Custom compounding (i.e., blending and mixing) of purchased plastics resins · Illinois

Plastics Color Corporation of IL

Name: Plastics Color Corporation of IL Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Calumet City, IL · ~45 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

C
Average Safety Record: 2.9
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Plastics Color Corporation of IL runs at 88% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Custom compounding (i.e., blending and mixing) of purchased plastics resins workplace, earning a grade C.

Plastics Color Corporation of IL: 2.9 TCR = 88% of Custom compounding (i.e., blending and mixing) of purchased plastics resins BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Plastics Color Corporation of IL safety composite

Plastics Color Corporation of IL scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 33%), 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).

40/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): D 2.89 per 100 workers

Safer than 41% of industry peers
DART rate: F 2.13 per 100 workers

Safer than 33% 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

−3.5

2016→2019

Plastics Color Corporation of IL injury rate improved

Plastics Color Corporation of IL's TCR fell 3.5 from 5.6 in 2016 to 2.1 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2016 at 5.6 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0.74× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=5.6 · 2017=0.0 · 2018=3.8 · 2019=2.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325991 · Calumet City, IL AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 2.9 · 88% of ind

DART 2.1 DART
RANK #10/18
PHOTO Plant 1
BOOK 4y book
INJ 6 inj
SIZE ~45 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Plant 1 (0.0 TCR gap)

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Plant 1

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Avient Coloran

2.9
GSDI Specialty

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What this shows Plastics Color Corporation of IL averages 2.9 TCR (88% of the Custom compounding (i.e., blending and mixing) of purchased plastics resins BLS benchmark).

Plastics Color Corporation of IL TCR series: 2016=5.6 · 2017=0 · 2018=3.8 · 2019=2.1 · BLS 3.3

Where Plastics Color Corporation of IL falls in its industry

342 Custom compounding (i.e., blen establishments

Safer than 41% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

Grade C

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 18 Custom compounding (i.e., blen employers in Illinois.

Plastics Color Corporation of IL (45 employees, TCR 2.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 72 employees and a TCR of 2.5

Plastics Color Corporation of IL has fewer employees than the Custom compounding (i.e., blending and m median and a higher 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
2019	2.1	2.1	1
2018	3.8	1.9	2
2017	0.0	0.0	0
2016	5.6	5.6	3

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325991 · IL · Calumet City

342 Custom compounding (i.e., blending and mixing) of purchased plastics resins employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 41 employers in Calumet City, 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	Plant 1	ST PETERSBURG, FL	2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Chroma Color Corporation - LEO	LEOMINSTER, MA	2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Avient Colorants USA LLC - Lewiston	LEWISTON, ME	2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR	GSDI Specialty Dispersions Inc.	MASSILLON, OH	2.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE	1982.1-Stonington, IL-Mfg (Monsanto Co.)	STONINGTON	45 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Farmer City	FARMER CITY	45 FTE
STATE-SIZE	91P - Distribution Operating - Decatur	DECATUR	45 FTE
STATE-SIZE	AMEREN ILLINOIS - Sparta	SPARTA	45 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Gareda, LLC	Calumet City	2,135 FTE
CITY-NEAR	1552 CITY OF CALUMET CITY	Calumet City	290 FTE
CITY-NEAR	6489	Calumet City	192 FTE
CITY-NEAR	WM 6489	Calumet City	190 FTE
NAT-TCR	Goshen Springs Road	Norcross, GA	2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR	Reliable Property Services 725	St Paul, MN	2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR	Wexco Corporation	Forest, VA	2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR	The Mental Health Center	Berlin, NH	2.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Hilton Garden Inn San Jose Milpitas	Milpitas, CA	45 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Hiller, Inc.	Wichita, KS	45 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Springtown Office and Shop	Springtown, TX	45 FTE
NAT-SIZE	L.L. Klink & Sons, Inc.	Strongsville, OH	45 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: 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. 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.