Reformulating plastics resins from recycled plastics products · Illinois

MRC Polymers, Inc.

Chicago, IL · ~55 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
7.4
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

MRC Polymers, Inc. runs at 225% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Reformulating plastics resins from recycled plastics products workplace, earning a grade F.

MRC Polymers, Inc.: 7.4 TCR = 225% of Reformulating plastics resins from recycled plastics products BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

MRC Polymers, Inc. safety composite

MRC Polymers, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 8%), 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

21/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.43 per 100 workers

Safer than 8% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.09 per 100 workers

Safer than 14% 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

−7.4

2021→2024

MRC Polymers, Inc. injury rate improved

MRC Polymers, Inc.'s TCR fell 7.4 from 17.6 in 2021 to 10.2 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 17.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.55× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=17.6 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=1.9 · 2024=10.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325991 · Chicago, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 7.4 · 225% of ind

  • DART 4.1 DART
  • RANK #16/18
  • PHOTO A.Schulman Carpenter…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 14 inj
  • SIZE ~55 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: A.Schulman Carpentersville (0.0 TCR gap)

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MRC Polymers, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows MRC Polymers, Inc. averages 7.4 TCR (225% of the Reformulating plastics resins from recycled plastics products BLS benchmark).

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

MRC Polymers, Inc. TCR series: 2021=17.6 · 2022=0 · 2023=1.9 · 2024=10.2 · BLS 3.3

Where MRC Polymers, Inc. falls in its industry

342 Reformulating plastics resins establishments

Safer than 8% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #16 safest of 18 Reformulating plastics resins employers in Illinois.

MRC Polymers, Inc. (55 employees, TCR 7.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 72 employees and a TCR of 2.5 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 0100200300400500 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate MRC Polymers, Inc.
MRC Polymers, Inc. (55 employees, TCR 7.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 72 employees and a TCR of 2.5

MRC Polymers, Inc. has fewer employees than the Reformulating plastics resins from recyc median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.5. 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 10.2 4.1 5 0 0
2023 1.9 0.0 1 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 17.6 15.4 8 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325991 · IL · Chicago

342 Reformulating plastics resins from recycled plastics products employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 2,934 employers in Chicago, 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 A.Schulman Carpentersville 7.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR S&E Specialty Polymers, LLC 7.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Asahi Kasei Plastics- Athens 7.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Mesa Fully Formed, LLC - Mesa 7.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Illinois 55 FTE
STATE-SIZE 0G6 - Gas Storage 55 FTE
STATE-SIZE BS&T Construction 55 FTE
STATE-SIZE JOSCO Construction Services, Inc 55 FTE
CITY-NEAR Chicago Public Schools 49,500 FTE
CITY-NEAR Chicago/Corporate 18,831 FTE
CITY-NEAR University of Illinois at Chicago 13,092 FTE
CITY-NEAR University Health Service UIC UIC Campus 12,732 FTE
NAT-TCR Ion Logistics Inc. 7.4 TCR
NAT-TCR See World Satellites 7.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Oxford Sasche Memory Care LTD 7.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Big Sandy Superstore (15) 7.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Cascade Medical Investors LP 55 FTE
NAT-SIZE Rural Living Environments Inc 55 FTE
NAT-SIZE KOTAK Express LLC 55 FTE
NAT-SIZE Principle Toyota Hernando 55 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, 2023, 2022, 2021. 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.