Cups, polystyrene foam, manufacturing · Illinois

WinCup West Chicago

West Chicago, IL · ~188 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.7
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

WinCup West Chicago runs at 143% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Cups, polystyrene foam, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

WinCup West Chicago: 4.7 TCR = 143% of Cups, polystyrene foam, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

WinCup West Chicago safety composite

WinCup West Chicago scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 25%), 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).

D

40/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 4.73 per 100 workers

Safer than 25% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.6 per 100 workers

Safer than 48% 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%).

TCR Δ

−4.6

2016→2023

WinCup West Chicago injury rate improved

WinCup West Chicago's TCR fell 4.6 from 6.7 in 2016 to 2.1 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2020 at 8.5 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.34× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=6.7 · 2017=4.8 · 2018=3.0 · 2019=3.3 · 2020=8.5 · 2021=6.0 · 2022=3.4 · 2023=2.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 326140 · West Chicago, IL ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 4.7 · 143% of ind

  • DART 1.6 DART
  • RANK #8/9
  • PHOTO WinCup Higginsville
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 67 inj
  • SIZE ~188 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: WinCup Higginsville (0.0 TCR gap)

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WinCup West Chicago in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows WinCup West Chicago averages 4.7 TCR (143% of the Cups, polystyrene foam, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

WinCup West Chicago TCR series: 2016=6.7 · 2017=4.8 · 2018=3 · 2019=3.3 · 2020=8.5 · 2021=6 · 2022=3.4 · 2023=2.1 · BLS 3.3

Where WinCup West Chicago falls in its industry

260 Cups, polystyrene foam, manufa establishments

Safer than 25% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #8 safest of 9 Cups, polystyrene foam, manufa employers in Illinois.

WinCup West Chicago (188 employees, TCR 4.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 66 employees and a TCR of 3.1 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 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate WinCup West Chicago
WinCup West Chicago (188 employees, TCR 4.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 66 employees and a TCR of 3.1

WinCup West Chicago has more employees than the Cups, polystyrene foam, manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.1. 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
2023 2.1 1.6 3 1 0
2022 3.4 2.4 5 2 0
2021 6.0 5.4 10 1 0
2020 8.5 6.3 14 2 0
2019 3.3 1.9 6 1 0
2018 3.0 2.1 7 0 0
2017 4.8 4.0 11 0 0
2016 6.7 2.8 11 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

326140 · IL · West Chicago

260 Cups, polystyrene foam, 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 WinCup Higginsville 4.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR KodiaKooler 4.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR 3A Composites, USA Inc 4.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Atlas Molded Products, A Division of Atlas Roofing Corporation 4.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Hayes Services, LLC 188 FTE
STATE-SIZE PCI Chicago Interior 188 FTE
STATE-SIZE Affy Tapple, LLC 188 FTE
STATE-SIZE Richelieu Foods, Inc. - Wheeling 188 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 Apex Steel Montana, Inc. 4.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Eminent Medical Center 4.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Unisource Mfg INC 4.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Kenner 4.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE 0578 - San Diego Ca Bus Ctr 188 FTE
NAT-SIZE USM Store #508 (Amigos) 188 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ecoserv, LLC 188 FTE
NAT-SIZE Rock Springs Behavioral Health 188 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: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.