Meats fresh, chilled or frozen (except poultry and small game), produced in slaughtering plants · Illinois
DeKalb County Packing Company
Dekalb, IL · ~31 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 3.4
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
DeKalb County Packing Company runs at 102% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Meats fresh, chilled or frozen (except poultry and small game), produced in slaughtering plants workplace, earning a grade C.
DeKalb County Packing Company: 3.4 TCR = 102% of Meats fresh, chilled or frozen (except poultry and small game), produced in slaughtering plants BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)
DeKalb County Packing Company safety composite
DeKalb County Packing Company scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 97% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 55%), 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).
78/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- B 3.35 per 100 workers
Safer than 75% of industry peers
- DART rate
- A 0 per 100 workers
Safer than 97% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- C 0
Safer than 55% 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%).
DeKalb County Packing Company held a steady TCR band
DeKalb County Packing Company's TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 6.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2016=0.0 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=6.3 · 2020=2.9 · 2021=6.2 · 2022=5.9 · 2023=5.4 · 2024=0.0
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 311611 · Dekalb, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade C · TCR 3.4 · 102% of ind
- DART 0.0 DART
- RANK #5/12
- PHOTO Lone Star Beef 2016
- BOOK 8y book
- INJ 9 inj
- SIZE ~31 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Lone Star Beef 2016 (0.0 TCR gap)
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DeKalb County Packing Company in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
DeKalb County Packing Company
3.4 TCR
- Lone Star Beef
Lone Star Beef 2016
3.3 TCR
- Tar Heel Fresh
Tar Heel Fresh
3.3 TCR
- JBS Marshallto
JBS Marshalltown
3.3 TCR
- Gibbon Packing
Gibbon Packing
3.3 TCR
What this shows DeKalb County Packing Company averages 3.4 TCR (102% of the Meats fresh, chilled or frozen (except poultry and small game), produced in slaughtering plants BLS benchmark).
DeKalb County Packing Company TCR series: 2016=0 · 2018=0 · 2019=6.3 · 2020=2.9 · 2021=6.2 · 2022=5.9 · 2023=5.4 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.3
Where DeKalb County Packing Company falls in its industry
212 Meats fresh, chilled or frozen establishmentsSafer than 75% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.3.
Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 12 Meats fresh, chilled or frozen employers in Illinois.
DeKalb County Packing Company has fewer employees than the Meats fresh, chilled or frozen (except p median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.3. 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 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 5.4 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 5.9 | 5.9 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 6.2 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 6.3 | 3.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
311611 · IL · Dekalb
212 Meats fresh, chilled or frozen (except poultry and small game), produced in slaughtering plants employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 93 employers in Dekalb, 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 | Lone Star Beef 2016 | 3.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Tar Heel Fresh | 3.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | JBS Marshalltown | 3.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Gibbon Packing | 3.3 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Bear Creek Genetics, LLC. | 31 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Highland | 31 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | The Maschhoffs, LLC - Pittsfield Office | 31 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | AMEREN ILLINOIS - Beardstown | 31 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 3842 - UDC-DeKalb | 1,635 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 3842 - DeKalb UDC | 1,411 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Northwestern Medicine Kishwaukee Hospital | 1,067 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | DeKalb Community Unit School District #428 | 940 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Preformed Line Products | 3.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Community Care Center of Vicksburg | 3.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Snaptron Inc | 3.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Reichard Industries | 3.4 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Williamsport | 31 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Elliott Supply & Glass, Inc. | 31 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | A.N. Webber, Inc. - PV | 31 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Store #26 | 31 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.