Tangent - Poplar
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NORTH AURORA, IL | Profile shapes (e.g., plate, rod, sheet), laminated plastics, manufacturing
~55 avg employees | 3 years of OSHA data
Tangent - Poplar has an average TCR of 4.5, which is 136% of the industry average (3.3) for Profile shapes (e.g., plate, rod, sheet), laminated plastics, manufacturing. This is worse than average.
Safety Insights for Tangent - Poplar
Tangent - Poplar operates an establishment with approximately 55 full-time equivalent workers in NORTH AURORA, IL, classified under the Profile shapes (e.g., plate, rod, sheet), laminated plastics, manufacturing industry (NAICS 326130). Across 3 years of mandatory OSHA Injury Tracking Application (ITA) reporting, this employer has accumulated 8 recordable injuries, 0 occupational illnesses, and 0 workplace fatalities. The average Total Case Rate (TCR) of 4.5 injuries per 100 full-time workers per year provides the anchor metric for the D letter grade (Poor Safety Record).
Benchmarked against the Bureau of Labor Statistics industry average of 3.3 for Profile shapes (e.g., plate, rod, sheet), laminated plastics, manufacturing, Tangent - Poplar's workforce experiences 136% of the typical injury burden. This ratio matters because TCR already normalizes for hours worked — a 200,000-hour exposure base equals roughly 100 full-time workers — so establishments with very different headcounts can be compared directly. A TCR above the benchmark flags a higher-than-typical risk profile for jobseekers, insurers, and enforcement agencies to examine.
Multi-year trend analysis is the single most reliable signal here: a one-year spike could reflect a single severe event, whereas sustained elevation across 3 reporting cycles points to systemic hazard exposure. Readers evaluating Tangent - Poplar as an employer, contractor, investment, or regulatory target should examine the yearly DART rate (days away, restricted, or transferred), the fatality count of 0, and any year-over-year deterioration shown in the table below. All figures come directly from employer-submitted OSHA Form 300A summaries — there is no modeling, estimation, or third-party adjustment layered on top of the government data.
Verify This Employer with OSHA
All injury, illness, and fatality figures on this page are sourced from Tangent - Poplar's own mandatory OSHA Form 300A summaries. Cross-check the underlying establishment record directly against the federal source — name, NAICS classification, recordable case totals, and inspection history are all searchable on OSHA's Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data system.
Verify on OSHA Establishment SearchSource: U.S. Department of Labor — OSHA Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data. NAICS 326130 — Profile shapes (e.g., plate, rod, sheet), laminated plastics, manufacturing.
DART Rate — Transparent Calculation (2021)
DART (Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred) is computed by OSHA as incidents × 200,000 ÷ hours worked. The 200,000-hour denominator equals roughly 100 full-time workers, which lets establishments of very different sizes be compared directly.
3 DART incidents × 200,000 ÷ 152,379 hours worked = 3.94 DART
Methodology: 29 CFR 1904 — OSHA Form 300A recordkeeping
Cross-Validating Context — Establishment vs Industry vs State
| Benchmark | TCR | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Tangent - Poplar (this establishment) | 4.49 | OSHA ITA Form 300A, 3-year avg |
| Laminated plastics plate, rod, and sheet, manufacturing industry avg | 3.30 | BLS IIF, NAICS 326130 |
| Illinois state avg (all industries) | 10.69 | OSHA ITA, state-level rollup |
Industry benchmarks: Bureau of Labor Statistics — Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities (IIF) program
Reportable Incident Timeline
Year-by-year reportable incidents (recordable injuries + illnesses + fatalities) submitted by Tangent - Poplar to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application. Each row anchors to OSHA's inspection records search where you can pull the underlying inspection case numbers and citations for that establishment-year.
- 2021: 5 reportable incidents · 5 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities — OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2020: 1 reportable incidents · 1 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities — OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2018: 2 reportable incidents · 2 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities — OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
Source: OSHA Inspection Information System (IMIS) — inspection case-number records
Year-by-Year Safety Data
| Year | TCR | DART | Injuries | Illnesses | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 6.6 | 3.9 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
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