Utility containers (e.g., baskets, bins, boxes, buckets, dishpans, pails), plastics (except foam), manufacturing · Illinois

Paragon Manufacturing

Melrose Park, IL · ~36 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
0.0
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Paragon Manufacturing runs at 0% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Utility containers (e.g., baskets, bins, boxes, buckets, dishpans, pails), plastics (except foam), manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

Paragon Manufacturing: 0.0 TCR = 0% of Utility containers (e.g., baskets, bins, boxes, buckets, dishpans, pails), plastics (except foam), manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Paragon Manufacturing safety composite

Paragon Manufacturing scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 100% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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).

B

83/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 100% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 86% 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%).

Paragon Manufacturing held a steady TCR band

Paragon Manufacturing's TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2018 to 0.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2018 at 0.0 TCR.

2018=0.0 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=0.0 · 2023=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 326199 · Melrose Park, IL AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 0.0 · 0% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #0/175
  • PHOTO ORBIS Oconomowoc
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 0 inj
  • SIZE ~36 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: ORBIS Oconomowoc (0.1 TCR gap)

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Paragon Manufacturing in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Paragon Manufacturing averages 0.0 TCR (0% of the Utility containers (e.g., baskets, bins, boxes, buckets, dishpans, pails), plastics (except foam), manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Paragon Manufacturing TCR series: 2018=0 · 2019=0 · 2020=0 · 2021=0 · 2023=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Paragon Manufacturing falls in its industry

2,838 Utility containers (e.g., bask establishments

Safer than 100% 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 #0 safest of 175 Utility containers (e.g., bask employers in Illinois.

Paragon Manufacturing (36 employees, TCR 0.0) 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 Paragon Manufacturing
Paragon Manufacturing (36 employees, TCR 0.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 101 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Paragon Manufacturing has fewer employees than the Utility containers (e.g., baskets, bins, median and a lower 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
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

326199 · IL · Melrose Park

2,838 Utility containers (e.g., baskets, bins, boxes, buckets, dishpans, pails), plastics (except foam), manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 96 employers in Melrose Park, 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 ORBIS Oconomowoc 0.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Otter Products - HQ 0.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Otter Products - Head Quarters 0.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Southern Plastics 0.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Illinois Foundation Seed Inc- Harvard 36 FTE
STATE-SIZE CHI Greenhouse LLC 36 FTE
STATE-SIZE MT ERIE COMPLEX -EST 36 FTE
STATE-SIZE Malta 36 FTE
CITY-NEAR Jewel Distribution DC 1,169 FTE
CITY-NEAR NAI-0032-0032-06651 FAC-06651-MELROSE PARK-IL 1,106 FTE
CITY-NEAR Gottlieb Memorial Hospital 923 FTE
CITY-NEAR Fresenius Kabi USA, LLC - Ruby Street Plant 714 FTE
NAT-TCR Kinship Pointe Seward 0.0 TCR
NAT-TCR 1655 3rd St,San Francisco (MB3 0.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Carbro Constructors Corp Main 0.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Lawrenceburg 0.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Legacy Groceries, LLC d/b/a Save-A-Lot 36 FTE
NAT-SIZE DJZ5 36 FTE
NAT-SIZE Barco Enterprises Inc 36 FTE
NAT-SIZE Cone Drive Operations LUD 36 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: 2023, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.