Pharmaceutical preparations (e.g., capsules, liniments, ointments, tablets) manufacturing · Illinois

Sterling Pharmaceutical Services, LLC

Dupo, IL · ~53 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.6
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Sterling Pharmaceutical Services, LLC runs at 79% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Pharmaceutical preparations (e.g., capsules, liniments, ointments, tablets) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

Sterling Pharmaceutical Services, LLC: 2.6 TCR = 79% of Pharmaceutical preparations (e.g., capsules, liniments, ointments, tablets) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Sterling Pharmaceutical Services, LLC safety composite

Sterling Pharmaceutical Services, LLC scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 83% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 31%), 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

54/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 2.62 per 100 workers

Safer than 31% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 83% 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

−5.2

2022→2023

Sterling Pharmaceutical Services, LLC injury rate improved

Sterling Pharmaceutical Services, LLC's TCR fell 5.2 from 5.2 in 2022 to 0.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2022 at 5.2 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=5.2 · 2023=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325412 · Dupo, IL AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.6 · 79% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #26/31
  • PHOTO Avara Pharmaceutical…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~53 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Avara Pharmaceutical Technologies, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Sterling Pharmaceutical Services, LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Sterling Pharmaceutical Services, LLC averages 2.6 TCR (79% of the Pharmaceutical preparations (e.g., capsules, liniments, ointments, tablets) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Sterling Pharmaceutical Services, LLC TCR series: 2022=5.2 · 2023=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Sterling Pharmaceutical Services, LLC falls in its industry

855 Pharmaceutical preparations (e establishments

Safer than 31% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #26 safest of 31 Pharmaceutical preparations (e employers in Illinois.

Sterling Pharmaceutical Services, LLC (53 employees, TCR 2.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 171 employees and a TCR of 1.6 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 01,0002,0003,0004,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Sterling Pharmaceutical Services, LLC
Sterling Pharmaceutical Services, LLC (53 employees, TCR 2.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 171 employees and a TCR of 1.6

Sterling Pharmaceutical Services, LLC has fewer employees than the Pharmaceutical preparations (e.g., capsu median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.6. 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
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 5.2 3.5 2 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325412 · IL · Dupo

855 Pharmaceutical preparations (e.g., capsules, liniments, ointments, tablets) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 11 employers in Dupo, 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 Avara Pharmaceutical Technologies, Inc. 2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR SOFIE - Kansas City 2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Beam NC 2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR ProTec Laboratory 2.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Flamm Orchards Inc 53 FTE
STATE-SIZE DuPont Pioneer Princeton IL Research-PRI2 53 FTE
STATE-SIZE 2505-Mason City, IL 53 FTE
STATE-SIZE Prairie State Generating Company - Corporate Office 53 FTE
CITY-NEAR KUNA FOOD SERVICE 307 FTE
CITY-NEAR Kuna Meat Co. 188 FTE
CITY-NEAR KFS Trucking 138 FTE
CITY-NEAR RCX Illinois 135 FTE
NAT-TCR 012-MOTIE Bunker 2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Seckinger Forest Products Inc 2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR IMPACT Community Action 2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Lexplastics LLC 2.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE 08-Atlanta 53 FTE
NAT-SIZE Dayco Products - Roseville 53 FTE
NAT-SIZE Homeward Bound, Brooklyn Park 53 FTE
NAT-SIZE Arizona Corrugated Container 53 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: 2023, 2022. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.