Paint and Coating Manufacturing · Illinois

West Chicago, Alpha Coating Tech

West Chicago, IL · ~41 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
7.7
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

West Chicago, Alpha Coating Tech runs at 235% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Paint and Coating Manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

West Chicago, Alpha Coating Tech: 7.7 TCR = 235% of Paint and Coating Manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

West Chicago, Alpha Coating Tech safety composite

West Chicago, Alpha Coating Tech scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (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

22/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.74 per 100 workers

Safer than 8% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.87 per 100 workers

Safer than 19% 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

West Chicago, Alpha Coating Tech: 5.1 → 7.7 TCR

Peak year 2023 @ 10.4 TCR · DART/TCR 0.5× in 2024

West Chicago, Alpha Coating Tech's TCR rose 2.7 from 5.1 in 2022 to 7.7 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 10.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.5× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325510 · West Chicago, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 7.7 · 235% of ind

  • DART 3.9 DART
  • RANK #52/59
  • PHOTO CREATIVE POWDER COAT…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 10 inj
  • SIZE ~41 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: CREATIVE POWDER COATINGS LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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West Chicago, Alpha Coating Tech in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows West Chicago, Alpha Coating Tech averages 7.7 TCR (235% 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

West Chicago, Alpha Coating Tech TCR series: 2022=5.1 · 2023=10.4 · 2024=7.7 · BLS 3.3

Where West Chicago, Alpha Coating Tech falls in its industry

530 Paint and Coating Manufacturin establishments

Safer than 8% 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 #52 safest of 59 Paint and Coating Manufacturin employers in Illinois.

West Chicago, Alpha Coating Tech (41 employees, TCR 7.7) 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 West Chicago, Alpha Coating Tech
West Chicago, Alpha Coating Tech (41 employees, TCR 7.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 70 employees and a TCR of 2.5

West Chicago, Alpha Coating Tech has fewer employees than the Paint and Coating Manufacturing median and a higher 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 7.7 3.9 4 0 0
2023 10.4 10.4 4 0 0
2022 5.1 5.1 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325510 · IL · West Chicago

530 Paint and Coating Manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 123 employers in West 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 CREATIVE POWDER COATINGS LLC 7.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR The DECC Company 7.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR ICP Sun Coatings, Tampa 7.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Carboline Company-Dayton 7.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE GDM Seeds, Inc 41 FTE
STATE-SIZE Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc. - Champaign Research - CMI1 41 FTE
STATE-SIZE 1987-Jerseyville, IL 41 FTE
STATE-SIZE Mt. Carmel Public Utility Co. 41 FTE
CITY-NEAR The Jel Sert Company 830 FTE
CITY-NEAR BALL HORTICULTURAL COMPANY 713 FTE
CITY-NEAR Amazon.com Services LLC - SIL3 351 FTE
CITY-NEAR Siemens West Chicago 342 FTE
NAT-TCR Des Moines Ia - 3046 7.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Miamisburg Oh - 3296 7.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Ludington State Park - Dnr 7.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Sico North America 7.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Pandora 41 FTE
NAT-SIZE Climate Pros Sumner 41 FTE
NAT-SIZE Central Transport - 212 41 FTE
NAT-SIZE 4308 - Holiday City Board Plant 41 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.