Grocery Store · Illinois

749 Dekalb

Dekalb, IL · ~87 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.6
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

749 Dekalb runs at 75% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Grocery Store workplace, earning a grade B.

749 Dekalb: 2.6 TCR = 75% of Grocery Store BLS 3.4 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

749 Dekalb safety composite

749 Dekalb scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 87% 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).

B

76/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 2.56 per 100 workers

Safer than 83% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 87% 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

−4.4

2016→2024

749 Dekalb injury rate improved

749 Dekalb's TCR fell 4.4 from 4.4 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 6.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=4.4 · 2018=3.3 · 2019=1.6 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=2.0 · 2023=6.6 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 445110 · Dekalb, IL AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.6 · 75% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #151/1293
  • PHOTO The Fresh Market 107
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 9 inj
  • SIZE ~87 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: The Fresh Market 107 (0.0 TCR gap)

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749 Dekalb in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows 749 Dekalb averages 2.6 TCR (75% of the Grocery Store BLS benchmark).

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

749 Dekalb TCR series: 2016=4.4 · 2018=3.3 · 2019=1.6 · 2020=0 · 2021=2 · 2023=6.6 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.4

Where 749 Dekalb falls in its industry

30,654 Grocery Store establishments

Safer than 83% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #151 safest of 1293 Grocery Store employers in Illinois.

749 Dekalb (87 employees, TCR 2.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 99 employees and a TCR of 4.7 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 050100150200250 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate 749 Dekalb
749 Dekalb (87 employees, TCR 2.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 99 employees and a TCR of 4.7

749 Dekalb has fewer employees than the Grocery Store median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.7. 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 6.6 4.4 2 1 0
2021 2.0 2.0 1 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 1.6 0.0 1 0 0
2018 3.3 1.6 2 0 0
2016 4.4 3.0 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

445110 · IL · Dekalb

30,654 Grocery Store employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 93 employers in Dekalb, 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 The Fresh Market 107 2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Walnut Hill Save A Lot 2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Store 0744 2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR 10576 Clark 2.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE HI-Grade Egg Producers & Processors - Loda 87 FTE
STATE-SIZE Acciona Energy USA Global 87 FTE
STATE-SIZE AMEREN ILLINOIS - AIC Distribution Operations 87 FTE
STATE-SIZE AMEREN ILLINOIS - Northern N - IL Gas Ops 87 FTE
CITY-NEAR 3842 - UDC-DeKalb 1,635 FTE
CITY-NEAR 3842 - DeKalb UDC 1,411 FTE
CITY-NEAR Northwestern Medicine Kishwaukee Hospital 1,067 FTE
CITY-NEAR DeKalb Community Unit School District #428 940 FTE
NAT-TCR TJX Digital Memphis Merchants, LLC 2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Bluford Jackson & Son, Inc. 2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Win-Con Enterprises Inc. 2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Woody Mountain 2.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE 276 Shackelford 87 FTE
NAT-SIZE 212 Fenton 87 FTE
NAT-SIZE Stafford 87 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hilton Miami Dadeland 87 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, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2016. 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.