Packaging services (except packing and crating for transportation) · Illinois

Visual Pak Waukegan

Waukegan, IL · ~807 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.1
Avg TCR
2.6
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Visual Pak Waukegan runs at 195% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Packaging services (except packing and crating for transportation) workplace, earning a grade D.

Visual Pak Waukegan: 5.1 TCR = 195% of Packaging services (except packing and crating for transportation) BLS 2.6 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Visual Pak Waukegan safety composite

Visual Pak Waukegan scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 8%), 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

21/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 5.08 per 100 workers

Safer than 14% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.87 per 100 workers

Safer than 8% 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%).

Visual Pak Waukegan held a steady TCR band

Visual Pak Waukegan's TCR held near 0.3 from 4.8 in 2020 to 5.2 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 5.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.96× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=4.8 · 2021=5.3 · 2024=5.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 561910 · Waukegan, IL ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 5.1 · 195% of ind

  • DART 4.9 DART
  • RANK #35/37
  • PHOTO Pegasus Industries -…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 57 inj
  • SIZE ~807 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Pegasus Industries - Chillicothe (0.0 TCR gap)

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Visual Pak Waukegan in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Visual Pak Waukegan averages 5.1 TCR (195% of the Packaging services (except packing and crating for transportation) BLS benchmark).

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

Visual Pak Waukegan TCR series: 2020=4.8 · 2021=5.3 · 2024=5.2 · BLS 2.6

Where Visual Pak Waukegan falls in its industry

228 Packaging services (except pac establishments

Safer than 14% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #35 safest of 37 Packaging services (except pac employers in Illinois.

Visual Pak Waukegan (807 employees, TCR 5.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 130 employees and a TCR of 1.9 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 05001,0001,500 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Visual Pak Waukegan
Visual Pak Waukegan (807 employees, TCR 5.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 130 employees and a TCR of 1.9

Visual Pak Waukegan has more employees than the Packaging services (except packing and c median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.9. 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 5.2 4.9 17 0 0
2021 5.3 4.0 25 0 0
2020 4.8 4.6 15 4 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

561910 · IL · Waukegan

228 Packaging services (except packing and crating for transportation) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 141 employers in Waukegan, 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 Pegasus Industries - Chillicothe 5.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Pharmavite - Valencia A 5.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Direct Mail Depot Inc. 5.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Peter Cremer North America - Bottling 5.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Lisle, IL 808 FTE
STATE-SIZE IL - Northlake 804 FTE
STATE-SIZE Prospect Airport Services ORD AA 810 FTE
STATE-SIZE CAROL STREAM_1441099 804 FTE
CITY-NEAR Waukegan PSD #60 2,420 FTE
CITY-NEAR Vista Medical Center 936 FTE
CITY-NEAR American Blending & Filling 793 FTE
CITY-NEAR Bolke Miller Company 2 545 FTE
NAT-TCR Titusville Dairy Products 5.1 TCR
NAT-TCR The Stratford at Beyer Park 5.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Tech Etch Plymouth 5.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Venture Metals 5.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE John F Murphy Homes, Inc 807 FTE
NAT-SIZE Smiths Detection, Inc. 807 FTE
NAT-SIZE Jewish Senior Services 807 FTE
NAT-SIZE Cortland Preschool 807 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, 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.