Coolers or ice chests, polystyrene foam, manufacturing · Illinois

The Dow Chemical Company - Joliet, IL

Channahon, IL · ~35 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.9
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

The Dow Chemical Company - Joliet, IL runs at 27% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Coolers or ice chests, polystyrene foam, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

The Dow Chemical Company - Joliet, IL: 0.9 TCR = 27% of Coolers or ice chests, polystyrene foam, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

The Dow Chemical Company - Joliet, IL safety composite

The Dow Chemical Company - Joliet, IL scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 92% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).

B

78/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 0.9 per 100 workers

Safer than 92% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 82% 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%).

TCR Δ

−2.7

2016→2018

The Dow Chemical Company - Joliet, IL injury rate improved

The Dow Chemical Company - Joliet, IL's TCR fell 2.7 from 2.7 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2016 at 2.7 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=2.7 · 2017=0.0 · 2018=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 326140 · Channahon, IL AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 0.9 · 27% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #4/9
  • PHOTO Foodservice : BAKERS…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~35 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Foodservice : BAKERSFIELD (0.0 TCR gap)

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The Dow Chemical Company - Joliet, IL in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows The Dow Chemical Company - Joliet, IL averages 0.9 TCR (27% of the Coolers or ice chests, polystyrene foam, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

The Dow Chemical Company - Joliet, IL TCR series: 2016=2.7 · 2017=0 · 2018=0 · BLS 3.3

Where The Dow Chemical Company - Joliet, IL falls in its industry

260 Coolers or ice chests, polysty establishments

Safer than 92% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 9 Coolers or ice chests, polysty employers in Illinois.

The Dow Chemical Company - Joliet, IL (35 employees, TCR 0.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 66 employees and a TCR of 3.1 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 0100200300400500 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate The Dow Chemical Company - Joliet, IL
The Dow Chemical Company - Joliet, IL (35 employees, TCR 0.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 66 employees and a TCR of 3.1

The Dow Chemical Company - Joliet, IL has fewer employees than the Coolers or ice chests, polystyrene foam, median and a lower 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
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 2.7 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

326140 · IL · Channahon

260 Coolers or ice chests, polystyrene foam, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 58 employers in Channahon, 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 Foodservice : BAKERSFIELD 0.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Shelbyville - A377 0.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Dart Container Sales Company 0.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Insulfoam - Phoenix 0.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Dynegy Kendall Energy LLC 35 FTE
STATE-SIZE M.J.M. Electric Cooperative, Inc. 35 FTE
STATE-SIZE South Beloit Office 35 FTE
STATE-SIZE DuPage Water Commission 35 FTE
CITY-NEAR Amazon.com Services LLC - ORD2 949 FTE
CITY-NEAR Amazon.com Services LLC - ORD9 947 FTE
CITY-NEAR ExxonMobil Joliet Refinery 619 FTE
CITY-NEAR ExxonMobil Oil Corp., Joliet Refinery 610 FTE
NAT-TCR The State Group Industrial (USA) Limited 0.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Ohio Gastroenterology & Liver Institute 0.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Checker Logistics, Inc. 1725 Dixie Rd 0.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Inolex, Inc. 0.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Courtyard St Petersburg/Clearwater 35 FTE
NAT-SIZE Promised Land Texas 35 FTE
NAT-SIZE Irving, Texas Container Graphics Corporation 35 FTE
NAT-SIZE El Dorado Branch 35 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: 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.