Printing inks manufacturing · Illinois
Sun Chemical St. Charles
St. Charles, IL · ~86 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 3.0
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Sun Chemical St. Charles runs at 91% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Printing inks manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.
Sun Chemical St. Charles: 3.0 TCR = 91% of Printing inks manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Sun Chemical St. Charles safety composite
Sun Chemical St. Charles scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 26%), 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).
38/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 2.99 per 100 workers
Safer than 41% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 2.79 per 100 workers
Safer than 26% 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
−2.1
2016→2023
Sun Chemical St. Charles injury rate improved
Sun Chemical St. Charles's TCR fell 2.1 from 4.8 in 2016 to 2.8 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2016 at 4.8 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.93× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2016=4.8 · 2017=2.5 · 2018=3.2 · 2019=3.4 · 2020=1.2 · 2021=3.5 · 2022=2.4 · 2023=2.8
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 325910 · St. Charles, IL AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL
Grade C · TCR 3.0 · 91% of ind
- DART 2.8 DART
- RANK #7/15
- PHOTO INX International In…
- BOOK 8y book
- INJ 18 inj
- SIZE ~86 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: INX International Ink Co. (5900) (0.0 TCR gap)
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Sun Chemical St. Charles in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Sun Chemical K
Sun Chemical Kankakee
3.1 TCR
- This site
Sun Chemical St. Charles
3 TCR
- INX Internatio
INX International Ink Co. (5900)
3 TCR
- LioChem, Inc.
LioChem, Inc.
2.9 TCR
- Diagraph MSP
Diagraph MSP
2.9 TCR
What this shows Sun Chemical St. Charles averages 3.0 TCR (91% of the Printing inks manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Sun Chemical St. Charles TCR series: 2016=4.8 · 2017=2.5 · 2018=3.2 · 2019=3.4 · 2020=1.2 · 2021=3.5 · 2022=2.4 · 2023=2.8 · BLS 3.3
Where Sun Chemical St. Charles falls in its industry
111 Printing inks manufacturing establishmentsSafer than 41% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.
Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #7 safest of 15 Printing inks manufacturing employers in Illinois.
Sun Chemical St. Charles has more employees than the Printing inks manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.5. 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 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2022 | 2.4 | 1.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 3.5 | 2.4 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 3.2 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2016 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
325910 · IL · St. Charles
111 Printing inks manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 87 employers in St. Charles, 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 | INX International Ink Co. (5900) | 3.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | LioChem, Inc. | 2.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Diagraph MSP | 2.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Sun Chemical Kankakee | 3.1 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Germantown Egg Farm | 86 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Corteva Agriscience PRI1 Princeton,IL | 86 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Illinois Gas Company | 86 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Homeway Homes Facility | 86 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Rukel Management, LLC. | 607 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Omron Automotive Electronics, Inc. (OEDC) | 572 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Nidec Mobility of America Corporation | 454 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Nidec Mobility America Corporation | 439 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Plant 42 Bentonville | 3.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | M & B Asphalt Co., Inc. | 3.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Garrett Metal Detectors | 3.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Warren Controls | 3.0 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | St. John the Baptist Church & School | 86 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Mk North America, Inc. | 86 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Westminster Pet | 86 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | MAG USA Inc. | 86 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.