General warehousing and storage · Illinois

OctoChem, Inc.

Vandalia, IL · ~77 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
9.5
Avg TCR
5.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

OctoChem, Inc. runs at 163% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical General warehousing and storage workplace, earning a grade D.

OctoChem, Inc.: 9.5 TCR = 163% of General warehousing and storage BLS 5.8 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

OctoChem, Inc. safety composite

OctoChem, Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 52% 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).

D

35/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 9.48 per 100 workers

Safer than 10% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.02 per 100 workers

Safer than 52% 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

−6.0

2016→2024

OctoChem, Inc. injury rate improved

OctoChem, Inc.'s TCR fell 6.0 from 11.1 in 2016 to 5.1 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 14.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.21× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=11.1 · 2017=4.5 · 2018=7.5 · 2019=11.5 · 2020=7.5 · 2021=14.2 · 2022=13.3 · 2023=10.7 · 2024=5.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 493110 · Vandalia, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 9.5 · 163% of ind

  • DART 2.0 DART
  • RANK #505/551
  • PHOTO 4418/3639 - Shell Ro…
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 41 inj
  • SIZE ~77 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 4418/3639 - Shell Rock Crossdocks (0.0 TCR gap)

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OctoChem, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows OctoChem, Inc. averages 9.5 TCR (163% of the General warehousing and storage BLS benchmark).

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

OctoChem, Inc. TCR series: 2016=11.1 · 2017=4.5 · 2018=7.5 · 2019=11.5 · 2020=7.5 · 2021=14.2 · 2022=13.3 · 2023=10.7 · 2024=5.1 · BLS 5.8

Where OctoChem, Inc. falls in its industry

9,477 General warehousing and storag establishments

Safer than 10% 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 #505 safest of 551 General warehousing and storag employers in Illinois.

OctoChem, Inc. (77 employees, TCR 9.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 92 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 01,0002,0003,0004,0005,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate OctoChem, Inc.
OctoChem, Inc. (77 employees, TCR 9.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 92 employees and a TCR of 3.5

OctoChem, Inc. has fewer employees than the General warehousing and storage 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
2024 5.1 2.0 2 3 0
2023 10.7 3.9 9 2 0
2022 13.3 4.4 6 6 0
2021 14.2 1.2 6 6 0
2020 7.5 5.0 1 5 0
2019 11.5 2.6 4 5 0
2018 7.5 1.5 3 2 0
2017 4.5 0.0 3 0 0
2016 11.1 4.7 7 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

493110 · IL · Vandalia

9,477 General warehousing and storage employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 22 employers in Vandalia, 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 4418/3639 - Shell Rock Crossdocks 9.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Shaw's Methuen Distribution Center 9.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR PRICE TRANSFER INC. 3 - 4 9.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR NationsBenefits LLC Pittsburgh Distribution Center 9.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Albers Farm 77 FTE
STATE-SIZE Facebook DKL 1 2 NEW 20126004 77 FTE
STATE-SIZE Builtech Services, LLC. 77 FTE
STATE-SIZE William A. Randolph, Inc. 77 FTE
CITY-NEAR Fayette County Hospital 285 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 317 277 FTE
CITY-NEAR 317 249 FTE
CITY-NEAR Vandalia CUSD #203 222 FTE
NAT-TCR Mercy Hospital of Buffalo 9.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Construction Labor Services, Inc. 9.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Millers Merry Manor 9.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Wellbrooke of Kokomo 9.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Aegis of Shadowridge 77 FTE
NAT-SIZE Canby Excavating, Inc. 77 FTE
NAT-SIZE South Plant 77 FTE
NAT-SIZE Tennsco Plant 1 77 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, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. 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.