Luncheon meat (except poultry) made from purchased carcasses · Illinois

Carl Buddig & Company-50 West Taft Drive

South Holland, IL · ~1,135 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.4
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Carl Buddig & Company-50 West Taft Drive runs at 44% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Luncheon meat (except poultry) made from purchased carcasses workplace, earning a grade A.

Carl Buddig & Company-50 West Taft Drive: 1.4 TCR = 44% of Luncheon meat (except poultry) made from purchased carcasses BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Carl Buddig & Company-50 West Taft Drive safety composite

Carl Buddig & Company-50 West Taft Drive scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (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

78/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 1.45 per 100 workers

Safer than 93% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0.83 per 100 workers

Safer than 80% 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

−1.1

2016→2024

Carl Buddig & Company-50 West Taft Drive injury rate improved

Carl Buddig & Company-50 West Taft Drive's TCR fell 1.1 from 2.1 in 2016 to 1.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 2.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.57× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=2.1 · 2017=1.5 · 2018=2.9 · 2019=2.0 · 2020=1.0 · 2021=0.7 · 2022=0.8 · 2023=1.0 · 2024=1.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311612 · South Holland, IL AT/BELOW-IND · LARGE

Grade A · TCR 1.4 · 44% of ind

  • DART 0.8 DART
  • RANK #4/49
  • PHOTO Fremont Beef Company
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 124 inj
  • SIZE ~1,135 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Fremont Beef Company (0.0 TCR gap)

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Carl Buddig & Company-50 West Taft Drive in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Carl Buddig & Company-50 West Taft Drive averages 1.4 TCR (44% of the Luncheon meat (except poultry) made from purchased carcasses BLS benchmark).

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

Carl Buddig & Company-50 West Taft Drive TCR series: 2016=2.1 · 2017=1.5 · 2018=2.9 · 2019=2 · 2020=1 · 2021=0.7 · 2022=0.8 · 2023=1 · 2024=1 · BLS 3.3

Where Carl Buddig & Company-50 West Taft Drive falls in its industry

613 Luncheon meat (except poultry) establishments

Safer than 93% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.4.

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 49 Luncheon meat (except poultry) employers in Illinois.

Carl Buddig & Company-50 West Taft Drive (1,135 employees, TCR 1.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 202 employees and a TCR of 4.4 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 05001,0001,500 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Carl Buddig & Company-50 West Taft Drive
Carl Buddig & Company-50 West Taft Drive (1,135 employees, TCR 1.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 202 employees and a TCR of 4.4

Carl Buddig & Company-50 West Taft Drive has more employees than the Luncheon meat (except poultry) made from median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.4. 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 1.0 0.8 11 0 0
2023 1.0 1.0 11 0 0
2022 0.8 0.8 9 0 0
2021 0.7 0.7 8 0 0
2020 1.0 0.9 10 0 0
2019 2.0 1.5 18 4 0
2018 2.9 2.1 27 4 0
2017 1.5 1.2 13 3 0
2016 2.1 1.3 17 4 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311612 · IL · South Holland

613 Luncheon meat (except poultry) made from purchased carcasses employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 57 employers in South Holland, 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 Fremont Beef Company 1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Red Kingfisher 1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Savoies Sausage and Food Products, Inc. 1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Smithfield Packaged Meats-LLC 1.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE State Street 215 1,135 FTE
STATE-SIZE IL - Virtual - D 1,136 FTE
STATE-SIZE NAL SALEM PLANT 1,133 FTE
STATE-SIZE Good Samaritan Regional Health Center 1,131 FTE
CITY-NEAR 7930 SOUTH HOLLAND PCS 1,650 FTE
CITY-NEAR Ed Miniat LLC 728 FTE
CITY-NEAR SOUTH HOLLAND (ILSHL) 496 FTE
CITY-NEAR South Suburban College 495 FTE
NAT-TCR Fransen Pittman General Contractors 1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Capital Steel, Inc. 1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Young'S Environmental Cleanup, Inc. 1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Backer's Potato Chip 1.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE 1701 S. Lexington St 1,135 FTE
NAT-SIZE Zeeland Plant 1,135 FTE
NAT-SIZE Masimo Corporation 1,135 FTE
NAT-SIZE Amazon.com Services LLC - CDW5 1,135 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, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.