Industrial chemicals merchant wholesalers · Illinois

Producers Chemical Company

Sugar Grove, IL · ~32 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
3.5
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Producers Chemical Company runs at 160% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Industrial chemicals merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade D.

Producers Chemical Company: 3.5 TCR = 160% of Industrial chemicals merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Producers Chemical Company safety composite

Producers Chemical Company scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 7%), 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).

F

25/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 3.52 per 100 workers

Safer than 25% of industry peers

DART rate
F 5.67 per 100 workers

Safer than 7% 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

−2.4

2016→2024

Producers Chemical Company injury rate improved

Producers Chemical Company's TCR fell 2.4 from 8.1 in 2016 to 5.7 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 8.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.61× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=8.1 · 2017=4.1 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=3.0 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=5.5 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=5.3 · 2024=5.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 424690 · Sugar Grove, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 3.5 · 160% of ind

  • DART 5.7 DART
  • RANK #29/38
  • PHOTO A-Ox Welding Supply …
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 7 inj
  • SIZE ~32 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: A-Ox Welding Supply Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Producers Chemical Company in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Producers Chemical Company averages 3.5 TCR (160% of the Industrial chemicals merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

Producers Chemical Company TCR series: 2016=8.1 · 2017=4.1 · 2018=0 · 2019=3 · 2020=0 · 2021=5.5 · 2022=0 · 2023=5.3 · 2024=5.7 · BLS 2.2

Where Producers Chemical Company falls in its industry

766 Industrial chemicals merchant establishments

Safer than 25% 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 #29 safest of 38 Industrial chemicals merchant employers in Illinois.

Producers Chemical Company (32 employees, TCR 3.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 38 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 050100150200 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Producers Chemical Company
Producers Chemical Company (32 employees, TCR 3.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 38 employees and a TCR of 1.9

Producers Chemical Company has fewer employees than the Industrial chemicals merchant wholesaler median and a higher 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
2024 5.7 5.7 2 0 0
2023 5.3 5.3 2 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 5.5 5.5 2 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 3.0 3.0 1 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 4.1 4.1 0 1 0
2016 8.1 8.1 0 2 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

424690 · IL · Sugar Grove

766 Industrial chemicals merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 20 employers in Sugar Grove, 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 A-Ox Welding Supply Inc. 3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Golden 3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR 2722 3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR JCI Charlotte 3.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE AMEREN ILLINOIS - Eastern 32 FTE
STATE-SIZE Utility Department 32 FTE
STATE-SIZE AMEREN ILLINOIS - AIC Gas Corrosion 32 FTE
STATE-SIZE NG Ottawa Reporting Center 32 FTE
CITY-NEAR WAUBONSEE COMMUNITY COLLEGE #516 1,108 FTE
CITY-NEAR Waubonsee Community College 1,107 FTE
CITY-NEAR NAI-0032-0032-03374 FAC-03374-SUGAR GROVE-IL 161 FTE
CITY-NEAR 5472-NAI-0032-0032-03374 151 FTE
NAT-TCR Runnings of Plattsburgh 3.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Herzog Transit Services, Inc. - Oklahoma City Streetcar 3.5 TCR
NAT-TCR TXD041 3.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Decoursey KY Car Shop 3.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Warren Systems Inc 32 FTE
NAT-SIZE ColorCoat Inc. South Fulton, TN 32 FTE
NAT-SIZE Princeton Grants 32 FTE
NAT-SIZE Nippon Shokubai America, Inc. (NAII) 32 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, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.