Cups, plastics (except foam), manufacturing · Illinois

Uniphase, Inc.

Saint Charles, IL · ~48 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.1
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Uniphase, Inc. runs at 155% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Cups, plastics (except foam), manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Uniphase, Inc.: 5.1 TCR = 155% of Cups, plastics (except foam), manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Uniphase, Inc. safety composite

Uniphase, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 7%), 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).

F

27/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 5.11 per 100 workers

Safer than 31% of industry peers

DART rate
F 7.58 per 100 workers

Safer than 7% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Uniphase, Inc.: 6.1 → 7.6 TCR

Peak year 2021 @ 7.6 TCR · DART/TCR 1.48× in 2021

Uniphase, Inc.'s TCR rose 1.5 from 6.1 in 2016 to 7.6 in 2021. In 2021, DART was 1.48× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 326199 · Saint Charles, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 5.1 · 155% of ind

  • DART 7.6 DART
  • RANK #127/175
  • PHOTO Kerrico Corporation
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 16 inj
  • SIZE ~48 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Kerrico Corporation (0.0 TCR gap)

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Uniphase, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Uniphase, Inc. averages 5.1 TCR (155% of the Cups, plastics (except foam), manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Uniphase, Inc. TCR series: 2016=6.1 · 2017=3.8 · 2018=1.9 · 2019=3.8 · 2020=7.6 · 2021=7.6 · BLS 3.3

Where Uniphase, Inc. falls in its industry

2,838 Cups, plastics (except foam), establishments

Safer than 31% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #127 safest of 175 Cups, plastics (except foam), employers in Illinois.

Uniphase, Inc. (48 employees, TCR 5.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 101 employees and a TCR of 3.5 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 0100200300400 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Uniphase, Inc.
Uniphase, Inc. (48 employees, TCR 5.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 101 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Uniphase, Inc. has fewer employees than the Cups, plastics (except foam), manufactur median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.5. 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
2021 7.6 7.6 4 0 0
2020 7.6 5.7 4 0 0
2019 3.8 3.8 2 0 0
2018 1.9 1.9 1 0 0
2017 3.8 3.8 2 0 0
2016 6.1 4.0 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

326199 · IL · Saint Charles

2,838 Cups, plastics (except foam), manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 25 employers in Saint 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 Kerrico Corporation 5.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Flex-N-Gate Plastics 5.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Stone Plastics and Manufacturing 5.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Southern Diversified Industries 5.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE City of Marengo - 04WW 48 FTE
STATE-SIZE Kirie Water Reclamation Plant 48 FTE
STATE-SIZE Focus Development, Inc. 48 FTE
STATE-SIZE Lennar Multi-Family - Central (Chicago) 48 FTE
CITY-NEAR WISE PLASTICS TECHNOLOGIES INC 393 FTE
CITY-NEAR Meijer Store 182 293 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 1898 246 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1898 244 FTE
NAT-TCR 4186-TR04 5.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Zumbrota-Mazeppa Elementary 5.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Kendal at Granville 5.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Hershey Chocolate World 5.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Drury Plaza Hotel - St. Louis Chesterfield 48 FTE
NAT-SIZE Installed Building Products of Ft. Myers #774 48 FTE
NAT-SIZE orangevale 48 FTE
NAT-SIZE 4769-937-Pottery Barn 48 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: 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.