Sodium hypochlorite manufacturing · Illinois
Rowell Chemical Corporation
Willow Springs, IL · ~49 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 5.6
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Rowell Chemical Corporation runs at 169% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Sodium hypochlorite manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.
Rowell Chemical Corporation: 5.6 TCR = 169% of Sodium hypochlorite manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Rowell Chemical Corporation safety composite
Rowell Chemical Corporation scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 2%), 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).
17/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 5.57 per 100 workers
Safer than 10% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 9.76 per 100 workers
Safer than 2% 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
Rowell Chemical Corporation: 0.0 → 12.2 TCR
Peak year 2024 @ 12.2 TCR · DART/TCR 1.75× in 2024
Rowell Chemical Corporation's TCR rose 12.2 from 0.0 in 2016 to 12.2 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1.75× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 325180 · Willow Springs, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade D · TCR 5.6 · 169% of ind
- DART 9.8 DART
- RANK #23/25
- PHOTO Evonik Active Oxygen…
- BOOK 9y book
- INJ 24 inj
- SIZE ~49 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Evonik Active Oxygens, LLC - Tonawanda (0.0 TCR gap)
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Rowell Chemical Corporation in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Rowell Chemical Corporation
5.6 TCR
- Evonik Active
Evonik Active Oxygens, LLC - Tonawanda
5.6 TCR
- Dallas Group o
Dallas Group of America
5.5 TCR
- EnerG2
EnerG2
5.5 TCR
- Current Lighti
Current Lighting Ivanhoe Road Plant
5.5 TCR
What this shows Rowell Chemical Corporation averages 5.6 TCR (169% of the Sodium hypochlorite manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Rowell Chemical Corporation TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=0 · 2018=9.5 · 2019=5.1 · 2020=0 · 2021=8.3 · 2022=9.2 · 2023=5.8 · 2024=12.2 · BLS 3.3
Where Rowell Chemical Corporation falls in its industry
418 Sodium hypochlorite manufactur establishmentsSafer than 10% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.9.
Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #23 safest of 25 Sodium hypochlorite manufactur employers in Illinois.
Rowell Chemical Corporation has fewer employees than the Sodium hypochlorite manufacturing 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 | 12.2 | 9.8 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 5.8 | 1.9 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 9.2 | 7.4 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 8.3 | 8.3 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 5.1 | 1.7 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 9.5 | 7.1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
325180 · IL · Willow Springs
418 Sodium hypochlorite manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 8 employers in Willow Springs, 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 | Evonik Active Oxygens, LLC - Tonawanda | 5.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Dallas Group of America | 5.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | EnerG2 | 5.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Current Lighting Ivanhoe Road Plant | 5.5 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Boller Construction Co., Inc. | 49 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Performance Pipelining INC | 49 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | WM. Aupperle & Sons, Inc. | 49 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | RI Glass Group | 49 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Willow Springs 0077 | 109 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Nexeo Solutions - Willow Springs | 75 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Rowell Terminal 0917 | 41 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Willow Springs | 35 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Ag Protein-Est | 5.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Manhattan Road & Bridge Company | 5.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Bldg. B | 5.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Milford Store | 5.6 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Hader Industries, Inc | 49 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Kase Printing, Inc. | 49 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Czarnowski-Southern California | 49 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Longfellow'S Greenhouses | 49 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.