Injection molding machinery for plastics manufacturing · Illinois

Olcott Plastics

Name: Olcott Plastics Workplace Safety Data
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St Charles, IL · ~185 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

C
Average Safety Record: 2.7
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Olcott Plastics runs at 82% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Injection molding machinery for plastics manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

Olcott Plastics: 2.7 TCR = 82% of Injection molding machinery for plastics manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Olcott Plastics safety composite

Olcott Plastics scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 54% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 23%), 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).

42/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): D 2.71 per 100 workers

Safer than 54% of industry peers
DART rate: F 2.82 per 100 workers

Safer than 23% 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

Olcott Plastics: 1.6 → 3.8 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 3.8 TCR · DART/TCR 1.04× in 2018

Olcott Plastics's TCR rose 2.1 from 1.6 in 2017 to 3.8 in 2018. In 2018, DART was 1.04× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 333249 · St Charles, IL AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 2.7 · 82% of ind

DART 2.8 DART
RANK #11/27
PHOTO Zima Corporation
BOOK 2y book
INJ 11 inj
SIZE ~185 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Zima Corporation (0.0 TCR gap)

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Dynamic Plasti

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Con-Tek Machin

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What this shows Olcott Plastics averages 2.7 TCR (82% of the Injection molding machinery for plastics manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Olcott Plastics TCR series: 2017=1.6 · 2018=3.8 · BLS 3.3

Where Olcott Plastics falls in its industry

448 Injection molding machinery fo establishments

Safer than 54% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.

Grade C

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #11 safest of 27 Injection molding machinery fo employers in Illinois.

Olcott Plastics (185 employees, TCR 2.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 70 employees and a TCR of 3.0

Olcott Plastics has more employees than the Injection molding machinery for plastics median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.0. 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	3.8	2.8	8	0	0
2017	1.6	1.6	3	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

333249 · IL · St Charles

448 Injection molding machinery for plastics manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 33 employers in St Charles, IL · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Zima Corporation	SPARTANBURG SC, SC	2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Dynamic Plastics, Inc.	CHESTERFIELD, MI	2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Advanced Blending Solutions LLC	WALLACE, MI	2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Con-Tek Machine	ST. PAUL, MN	2.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE	City of Fairview Heights	FAIRVIEW HEIGHTS	185 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Teutopolis	TEUTOPOLIS	185 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Gonnella Baking Company	AURORA	185 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Mondelez Global, LLC Naperville Plant	NAPERVILLE	185 FTE
CITY-NEAR	NORA	St Charles	829 FTE
CITY-NEAR	St. Charles - Kirk Road	St Charles	557 FTE
CITY-NEAR	St. Charles VPP	St Charles	392 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Foodservice : ST CHARLES	St Charles	312 FTE
NAT-TCR	Nelson Tree Service LLC	Wilmer, TX	2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Shopko Store #81 (Yakima, WA)	Yakima, WA	2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	University Health Shreveport	Shreveport, LA	2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Baker Petrolite - Sand Springs	Sand Springs, OK	2.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Pitts Trailers - Pittsview	Pittsview, AL	185 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Silver Eagle Distributors, L.P. - Cypress	Houston, TX	185 FTE
NAT-SIZE	CD Specialty Contractors	Castle Rock, CO	185 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Hydro - North Liberty	North Liberty, IN	185 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.

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