Paint and Coating Manufacturing · Illinois

USA IL Chicago Plant

Chicago, IL · ~176 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.1
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

USA IL Chicago Plant runs at 34% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Paint and Coating Manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

USA IL Chicago Plant: 1.1 TCR = 34% of Paint and Coating Manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

USA IL Chicago Plant safety composite

USA IL Chicago Plant scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 82% 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

73/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.13 per 100 workers

Safer than 82% 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%).

TCR Δ

−2.2

2020→2024

USA IL Chicago Plant injury rate improved

USA IL Chicago Plant's TCR fell 2.2 from 2.2 in 2020 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 2.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=2.2 · 2021=1.6 · 2022=0.6 · 2023=1.2 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade A · TCR 1.1 · 34% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #16/59
  • PHOTO Diamondback Industri…
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 10 inj
  • SIZE ~176 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Diamondback Industrial Finishes (0.0 TCR gap)

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USA IL Chicago Plant in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows USA IL Chicago Plant averages 1.1 TCR (34% 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

USA IL Chicago Plant TCR series: 2020=2.2 · 2021=1.6 · 2022=0.6 · 2023=1.2 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.3

Where USA IL Chicago Plant falls in its industry

530 Paint and Coating Manufacturin establishments

Safer than 82% 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 #16 safest of 59 Paint and Coating Manufacturin employers in Illinois.

USA IL Chicago Plant (176 employees, TCR 1.1) 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 USA IL Chicago Plant
USA IL Chicago Plant (176 employees, TCR 1.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 70 employees and a TCR of 2.5

USA IL Chicago 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
2024 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 1.2 0.0 2 0 0
2022 0.6 0.6 1 0 0
2021 1.6 0.0 3 0 0
2020 2.2 2.2 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325510 · IL · Chicago

530 Paint and Coating Manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 2,934 employers in Chicago, 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 Diamondback Industrial Finishes 1.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR US NC Charlotte Plant 1.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR AkzoNobel Coatings Inc 1.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Behr Garry 1.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Chicago/ Rockford, IL HVAC 176 FTE
STATE-SIZE McHenry, IL - Pallet Plant - 337 176 FTE
STATE-SIZE Vantage Specialty Chemicals 176 FTE
STATE-SIZE RhinoAG 176 FTE
CITY-NEAR Chicago Public Schools 49,500 FTE
CITY-NEAR Chicago/Corporate 18,831 FTE
CITY-NEAR University of Illinois at Chicago 13,092 FTE
CITY-NEAR University Health Service UIC UIC Campus 12,732 FTE
NAT-TCR STS Operating - Granite Falls 1.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Woodbury Woodlane Dr 1.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Lawrenceburg Power, LLC 1.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Pomp's Tire - New Berlin Wholesale 095 1.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Matt Construction Corporation 176 FTE
NAT-SIZE Metro Transit MJR Garage 176 FTE
NAT-SIZE Honeywell International Inc Geismar LA 176 FTE
NAT-SIZE Southwest Specialty Contractors 176 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: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020. 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.