General-line groceries merchant wholesalers · Illinois

Banner Wholesale Grocers, Inc

Chicago, IL · ~100 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
3.1
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Banner Wholesale Grocers, Inc runs at 143% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical General-line groceries merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade D.

Banner Wholesale Grocers, Inc: 3.1 TCR = 143% of General-line groceries merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Banner Wholesale Grocers, Inc safety composite

Banner Wholesale Grocers, Inc scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 93% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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 3.14 per 100 workers

Safer than 77% of industry peers

DART rate
A 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 93% 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

−1.8

2021→2024

Banner Wholesale Grocers, Inc injury rate improved

Banner Wholesale Grocers, Inc's TCR fell 1.8 from 2.7 in 2021 to 0.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 5.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=2.7 · 2022=3.7 · 2023=5.4 · 2024=0.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 424410 · Chicago, IL ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 3.1 · 143% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #27/78
  • PHOTO Stephenson Wholesale…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 14 inj
  • SIZE ~100 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Stephenson Wholesale Company Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Banner Wholesale Grocers, Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Banner Wholesale Grocers, Inc averages 3.1 TCR (143% of the General-line groceries merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

Banner Wholesale Grocers, Inc TCR series: 2021=2.7 · 2022=3.7 · 2023=5.4 · 2024=0.8 · BLS 2.2

Where Banner Wholesale Grocers, Inc falls in its industry

1,651 General-line groceries merchan establishments

Safer than 77% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #27 safest of 78 General-line groceries merchan employers in Illinois.

Banner Wholesale Grocers, Inc (100 employees, TCR 3.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 172 employees and a TCR of 6.1 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 0200400600800 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Banner Wholesale Grocers, Inc
Banner Wholesale Grocers, Inc (100 employees, TCR 3.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 172 employees and a TCR of 6.1

Banner Wholesale Grocers, Inc has fewer employees than the General-line groceries merchant wholesal median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 6.1. 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
2024 0.8 0.0 1 0 0
2023 5.4 3.6 6 0 0
2022 3.7 2.8 4 0 0
2021 2.7 2.7 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

424410 · IL · Chicago

1,651 General-line groceries merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 2,934 employers in 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 Stephenson Wholesale Company Inc. 3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Zimowski Food Specialties 3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR South Florida Sales & DSD Facility 3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Sparks Grocery Oultet 3.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE TCR SYSTEMS LLC 100 FTE
STATE-SIZE Dealer Installation 100 FTE
STATE-SIZE Evans Electric 100 FTE
STATE-SIZE Rethink Electric LLC 100 FTE
CITY-NEAR Chicago Public Schools 49,500 FTE
CITY-NEAR Chicago/Corporate 18,831 FTE
CITY-NEAR University of Illinois at Chicago 13,092 FTE
CITY-NEAR University Health Service UIC UIC Campus 12,732 FTE
NAT-TCR Butler- Frozen Food Express Industries, Inc. / FFE Transportation 3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Neffsville Nursing and Rehabilitation 3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Ergon Trucking, Inc. - Magnolia 3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Martinsville High School 3.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE DGE4 100 FTE
NAT-SIZE Patriot Care Corp 100 FTE
NAT-SIZE Otto Instrument Service, Inc. 100 FTE
NAT-SIZE NA-US-CA-Burbank-Kenwood St 100 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.