Pesticide and Other Agricultural Chemical Manufacturing · Illinois

Nufarm Chicago Heights SXL

Chicago Heights, IL · ~53 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
6.1
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Nufarm Chicago Heights SXL runs at 185% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Pesticide and Other Agricultural Chemical Manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Nufarm Chicago Heights SXL: 6.1 TCR = 185% of Pesticide and Other Agricultural Chemical Manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Nufarm Chicago Heights SXL safety composite

Nufarm Chicago Heights SXL scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 10%), 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

29/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.09 per 100 workers

Safer than 10% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.6 per 100 workers

Safer than 36% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 51% 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

−5.8

2019→2020

Nufarm Chicago Heights SXL injury rate improved

Nufarm Chicago Heights SXL's TCR fell 5.8 from 9.0 in 2019 to 3.2 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2019 at 9.0 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0.26× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=9.0 · 2020=3.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325320 · Chicago Heights, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 6.1 · 185% of ind

  • DART 1.6 DART
  • RANK #10/11
  • PHOTO Sterling Internation…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~53 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Sterling International Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Nufarm Chicago Heights SXL in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Nufarm Chicago Heights SXL averages 6.1 TCR (185% of the Pesticide and Other Agricultural Chemical Manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Nufarm Chicago Heights SXL TCR series: 2019=9 · 2020=3.2 · BLS 3.3

Where Nufarm Chicago Heights SXL falls in its industry

145 Pesticide and Other Agricultur establishments

Safer than 10% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #10 safest of 11 Pesticide and Other Agricultur employers in Illinois.

Nufarm Chicago Heights SXL (53 employees, TCR 6.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 81 employees and a TCR of 2.1 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 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Nufarm Chicago Heights SXL
Nufarm Chicago Heights SXL (53 employees, TCR 6.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 81 employees and a TCR of 2.1

Nufarm Chicago Heights SXL has fewer employees than the Pesticide and Other Agricultural Chemica median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.1. 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
2020 3.2 1.6 2 0 0
2019 9.0 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325320 · IL · Chicago Heights

145 Pesticide and Other Agricultural Chemical Manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 82 employers in Chicago Heights, 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 Sterling International Inc. 6.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Van Diest Supply Company Main Campus 6.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR 3rd Street Plant 5.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR IBC Manufacturing 5.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Flamm Orchards Inc 53 FTE
STATE-SIZE DuPont Pioneer Princeton IL Research-PRI2 53 FTE
STATE-SIZE 2505-Mason City, IL 53 FTE
STATE-SIZE Prairie State Generating Company - Corporate Office 53 FTE
CITY-NEAR 309 CHICAGO 1,341 FTE
CITY-NEAR CHICAGO STMP 1,226 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6284-YR-309 RX 827 FTE
CITY-NEAR CGT 581 FTE
NAT-TCR Cedar Bluff Towing, Inc. 6.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Green Thumb Produce, Inc. 6.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Oroville Plant 6.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Amzl : Drc1 6.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Tmx2406 - San Antonio 53 FTE
NAT-SIZE Tmx2254 - Broward 53 FTE
NAT-SIZE Tmx2124 - San Jose 53 FTE
NAT-SIZE Wilton Manors 073 53 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: 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.