PAINT AND COATING MANUFACTURING · Illinois

US IL Wheeling Plant

Wheeling, IL · ~151 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
1.8
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

US IL Wheeling Plant runs at 55% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical PAINT AND COATING MANUFACTURING workplace, earning a grade B.

US IL Wheeling Plant: 1.8 TCR = 55% of PAINT AND COATING MANUFACTURING BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

US IL Wheeling Plant safety composite

US IL Wheeling Plant scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 64% 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

57/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 1.8 per 100 workers

Safer than 64% of industry peers

DART rate
D 0.71 per 100 workers

Safer than 54% 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%).

TCR Δ

−1.3

2017→2019

US IL Wheeling Plant injury rate improved

US IL Wheeling Plant's TCR fell 1.3 from 2.0 in 2017 to 0.7 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2018 at 2.7 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0.39× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=2.0 · 2018=2.7 · 2019=0.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325510 · Wheeling, IL AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 1.8 · 55% of ind

  • DART 0.7 DART
  • RANK #26/59
  • PHOTO USA TX Arlington Plant
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 9 inj
  • SIZE ~151 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: USA TX Arlington Plant (0.0 TCR gap)

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US IL Wheeling Plant in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows US IL Wheeling Plant averages 1.8 TCR (55% 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 Wheeling Plant TCR series: 2017=2 · 2018=2.7 · 2019=0.7 · BLS 3.3

Where US IL Wheeling Plant falls in its industry

530 PAINT AND COATING MANUFACTURIN establishments

Safer than 64% 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 #26 safest of 59 PAINT AND COATING MANUFACTURIN employers in Illinois.

US IL Wheeling Plant (151 employees, TCR 1.8) 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 Wheeling Plant
US IL Wheeling Plant (151 employees, TCR 1.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 70 employees and a TCR of 2.5

US IL Wheeling Plant has more 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 0.7 0.7 1 0 0
2018 2.7 2.2 5 0 0
2017 2.0 0.7 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325510 · IL · Wheeling

530 PAINT AND COATING MANUFACTURING employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 136 employers in Wheeling, 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 USA TX Arlington Plant 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Sun Coatings Phoenix ICP BSG 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR BYK USA Louisville 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR United Paint & Chemical Corporation 1.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE AMEREN ILLINOIS - Eastern - IL Electric Ops 151 FTE
STATE-SIZE Sound Seal DBA Catalyst Acoustics 151 FTE
STATE-SIZE The Levy Company 151 FTE
STATE-SIZE U.S. Waterproofing 151 FTE
CITY-NEAR IL-01 4,581 FTE
CITY-NEAR Wheeling School District 21 967 FTE
CITY-NEAR Main Office - 01 800 FTE
CITY-NEAR Response Team 1 728 FTE
NAT-TCR Brewery 1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Cardinal CT - Los Angeles CT 1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Tlc home health of Ohio, Inc. 1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Sodexo at Troy Public Schools 1.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE 371 - South Arlington 151 FTE
NAT-SIZE 331 - Stow 151 FTE
NAT-SIZE 323 - Northville 151 FTE
NAT-SIZE O'Neill Highway #135 151 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.

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

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