Sodium inorganic compounds, not specified elsewhere by process, manufacturing · Illinois

PQ Corporation

Utica, IL · ~40 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.0
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

PQ Corporation runs at 31% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Sodium inorganic compounds, not specified elsewhere by process, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

PQ Corporation: 1.0 TCR = 31% of Sodium inorganic compounds, not specified elsewhere by process, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

PQ Corporation safety composite

PQ Corporation scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 73% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 18%), 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

48/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 1.02 per 100 workers

Safer than 73% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.07 per 100 workers

Safer than 18% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 51% 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

PQ Corporation: 0.0 → 3.1 TCR

Peak year 2022 @ 3.1 TCR · DART/TCR 3.01× in 2022

PQ Corporation's TCR rose 3.1 from 0.0 in 2020 to 3.1 in 2022. In 2022, DART was 3.01× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325180 · Utica, IL AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 1.0 · 31% of ind

  • DART 3.1 DART
  • RANK #4/25
  • PHOTO Nanophase Romeoville…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~40 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Nanophase Romeoville site (0.0 TCR gap)

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PQ Corporation in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows PQ Corporation averages 1.0 TCR (31% of the Sodium inorganic compounds, not specified elsewhere by process, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

PQ Corporation TCR series: 2020=0 · 2021=0 · 2022=3.1 · BLS 3.3

Where PQ Corporation falls in its industry

418 Sodium inorganic compounds, no establishments

Safer than 73% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 25 Sodium inorganic compounds, no employers in Illinois.

PQ Corporation (40 employees, TCR 1.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 61 employees and a TCR of 1.9 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 0100200300400500 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate PQ Corporation
PQ Corporation (40 employees, TCR 1.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 61 employees and a TCR of 1.9

PQ Corporation has fewer employees than the Sodium inorganic compounds, not specifie median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.9. 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
2022 3.1 3.1 1 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325180 · IL · Utica

418 Sodium inorganic compounds, not specified elsewhere by process, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 6 employers in Utica, 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 Nanophase Romeoville site 1.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Nouryon Augusta 1.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR ERCO Worldwide Valdosta 1.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Albemarle US, Inc. - Kings Mountain 1.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE AMEREN ILLINOIS - Gas Integrity Management 40 FTE
STATE-SIZE NG Bloomington Reporting Center 40 FTE
STATE-SIZE Downers Grove Sanitary District 40 FTE
STATE-SIZE Window Works Addison 40 FTE
CITY-NEAR Starved Rock Lodge and Convention Center LTD 178 FTE
CITY-NEAR Corteva Agriscience UTI1 96 FTE
CITY-NEAR DuPont Pioneer Utica UTI1 85 FTE
CITY-NEAR Pioneer Hi-Bred Intl Inc. Utica, IL 81 FTE
NAT-TCR Earle M Jorgensen-Kansas City 1.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Grocery Outlet 1.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Norman Clinic 1.0 TCR
NAT-TCR LindenGrove Communities - Corporate Office 1.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE 208 N. Charleston 40 FTE
NAT-SIZE 227 LaQuinta 40 FTE
NAT-SIZE WAY-ODFL 40 FTE
NAT-SIZE Philipsburg Hometown Market 40 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: 2022, 2021, 2020. 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.