Beef produced in slaughtering plants · Illinois

Aurora Packing Company

Name: Aurora Packing Company Workplace Safety Data
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North Aurora, IL · ~293 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

C
Average Safety Record: 3.7
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Aurora Packing Company runs at 111% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Beef produced in slaughtering plants workplace, earning a grade C.

Aurora Packing Company: 3.7 TCR = 111% of Beef produced in slaughtering plants BLS 3.3 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Aurora Packing Company safety composite

Aurora Packing Company scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 70% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 55%), 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).

62/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): C 3.66 per 100 workers

Safer than 70% of industry peers
DART rate: C 2.45 per 100 workers

Safer than 57% of industry peers
Fatalities: C 0

Safer than 55% 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

−8.3

2016→2024

Aurora Packing Company injury rate improved

Aurora Packing Company's TCR fell 8.3 from 10.8 in 2016 to 2.5 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 10.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.67× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=10.8 · 2019=4.3 · 2020=2.5 · 2021=2.2 · 2022=1.1 · 2023=2.2 · 2024=2.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311611 · North Aurora, IL ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 3.7 · 111% of ind

DART 2.5 DART
RANK #6/12
PHOTO Hillsdale
BOOK 7y book
INJ 92 inj
SIZE ~293 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Hillsdale (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Aurora Packing Company averages 3.7 TCR (111% of the Beef produced in slaughtering plants BLS benchmark).

Aurora Packing Company TCR series: 2016=10.8 · 2019=4.3 · 2020=2.5 · 2021=2.2 · 2022=1.1 · 2023=2.2 · 2024=2.5 · BLS 3.3

Where Aurora Packing Company falls in its industry

212 Beef produced in slaughtering establishments

Safer than 70% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.3.

Grade C

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 12 Beef produced in slaughtering employers in Illinois.

Aurora Packing Company (293 employees, TCR 3.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 297 employees and a TCR of 5.3

Aurora Packing Company has fewer employees than the Beef produced in slaughtering plants median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.3. 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
2024	2.5	2.5	8
2023	2.2	2.2	7
2022	1.1	1.1	4
2021	2.2	2.2	8
2020	2.5	0.6	9
2019	4.3	1.6	16
2016	10.8	10.3	40

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311611 · IL · North Aurora

212 Beef produced in slaughtering plants employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 36 employers in North Aurora, IL · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Hillsdale	HILLSDALE, MI	3.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Smithfield Foods - Vernon	VERNON, CA	3.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Xenia	XENIA, OH	3.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Seaboard Triumph Foods	SIOUX CITY, IA	3.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Verano CPG IL - Ataraxia	ALBION	293 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Main Office Building Annex	CHICAGO	293 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Advantage Industrial Systems, LLC	FRANKFORT	293 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Pepperidge Farm	DOWNERS GROVE	293 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Dart Container North Aurora	North Aurora	238 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Oberweis Dairy - Corp Office	North Aurora	212 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Woodmans Food Market North Aurora 35	North Aurora	204 FTE
CITY-NEAR	North Aurora 35	North Aurora	184 FTE
NAT-TCR	American Polarizers, inc.	Reading, PA	3.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Biancofiori	Lafayette, IN	3.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Checkpoint Systems Inc.	Canton, OH	3.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	NCC023	Burlington, NC	3.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE	15 - Orlando	Orlando, FL	293 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Curt G. Joa, Inc	Sheboygan Falls, WI	293 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Auburndale Operations Center	Louisville, KY	293 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Mosaic Axtell	Axtell, NE	293 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, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.