Rubber goods, mechanical (i.e., extruded, lathe-cut, molded), merchant wholesalers · Illinois

Peer Chain

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Waukegan, IL · ~58 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

B
Good Safety Record: 1.8
Avg TCR: 2.2
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Peer Chain runs at 80% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Rubber goods, mechanical (i.e., extruded, lathe-cut, molded), merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade B.

Peer Chain: 1.8 TCR = 80% of Rubber goods, mechanical (i.e., extruded, lathe-cut, molded), merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Peer Chain safety composite

Peer Chain scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 65% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 39%), 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).

52/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): C 1.75 per 100 workers

Safer than 65% of industry peers
DART rate: D 1.65 per 100 workers

Safer than 39% 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

Peer Chain: 0.0 → 1.6 TCR

Peak year 2023 @ 3.6 TCR · DART/TCR 0.94× in 2024

Peer Chain's TCR rose 1.6 from 0.0 in 2018 to 1.6 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 3.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.94× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423840 · Waukegan, IL AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 1.8 · 80% of ind

DART 1.6 DART
RANK #12/28
PHOTO 9745-VALLEN DISTRIBU…
BOOK 5y book
INJ 5 inj
SIZE ~58 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 9745-VALLEN DISTRIBUTION INC-000921_US_S0512 (0.0 TCR gap)

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9745-VALLEN DI

1.8
Shorr Packagin

1.8
Henry A Petter

1.8
Andax Industri

1.7

What this shows Peer Chain averages 1.8 TCR (80% of the Rubber goods, mechanical (i.e., extruded, lathe-cut, molded), merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

Peer Chain TCR series: 2018=0 · 2019=3.5 · 2022=0 · 2023=3.6 · 2024=1.6 · BLS 2.2

Where Peer Chain falls in its industry

589 Rubber goods, mechanical (i.e. establishments

Safer than 65% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

Grade B

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #12 safest of 28 Rubber goods, mechanical (i.e. employers in Illinois.

Peer Chain (58 employees, TCR 1.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 44 employees and a TCR of 2.5

Peer Chain has more employees than the Rubber goods, mechanical (i.e., extruded median and a lower 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
2024	1.6	1.6	1
2023	3.6	0.0	2
2022	0.0	0.0	0
2019	3.5	0.0	2
2018	0.0	0.0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423840 · IL · Waukegan

589 Rubber goods, mechanical (i.e., extruded, lathe-cut, molded), merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 141 employers in Waukegan, 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	9745-VALLEN DISTRIBUTION INC-000921_US_S0512	SUWANEE, GA	1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Shorr Packaging Corp - Atlanta	COLLEGE PARK, GA	1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Henry A Petter Supply Co.	PADUCAH, KY	1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Andax Industries, LLC	SAINT MARYS, KS	1.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE	AMEREN ILLINOIS - IL Relay Ops	DECATUR	58 FTE
STATE-SIZE	AMEREN ILLINOIS - La Salle	LA SALLE	58 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Menold Construction and Restoration	MORTON	58 FTE
STATE-SIZE	ALPA Construction, Inc.	BEDFORD PARK	58 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Waukegan PSD #60	Waukegan	2,420 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Vista Medical Center	Waukegan	936 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Visual Pak Waukegan	Waukegan	807 FTE
CITY-NEAR	American Blending & Filling	Waukegan	793 FTE
NAT-TCR	Barnwell Sc - 235	Barnwell, SC	1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Erwin Utilities Authority	Erwin, TN	1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Minitube USA	Verona, WI	1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Primoris Electric Inc.	Bakersfield, CA	1.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE	BPT Port Reading Terminal	Port Reading, NJ	58 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Albany Ga - 268	Albany, GA	58 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Gardena Ca - 322	Gardena, CA	58 FTE
NAT-SIZE	ELITE Delivery Team	San Diego, CA	58 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, 2019, 2018. 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.