockford - Linden in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Midwest - Rockford - Linden averages 1.6 TCR (73% 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 - Rockford - Linden TCR series: 2016=3.4 · 2017=3.3 · 2018=0 · 2019=1.7 · 2020=0 · 2021=4.4 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · BLS 2.2

Where Midwest - Rockford - Linden falls in its industry

766 Other Chemical and Allied Prod establishments

Safer than 58% 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 #14 safest of 38 Other Chemical and Allied Prod employers in Illinois.

Midwest - Rockford - Linden (58 employees, TCR 1.6) 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 - Rockford - Linden
Midwest - Rockford - Linden (58 employees, TCR 1.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 38 employees and a TCR of 1.9

Midwest - Rockford - Linden has more employees than the Other Chemical and Allied Products Merch median and a lower 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 4.4 4.4 2 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 1.7 1.7 1 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 3.3 3.3 2 0 0
2016 3.4 3.4 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

424690 · IL · Rockford

766 Other Chemical and Allied Products Merchant Wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 405 employers in Rockford, 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 INTERNATIONAL CHEMTEX CORPORATION 1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Minooka Distribution 1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Slack Chemical Company Inc. 1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Praxair Distribution Inc. Wilmington 1.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE AMEREN ILLINOIS - IL Relay Ops 58 FTE
STATE-SIZE AMEREN ILLINOIS - La Salle 58 FTE
STATE-SIZE Menold Construction and Restoration 58 FTE
STATE-SIZE ALPA Construction, Inc. 58 FTE
CITY-NEAR ILRKF - ROCKFORD AIR HUB 2,634 FTE
CITY-NEAR Swedish American Hospital - 4800 2,629 FTE
CITY-NEAR PCI Pharma Services Rockford 2,175 FTE
CITY-NEAR SwedishAmerican Hospital 1,855 FTE
NAT-TCR Clinical Care Associates 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Belvedere Nursing & Rehab 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR 8200 Preston Suite P&Q Jessup MD 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Taylor-Wythe 1.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Great Lakes Oakwood Village 58 FTE
NAT-SIZE C&C Hauling Co 58 FTE
NAT-SIZE Choicewood 58 FTE
NAT-SIZE D84 Honolulu 58 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.

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