Produce, fresh, merchant wholesalers · Illinois

DiMare Fresh Chicago

Woodridge, IL · ~45 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
3.2
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

DiMare Fresh Chicago runs at 144% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Produce, fresh, merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade D.

DiMare Fresh Chicago: 3.2 TCR = 144% of Produce, fresh, merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

DiMare Fresh Chicago safety composite

DiMare Fresh Chicago scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 75% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 45%), 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

59/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 3.17 per 100 workers

Safer than 75% of industry peers

DART rate
D 3.73 per 100 workers

Safer than 45% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 51% 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%).

Rising injury rate

DiMare Fresh Chicago: 2.6 → 3.7 TCR

Peak year 2017 @ 3.7 TCR · DART/TCR 1.18× in 2017

DiMare Fresh Chicago's TCR rose 1.1 from 2.6 in 2016 to 3.7 in 2017. In 2017, DART was 1.18× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 424480 · Woodridge, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 3.2 · 144% of ind

  • DART 3.7 DART
  • RANK #4/13
  • PHOTO SFG of Sanford, LLC
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~45 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: SFG of Sanford, LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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DiMare Fresh Chicago in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows DiMare Fresh Chicago averages 3.2 TCR (144% of the Produce, fresh, merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

DiMare Fresh Chicago TCR series: 2016=2.6 · 2017=3.7 · BLS 2.2

Where DiMare Fresh Chicago falls in its industry

369 Produce, fresh, merchant whole establishments

Safer than 75% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 13 Produce, fresh, merchant whole employers in Illinois.

DiMare Fresh Chicago (45 employees, TCR 3.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 83 employees and a TCR of 5.3 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 05001,0001,5002,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate DiMare Fresh Chicago
DiMare Fresh Chicago (45 employees, TCR 3.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 83 employees and a TCR of 5.3

DiMare Fresh Chicago has fewer employees than the Produce, fresh, merchant wholesalers 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
2017 3.7 3.7 1 0 0
2016 2.6 2.6 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

424480 · IL · Woodridge

369 Produce, fresh, merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 111 employers in Woodridge, 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 SFG of Sanford, LLC 3.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Scheid Produce Inc. 3.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR United Fruit and Produce 3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Gourmet Trading Company LA 3.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE 1982.1-Stonington, IL-Mfg (Monsanto Co.) 45 FTE
STATE-SIZE Farmer City 45 FTE
STATE-SIZE 91P - Distribution Operating - Decatur 45 FTE
STATE-SIZE AMEREN ILLINOIS - Sparta 45 FTE
CITY-NEAR AMS INDUSTRIES, Inc 575 FTE
CITY-NEAR AMS Mechanical Systems, Inc 542 FTE
CITY-NEAR Morey Corporation 528 FTE
CITY-NEAR Edward Don & Company-IL 471 FTE
NAT-TCR Fleetline dba Dart Transit Lancaster 3.2 TCR
NAT-TCR High Point (Nchig) 3.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Columbus (Incol) 3.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Ryerson - TSP 3.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE ADS Waverly 45 FTE
NAT-SIZE A.P. Eberlein Co., Inc. 45 FTE
NAT-SIZE Advance Transit, Inc. 45 FTE
NAT-SIZE Clean Venture Inc. - Clayton 45 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: 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.