Balloons, plastics, manufacturing · Illinois

MPR Plastics, Inc

Elgin, IL · ~41 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.1
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

MPR Plastics, Inc runs at 125% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Balloons, plastics, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

MPR Plastics, Inc: 4.1 TCR = 125% of Balloons, plastics, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

MPR Plastics, Inc safety composite

MPR Plastics, Inc scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 12%), 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).

F

33/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 4.11 per 100 workers

Safer than 41% of industry peers

DART rate
F 5.97 per 100 workers

Safer than 12% 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%).

Rising injury rate

MPR Plastics, Inc: 2.2 → 6.0 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 6.0 TCR · DART/TCR 1.45× in 2018

MPR Plastics, Inc's TCR rose 3.7 from 2.2 in 2017 to 6.0 in 2018. In 2018, DART was 1.45× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 326199 · Elgin, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.1 · 125% of ind

  • DART 6.0 DART
  • RANK #116/175
  • PHOTO Wisconsin Plastics
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~41 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Wisconsin Plastics (0.0 TCR gap)

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MPR Plastics, Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows MPR Plastics, Inc averages 4.1 TCR (125% of the Balloons, plastics, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

MPR Plastics, Inc TCR series: 2017=2.2 · 2018=6 · BLS 3.3

Where MPR Plastics, Inc falls in its industry

2,838 Balloons, plastics, manufactur establishments

Safer than 41% 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 #116 safest of 175 Balloons, plastics, manufactur employers in Illinois.

MPR Plastics, Inc (41 employees, TCR 4.1) 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 MPR Plastics, Inc
MPR Plastics, Inc (41 employees, TCR 4.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 101 employees and a TCR of 3.5

MPR Plastics, Inc has fewer employees than the Balloons, plastics, manufacturing 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
2018 6.0 6.0 2 0 0
2017 2.2 2.2 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

326199 · IL · Elgin

2,838 Balloons, plastics, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 250 employers in Elgin, 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 Wisconsin Plastics 4.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR 210 LCI 4.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Airwest Mold 4.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Rimco Plastics Corporation 4.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE GDM Seeds, Inc 41 FTE
STATE-SIZE Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc. - Champaign Research - CMI1 41 FTE
STATE-SIZE 1987-Jerseyville, IL 41 FTE
STATE-SIZE Mt. Carmel Public Utility Co. 41 FTE
CITY-NEAR Advocate Sherman Hospital 1,717 FTE
CITY-NEAR Elgin John B. Sanfilippo & Son 987 FTE
CITY-NEAR City of Elgin 986 FTE
CITY-NEAR American NTN Bearing Manufacturing Corporation-Elgin 774 FTE
NAT-TCR 0118 - Huntsville, Al 4.1 TCR
NAT-TCR 0282 - Pembroke Pines, Fl 4.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Danville (Kydan) 4.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Terre Haute Truck Center 4.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Yokohama Industries Americas Inc. Division 2 41 FTE
NAT-SIZE Cycle Chem Inc. Elizabeth TSDF 41 FTE
NAT-SIZE HBSHSEWA05 41 FTE
NAT-SIZE HBSHSEMD65 41 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: 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.