Employer · Illinois

Bushnell Protein Plant

Bushnell, IL · ~34 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.6
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Bushnell Protein Plant runs at 111% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical industry workplace, earning a grade C.

Bushnell Protein Plant: 3.6 TCR = 111% of industry BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Bushnell Protein Plant safety composite

Bushnell Protein Plant scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 30%), 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

39/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 3.65 per 100 workers

Safer than 39% of industry peers

DART rate
F 2.76 per 100 workers

Safer than 30% 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

−3.8

2016→2024

Bushnell Protein Plant injury rate improved

Bushnell Protein Plant's TCR fell 3.8 from 6.6 in 2016 to 2.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 8.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.76× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=6.6 · 2017=0.0 · 2018=8.7 · 2020=5.5 · 2021=2.9 · 2022=2.7 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=2.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311224 · Bushnell, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 3.6 · 111% of ind

  • DART 2.8 DART
  • RANK #9/10
  • PHOTO Main
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 10 inj
  • SIZE ~34 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Main (0.1 TCR gap)

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Bushnell Protein Plant in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Bushnell Protein Plant averages 3.6 TCR (111% of the industry BLS benchmark).

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

Bushnell Protein Plant TCR series: 2016=6.6 · 2017=0 · 2018=8.7 · 2020=5.5 · 2021=2.9 · 2022=2.7 · 2023=0 · 2024=2.8 · BLS 3.3

Where Bushnell Protein Plant falls in its industry

146 industry establishments

Safer than 39% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #9 safest of 10 industry employers in Illinois.

Bushnell Protein Plant (34 employees, TCR 3.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 69 employees and a TCR of 2.7 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 0200400600800 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Bushnell Protein Plant
Bushnell Protein Plant (34 employees, TCR 3.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 69 employees and a TCR of 2.7

Bushnell Protein Plant has fewer employees than the industry median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.7. 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 2.8 2.8 1 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 2.7 2.7 1 0 0
2021 2.9 0.0 1 0 0
2020 5.5 5.5 2 0 0
2018 8.7 2.9 3 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 6.6 3.3 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311224 · IL · Bushnell

146 industry employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 8 employers in Bushnell, 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 Main 3.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Premium Peanut 3.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR DECATUR (OVC) 3.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Mankato (PFI) 3.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Cresco Labs - Kankakee 34 FTE
STATE-SIZE Kendall Energy Facility 34 FTE
STATE-SIZE Adams Electric 34 FTE
STATE-SIZE Town of Normal - Water 34 FTE
CITY-NEAR Vaughan & Bushnell Manufacturing Company 220 FTE
CITY-NEAR Bushnell Illinois Tank Company 52 FTE
CITY-NEAR Midwest Control Products 48 FTE
CITY-NEAR CYE Bushnell 30 FTE
NAT-TCR City of Nisswa 3.6 TCR
NAT-TCR 1544 Little Egg Harbor SD 3.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Willmar Grow Out 3.6 TCR
NAT-TCR AllPro Restoration & Janitorial 3.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Fargo Office 34 FTE
NAT-SIZE Carthage Flour Mill 34 FTE
NAT-SIZE Richmond Oilseeds 34 FTE
NAT-SIZE Phil Etienne'S Timber Harvest,Inc. 34 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, 2018, 2017, 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.