Cushions, carpet and rug, urethane and other foam plastics (except polystrene), manufacturing · Illinois
Sponge Cushion
Morris, IL · ~67 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 3.9
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Sponge Cushion runs at 118% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Cushions, carpet and rug, urethane and other foam plastics (except polystrene), manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.
Sponge Cushion: 3.9 TCR = 118% of Cushions, carpet and rug, urethane and other foam plastics (except polystrene), manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Sponge Cushion safety composite
Sponge Cushion scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 5%), 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).
29/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 3.89 per 100 workers
Safer than 36% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 7.94 per 100 workers
Safer than 5% 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
Sponge Cushion: 1.5 → 9.5 TCR
Peak year 2024 @ 9.5 TCR · DART/TCR 2.04× in 2024
Sponge Cushion's TCR rose 8.1 from 1.5 in 2016 to 9.5 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 2.04× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 326150 · Morris, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade C · TCR 3.9 · 118% of ind
- DART 7.9 DART
- RANK #17/20
- PHOTO Foam Products Corpor…
- BOOK 9y book
- INJ 21 inj
- SIZE ~67 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Foam Products Corporation (0.0 TCR gap)
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Sponge Cushion in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Sponge Cushion
3.9 TCR
- Foam Products
Foam Products Corporation
3.9 TCR
- Innocor Foam T
Innocor Foam Technologies - ACP, Inc. - Chattanooga
3.9 TCR
- Pregis-Garland
Pregis-Garland
3.9 TCR
- Creative Foam
Creative Foam - PDC
3.9 TCR
What this shows Sponge Cushion averages 3.9 TCR (118% of the Cushions, carpet and rug, urethane and other foam plastics (except polystrene), manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Sponge Cushion TCR series: 2016=1.5 · 2017=0 · 2018=1.4 · 2019=0 · 2020=7.5 · 2021=2 · 2022=5.9 · 2023=7.3 · 2024=9.5 · BLS 3.3
Where Sponge Cushion falls in its industry
474 Cushions, carpet and rug, uret establishmentsSafer than 36% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.1.
Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #17 safest of 20 Cushions, carpet and rug, uret employers in Illinois.
Sponge Cushion has fewer employees than the Cushions, carpet and rug, urethane and o median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.1. 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 | 9.5 | 7.9 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 7.3 | 5.8 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 5.9 | 3.9 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 7.5 | 0.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
326150 · IL · Morris
474 Cushions, carpet and rug, urethane and other foam plastics (except polystrene), manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 62 employers in Morris, 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 | Foam Products Corporation | 3.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Innocor Foam Technologies - ACP, Inc. - Chattanooga | 3.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Pregis-Garland | 3.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Creative Foam - PDC | 3.9 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Decatur Cogeneration | 67 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | SWECO - Chicago | 67 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | AMEREN ILLINOIS - Galesburg | 67 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | 75G - Western S - IL Gas Ops | 67 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Morris Hospital | 934 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Dresden Nuclear Power Station | 669 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 1239 - MORRIS IL MEAT PLANT | 458 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | WM 844 | 388 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Heaton Erecting | 3.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Innovative Composite Engineering | 3.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Dimplex Thermal Solutions | 3.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Hat Over the Wall Enterprises | 3.9 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Easypak | 67 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Aag Asheville, LLC | 67 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Nexion Health | 67 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Kirby Risk Precision Machining | 67 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.