Marshmallows manufacturing · Illinois

Chicago Vegan Foods

Addison, IL · ~27 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
9.4
Avg TCR
4.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Chicago Vegan Foods runs at 223% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Marshmallows manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Chicago Vegan Foods: 9.4 TCR = 223% of Marshmallows manufacturing BLS 4.2 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Chicago Vegan Foods safety composite

Chicago Vegan Foods scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 91% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 16%), 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

51/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 9.38 per 100 workers

Safer than 16% of industry peers

DART rate
A 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 91% 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%).

TCR Δ

−2.2

2018→2022

Chicago Vegan Foods injury rate improved

Chicago Vegan Foods's TCR fell 2.2 from 9.9 in 2018 to 7.7 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2018 at 9.9 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=9.9 · 2019=9.9 · 2020=9.3 · 2021=9.9 · 2022=7.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311340 · Addison, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 9.4 · 223% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #32/35
  • PHOTO Impact Confections
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 10 inj
  • SIZE ~27 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Impact Confections (0.2 TCR gap)

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Chicago Vegan Foods in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Chicago Vegan Foods averages 9.4 TCR (223% of the Marshmallows manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Chicago Vegan Foods TCR series: 2018=9.9 · 2019=9.9 · 2020=9.3 · 2021=9.9 · 2022=7.7 · BLS 4.2

Where Chicago Vegan Foods falls in its industry

123 Marshmallows manufacturing establishments

Safer than 16% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #32 safest of 35 Marshmallows manufacturing employers in Illinois.

Chicago Vegan Foods (27 employees, TCR 9.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 169 employees and a TCR of 3.7 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 0102030 Average employees Total Case Rate Chicago Vegan Foods
Chicago Vegan Foods (27 employees, TCR 9.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 169 employees and a TCR of 3.7

Chicago Vegan Foods has fewer employees than the Marshmallows manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.7. 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
2022 7.7 0.0 2 0 0
2021 9.9 0.0 2 0 0
2020 9.3 0.0 2 0 0
2019 9.9 5.0 2 0 0
2018 9.9 0.0 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311340 · IL · Addison

123 Marshmallows manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 161 employers in Addison, 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 Impact Confections 9.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR YouBar 9.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR GPS 625 9.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Spangler Candy Co. 9.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Pizzo Native Plant Nursery, LLC 27 FTE
STATE-SIZE C070 27 FTE
STATE-SIZE Stonington, IL-R&D 27 FTE
STATE-SIZE Bloomington 27 FTE
CITY-NEAR ILADD - ADDISON A BUILDING 2,237 FTE
CITY-NEAR ADDISON A BUILDING (ILADD) 2,078 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mondelez Global Central/West Sales 1,164 FTE
CITY-NEAR Arjo Inc. 727 FTE
NAT-TCR Chanhassen Distribution Ctr 9.4 TCR
NAT-TCR 0626 - Potomac Mills Va Whse 9.4 TCR
NAT-TCR 6458-ZCOL 9.4 TCR
NAT-TCR 6458-ZLWR 9.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Millers Health Systems 27 FTE
NAT-SIZE Bridgecreek 27 FTE
NAT-SIZE Standiford Place 27 FTE
NAT-SIZE Madison Meadows 27 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: 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018. 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.