Food choppers, grinders, mixers, and slicers (i.e., food manufacturing-type) manufacturing · Illinois

A.J. Antunes & Co

Carol Stream, IL · ~323 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.5
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

A.J. Antunes & Co runs at 46% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Food choppers, grinders, mixers, and slicers (i.e., food manufacturing-type) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

A.J. Antunes & Co: 1.5 TCR = 46% of Food choppers, grinders, mixers, and slicers (i.e., food manufacturing-type) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

A.J. Antunes & Co safety composite

A.J. Antunes & Co scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 80% 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

64/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.51 per 100 workers

Safer than 80% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0.56 per 100 workers

Safer than 57% 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

−0.8

2019→2021

A.J. Antunes & Co injury rate improved

A.J. Antunes & Co's TCR fell 0.8 from 1.9 in 2019 to 1.1 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2019 at 1.9 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.37× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=1.9 · 2021=1.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 333241 · Carol Stream, IL AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 1.5 · 46% of ind

  • DART 0.6 DART
  • RANK #4/17
  • PHOTO Sani-Matic, Inc.
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 9 inj
  • SIZE ~323 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Sani-Matic, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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A.J. Antunes & Co in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows A.J. Antunes & Co averages 1.5 TCR (46% of the Food choppers, grinders, mixers, and slicers (i.e., food manufacturing-type) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

A.J. Antunes & Co TCR series: 2019=1.9 · 2021=1.1 · BLS 3.3

Where A.J. Antunes & Co falls in its industry

215 Food choppers, grinders, mixer establishments

Safer than 80% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 17 Food choppers, grinders, mixer employers in Illinois.

A.J. Antunes & Co (323 employees, TCR 1.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 85 employees and a TCR of 3.0 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 A.J. Antunes & Co
A.J. Antunes & Co (323 employees, TCR 1.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 85 employees and a TCR of 3.0

A.J. Antunes & Co has more employees than the Food choppers, grinders, mixers, and sli median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.0. 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
2021 1.1 0.6 4 0 0
2019 1.9 1.6 5 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

333241 · IL · Carol Stream

215 Food choppers, grinders, mixers, and slicers (i.e., food manufacturing-type) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 170 employers in Carol Stream, 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 Sani-Matic, Inc. 1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Provisur Technologies Mokena 1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Heat and Control Galesburg 1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Frontmatec 1.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Decatur BioProducts 323 FTE
STATE-SIZE World's Finest Chocolate 323 FTE
STATE-SIZE Grand 323 FTE
STATE-SIZE The Morey Corporation 323 FTE
CITY-NEAR Northwestern Medicine Regional Medical Group 2,151 FTE
CITY-NEAR American Litho, Inc. 1,657 FTE
CITY-NEAR 161275-CAROL STREAM IL P&DC 960 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hearthside Foods - Carol Stream 853 FTE
NAT-TCR Essentra HPC Moorestown 1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR WuXi AppTec STP Main 1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Edina ISD #273 Valley View Middle School 1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Anaren Microwave, Inc 1.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE OneLegacy 323 FTE
NAT-SIZE Acuity Brands Lighting Decatur 323 FTE
NAT-SIZE Coral Industries 323 FTE
NAT-SIZE Presrite Corporation 323 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: 2021, 2019. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.