Employer · Illinois

Decatur East Soy Protein Plant

Decatur, IL · ~346 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.0
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
2
Fatalities
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The verdict

Decatur East Soy Protein Plant runs at 29% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical industry workplace, earning a grade A.

Decatur East Soy Protein Plant: 1.0 TCR = 29% of industry BLS 3.3 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Decatur East Soy Protein Plant safety composite

Decatur East Soy Protein Plant scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 92% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 0%), 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

66/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 0.97 per 100 workers

Safer than 92% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 82% of industry peers

Fatalities
F 2

Safer than 0% 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

−0.9

2016→2024

Decatur East Soy Protein Plant injury rate improved

Decatur East Soy Protein Plant's TCR fell 0.9 from 1.1 in 2016 to 0.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 1.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=1.1 · 2017=0.9 · 2018=1.2 · 2021=1.6 · 2022=0.2 · 2023=1.5 · 2024=0.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311224 · Decatur, IL AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 1.0 · 29% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #2/10
  • PHOTO Cargill Agricultural…
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 26 inj
  • SIZE ~346 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Cargill Agricultural Supply Chain - Kansas City (0.0 TCR gap)

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Decatur East Soy Protein Plant in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Decatur East Soy Protein Plant averages 1.0 TCR (29% of the industry BLS benchmark).

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

Decatur East Soy Protein Plant TCR series: 2016=1.1 · 2017=0.9 · 2018=1.2 · 2021=1.6 · 2022=0.2 · 2023=1.5 · 2024=0.3 · BLS 3.3

Where Decatur East Soy Protein Plant falls in its industry

146 industry establishments

Safer than 92% 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 #2 safest of 10 industry employers in Illinois.

Decatur East Soy Protein Plant (346 employees, TCR 1.0) 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 Decatur East Soy Protein Plant
Decatur East Soy Protein Plant (346 employees, TCR 1.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 69 employees and a TCR of 2.7

Decatur East Soy Protein Plant has more employees than the industry median and a lower 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 0.3 0.0 1 0 0
2023 1.5 1.1 7 0 1
2022 0.2 0.0 1 0 0
2021 1.6 0.3 6 0 0
2018 1.2 1.2 4 0 0
2017 0.9 0.3 3 0 0
2016 1.1 0.3 4 0 1

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311224 · IL · Decatur

146 industry employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 219 employers in Decatur, 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 Cargill Agricultural Supply Chain - Kansas City 1.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Cargill Incorporated - Lafayette, Indiana 1.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR House Foods America 1.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Cargill, Inc. Guntersville 0.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Bell Flavors and Fragrances 346 FTE
STATE-SIZE 10823 346 FTE
STATE-SIZE DWM-Central District - 39th and Ashland | 3901 S. Ashland 345 FTE
STATE-SIZE MKD 345 FTE
CITY-NEAR Decatur Facility 2,420 FTE
CITY-NEAR Decatur Memorial Hospital 1,982 FTE
CITY-NEAR Decatur Public School District No. 61 1,524 FTE
CITY-NEAR Corporate Staff Offices 1,198 FTE
NAT-TCR Spokane Flour Mill 1.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Branchburg 1.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Educational Services Center 1.0 TCR
NAT-TCR 105082 - DW Gross Reservoir Expansion CM/GC 1.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Bos 1379 346 FTE
NAT-SIZE Yokohama Industries America 346 FTE
NAT-SIZE Presto Products Company 346 FTE
NAT-SIZE McNaughton-McKay Electric Company - Michigan Region - Madison Heights, MI 346 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, 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.