Hazardous waste disposal facilities combined with collection and/or local hauling of hazardous waste · Indiana
TES East Chicago Facility
East Chicago, IN · ~187 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 3.7
- Avg TCR
- 2.6
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
TES East Chicago Facility runs at 142% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Hazardous waste disposal facilities combined with collection and/or local hauling of hazardous waste workplace, earning a grade D.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 3.7
- avg TCR · per 100 workers
- 2.6
- industry benchmark (BLS)
- 12
- recordable injuries tracked
Grade compares TES East Chicago Facility's OSHA Total Case Rate of 3.7 to the Hazardous waste disposal facilities combined with collection and/or local hauling of hazardous waste BLS benchmark of 2.6 (142% of benchmark) across 2 years of Form 300A filings (2016–2024). <a href="/methodology">See methodology</a> for reporting-limitation caveats.
Injury rate over time
TES East Chicago Facility's yearly Total Case Rate, against the 2.6 industry benchmark.
Where TES East Chicago Facility falls in its industry
253 Hazardous waste disposal facil establishmentsSafer than 18% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.4.
Narrower to Indiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #9 safest of 13 Hazardous waste disposal facil employers in Indiana.
Trend analysis for TES East Chicago Facility
Between 2021 and 2022, TES East Chicago Facility's Total Case Rate worsened from 3.5 to 3.8 recordable injuries per 100 full-time workers, a 9% increase across 1 year of OSHA reporting.
The safest year on record was 2021, at a TCR of 3.5, while 2022 saw the highest rate, at 3.8, a spread of 0.3 points between the best and worst reporting years. That's a comparatively narrow spread, suggesting a fairly consistent safety record across the 2 years with a usable rate on file, rather than one outlier year skewing the multi-year average.
Summed across those 2 reporting years, TES East Chicago Facility recorded 12 total injuries and illnesses, with no fatalities reported in any of those years. Readers comparing establishments should weigh the 2-year trend above alongside establishment size, since a larger workforce naturally accumulates more raw incidents even at a lower per-100-worker rate.
Verify This Employer with OSHA
The 12 injuries, 2 illnesses shown on this page for TES East Chicago Facility are sourced from its own 2 years of 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 562211 - Hazardous waste disposal facilities combined with collection and/or local hauling of hazardous waste.
DART Rate, Transparent Calculation (2022)
What is the DART rate formula?
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.
1 DART incidents × 200,000 ÷ 364,230 hours worked = 0.55 DART
Methodology: 29 CFR 1904, OSHA Form 300A recordkeeping
Cross-Validating Context, Establishment vs Industry vs State
| Benchmark | TCR | Source |
|---|---|---|
| TES East Chicago Facility (this establishment) | 3.68 | OSHA ITA Form 300A, 2-year avg |
| Hazardous waste disposal facilities industry avg | 2.60 | BLS IIF, NAICS 562211 |
| Indiana state avg (all industries) | 4.53 | 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 TES East Chicago Facility 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.
- 2022: 7 reportable incidents · 5 injuries, 2 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2021: 7 reportable incidents · 7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3.8 | 0.6 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| 2021 | 3.5 | 1.5 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
What this grade means for you
Use this grade as a relative read on TES East Chicago Facility's reported OSHA injury record versus its Hazardous waste disposal facilities combined with collection and/or local hauling of hazardous waste peers, not a verdict on whether any single site is safe today.
- At 142% of the Hazardous waste disposal facilities combined with collection and/or local hauling of hazardous waste benchmark, TES East Chicago Facility reports more injuries than typical peers, ask specifically how the employer is reducing them. Know your rights
- Judge this record against the wider Hazardous waste disposal facilities combined with collection and/or local hauling of hazardous waste sector, where injury rates vary widely, before comparing it in isolation. See the industry
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Every figure and grade on PlainSafetyScore is computed directly from OSHA's published Injury Tracking Application data and BLS industry benchmarks, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these safety grades, or report a data error. Data current as of 2016-2024 OSHA ITA release.