Cafeteria food services contractors (e.g., government office cafeterias, hospital cafeterias, school cafeterias) · Illinois

Ceres Food Group, Inc

Chicago, IL · ~325 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
10.9
Avg TCR
3.0
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Ceres Food Group, Inc runs at 365% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Cafeteria food services contractors (e.g., government office cafeterias, hospital cafeterias, school cafeterias) workplace, earning a grade F.

Ceres Food Group, Inc: 10.9 TCR = 365% of Cafeteria food services contractors (e.g., government office cafeterias, hospital cafeterias, school cafeterias) BLS 3.0 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Ceres Food Group, Inc safety composite

Ceres Food Group, Inc scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 8%), 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).

F

29/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 10.95 per 100 workers

Safer than 8% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.09 per 100 workers

Safer than 38% 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%).

Ceres Food Group, Inc held a steady TCR band

Ceres Food Group, Inc's TCR held near 0.1 from 11.0 in 2017 to 10.9 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2017 at 11.0 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0.1× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=11.0 · 2018=10.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 722310 · Chicago, IL ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 10.9 · 365% of ind

  • DART 1.1 DART
  • RANK #323/364
  • PHOTO New Trier Winnetka
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 37 inj
  • SIZE ~325 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: New Trier Winnetka (0.0 TCR gap)

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Ceres Food Group, Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Ceres Food Group, Inc averages 10.9 TCR (365% of the Cafeteria food services contractors (e.g., government office cafeterias, hospital cafeterias, school cafeterias) BLS benchmark).

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

Ceres Food Group, Inc TCR series: 2017=11 · 2018=10.9 · BLS 3.0

Where Ceres Food Group, Inc falls in its industry

6,952 Cafeteria food services contra establishments

Safer than 8% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #323 safest of 364 Cafeteria food services contra employers in Illinois.

Ceres Food Group, Inc (325 employees, TCR 10.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 43 employees and a TCR of 3.5 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 Ceres Food Group, Inc
Ceres Food Group, Inc (325 employees, TCR 10.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 43 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Ceres Food Group, Inc has more employees than the Cafeteria food services contractors (e.g median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.5. 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
2018 10.9 1.1 20 0 0
2017 11.0 1.3 17 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

722310 · IL · Chicago

6,952 Cafeteria food services contractors (e.g., government office cafeterias, hospital cafeterias, school cafeterias) 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 New Trier Winnetka 10.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR 300407600 TEWKSBURY HOSPITAL 11.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR EB Bristol/Warren 11.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Albertus Magnus Coll. 10.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Meridian, ID 325 FTE
STATE-SIZE BrandSafway Services, LLC - P66 Wood River Refinery 325 FTE
STATE-SIZE Radienz Living 325 FTE
STATE-SIZE 800 Nemera 325 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 Win River Resort and Casino 10.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Riverside Nursing and Rehab Center 10.9 TCR
NAT-TCR 0151 - Allentown, Pa 10.9 TCR
NAT-TCR B-X Providence LLC 10.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Doctors Medical Center, Inc. 325 FTE
NAT-SIZE RCX Nebraska 325 FTE
NAT-SIZE Horsham Pa Office 325 FTE
NAT-SIZE #630 Wall Shoprite 325 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: 2018, 2017. 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.