Grease rendering · Illinois

DarPro Solutions-Blue Island 090

Blue Island, IL · ~42 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
2.9
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
Subscribe to safety-record updates (RSS)

The verdict

DarPro Solutions-Blue Island 090 runs at 88% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Grease rendering workplace, earning a grade C.

DarPro Solutions-Blue Island 090: 2.9 TCR = 88% of Grease rendering BLS 3.3 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

DarPro Solutions-Blue Island 090 safety composite

DarPro Solutions-Blue Island 090 scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 81% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 52%), 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).

C

64/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 2.92 per 100 workers

Safer than 81% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.67 per 100 workers

Safer than 53% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 52% 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

−2.3

2016→2022

DarPro Solutions-Blue Island 090 injury rate improved

DarPro Solutions-Blue Island 090's TCR fell 2.3 from 5.0 in 2016 to 2.7 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2016 at 5.0 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0.91× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=5.0 · 2017=4.0 · 2018=4.3 · 2019=2.2 · 2020=2.4 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=2.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311613 · Blue Island, IL AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 2.9 · 88% of ind

  • DART 2.7 DART
  • RANK #5/9
  • PHOTO Darling Ingredients …
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 9 inj
  • SIZE ~42 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Darling Ingredients / Veribest (0.0 TCR gap)

Read with this employer → · Industry book → · Illinois employers → · Look up another →

DarPro Solutions-Blue Island 090 in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows DarPro Solutions-Blue Island 090 averages 2.9 TCR (88% of the Grease rendering BLS benchmark).

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

DarPro Solutions-Blue Island 090 TCR series: 2016=5 · 2017=4 · 2018=4.3 · 2019=2.2 · 2020=2.4 · 2021=0 · 2022=2.7 · BLS 3.3

Where DarPro Solutions-Blue Island 090 falls in its industry

151 Grease rendering establishments

Safer than 81% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 9 Grease rendering employers in Illinois.

DarPro Solutions-Blue Island 090 (42 employees, TCR 2.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 46 employees and a TCR of 5.6 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 050100150 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate DarPro Solutions-Blue Island 090
DarPro Solutions-Blue Island 090 (42 employees, TCR 2.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 46 employees and a TCR of 5.6

DarPro Solutions-Blue Island 090 has fewer employees than the Grease rendering median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.6. 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 2.7 2.7 1 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 2.4 2.4 1 0 0
2019 2.2 2.2 1 0 0
2018 4.3 4.3 2 0 0
2017 4.0 4.0 2 0 0
2016 5.0 5.0 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311613 · IL · Blue Island

151 Grease rendering employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 27 employers in Blue Island, 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 Darling Ingredients / Veribest 2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Bellevue-150 3.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Darling Ingredients Inc 3.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Kerry 2.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE DAS Pontiac, IL 42 FTE
STATE-SIZE Waterman, IL-R&D 42 FTE
STATE-SIZE Springfield IL 42 FTE
STATE-SIZE Egyptian Electric Cooperative 42 FTE
CITY-NEAR MetroSouth Medical Center 853 FTE
CITY-NEAR Elementary School 505 FTE
CITY-NEAR 130-Chicago South 250 FTE
CITY-NEAR Chicago Magnesium Casting Company 117 FTE
NAT-TCR A A Pittman & Sons Concrete Co Inc 2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR McWane Ductile New Jersey 2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR CarrollClean 2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Liberty Packaging - Golden Valley, MN 2.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE 5 Star Industries LLC 42 FTE
NAT-SIZE Midland Radio 42 FTE
NAT-SIZE 4192-00051423-SDG 42 FTE
NAT-SIZE Southern Forest Products LLC 42 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, 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.