PAINT AND COATING MANUFACTURING · Illinois

US IL Rockford Colorant Plant

Rockford, IL · ~68 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.4
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

US IL Rockford Colorant Plant runs at 43% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical PAINT AND COATING MANUFACTURING workplace, earning a grade A.

US IL Rockford Colorant Plant: 1.4 TCR = 43% of PAINT AND COATING MANUFACTURING BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

US IL Rockford Colorant Plant safety composite

US IL Rockford Colorant Plant scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 79% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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).

C

70/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.41 per 100 workers

Safer than 75% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 79% 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%).

US IL Rockford Colorant Plant held a steady TCR band

US IL Rockford Colorant Plant's TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2017 to 0.0 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2018 at 4.2 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=0.0 · 2018=4.2 · 2019=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325510 · Rockford, IL AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 1.4 · 43% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #20/59
  • PHOTO Coatings and Adhesiv…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~68 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Coatings and Adhesives Corporation (0.0 TCR gap)

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US IL Rockford Colorant Plant in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows US IL Rockford Colorant Plant averages 1.4 TCR (43% of the PAINT AND COATING MANUFACTURING BLS benchmark).

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

US IL Rockford Colorant Plant TCR series: 2017=0 · 2018=4.2 · 2019=0 · BLS 3.3

Where US IL Rockford Colorant Plant falls in its industry

530 PAINT AND COATING MANUFACTURIN establishments

Safer than 75% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #20 safest of 59 PAINT AND COATING MANUFACTURIN employers in Illinois.

US IL Rockford Colorant Plant (68 employees, TCR 1.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 70 employees and a TCR of 2.5 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 0100200300400500 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate US IL Rockford Colorant Plant
US IL Rockford Colorant Plant (68 employees, TCR 1.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 70 employees and a TCR of 2.5

US IL Rockford Colorant Plant has fewer employees than the PAINT AND COATING MANUFACTURING median and a lower 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
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 4.2 1.4 3 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325510 · IL · Rockford

530 PAINT AND COATING MANUFACTURING employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 405 employers in Rockford, 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 Coatings and Adhesives Corporation 1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Masco Coatings Group McDonough MFG 1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR REFCOTEC 1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Chromaflo Technologies 1.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Fernlea Nurseries -MAG 68 FTE
STATE-SIZE Corteva STJ1 68 FTE
STATE-SIZE 2057-Centralia, IL 68 FTE
STATE-SIZE NG Rockford Service Center 68 FTE
CITY-NEAR ILRKF - ROCKFORD AIR HUB 2,634 FTE
CITY-NEAR Swedish American Hospital - 4800 2,629 FTE
CITY-NEAR PCI Pharma Services Rockford 2,175 FTE
CITY-NEAR SwedishAmerican Hospital 1,855 FTE
NAT-TCR Chandler Concrete Administration & Dispatch - NC 1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Maryland Office 1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR 6400-Swy 0017 3189 1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Building Controls and Services, Inc. 1.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Senior Care of Meadow Creek 68 FTE
NAT-SIZE Distribution 68 FTE
NAT-SIZE 03-TTCO-ANNISTON 68 FTE
NAT-SIZE Gulf Crane Services Broussard 68 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: 2019, 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.