General-line groceries merchant wholesalers · Illinois

Dot Foods, Inc. University Park

University Park, IL · ~153 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
3.3
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Dot Foods, Inc. University Park runs at 149% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical General-line groceries merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade D.

Dot Foods, Inc. University Park: 3.3 TCR = 149% of General-line groceries merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Dot Foods, Inc. University Park safety composite

Dot Foods, Inc. University Park scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 76% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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

67/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 3.27 per 100 workers

Safer than 76% of industry peers

DART rate
C 2.41 per 100 workers

Safer than 69% 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%).

TCR Δ

−2.4

2022→2024

Dot Foods, Inc. University Park injury rate improved

Dot Foods, Inc. University Park's TCR fell 2.4 from 4.8 in 2022 to 2.4 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 4.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.74× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=4.8 · 2023=2.6 · 2024=2.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 424410 · University Park, IL ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 3.3 · 149% of ind

  • DART 2.4 DART
  • RANK #28/78
  • PHOTO Foodservice Tidewate…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 15 inj
  • SIZE ~153 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Foodservice Tidewater - 0555 (0.0 TCR gap)

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Dot Foods, Inc. University Park in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Dot Foods, Inc. University Park averages 3.3 TCR (149% of the General-line groceries merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

Dot Foods, Inc. University Park TCR series: 2022=4.8 · 2023=2.6 · 2024=2.4 · BLS 2.2

Where Dot Foods, Inc. University Park falls in its industry

1,651 General-line groceries merchan establishments

Safer than 76% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #28 safest of 78 General-line groceries merchan employers in Illinois.

Dot Foods, Inc. University Park (153 employees, TCR 3.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 172 employees and a TCR of 6.1 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 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Dot Foods, Inc. University Park
Dot Foods, Inc. University Park (153 employees, TCR 3.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 172 employees and a TCR of 6.1

Dot Foods, Inc. University Park has fewer employees than the General-line groceries merchant wholesal median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 6.1. 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 2.4 2.4 3 1 0
2023 2.6 2.6 4 0 0
2022 4.8 3.6 8 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

424410 · IL · University Park

1,651 General-line groceries merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 49 employers in University Park, 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 Foodservice Tidewater - 0555 3.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ferraro Foods of Connecticut, LLC 3.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Foodservice Miami - 0655 3.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Foodservice Sunrise Jackson - 9005 3.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Adjustable Concrete 153 FTE
STATE-SIZE 48130011-FREEMAN EXPO CHICAGO CHICAGO 153 FTE
STATE-SIZE Climate Pros Glendale Heights 153 FTE
STATE-SIZE Phelps Industries LLC 153 FTE
CITY-NEAR Amazon.com Services LLC - IGQ2 1,110 FTE
CITY-NEAR Federal Signal Corp (University Park) 490 FTE
CITY-NEAR Federal Signal Safety & Security Systems Group 454 FTE
CITY-NEAR Amex Nooter 407 FTE
NAT-TCR BlueCotton 3.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Mill Iron Home 3.3 TCR
NAT-TCR 1085 Placerville 3.3 TCR
NAT-TCR 1755 Roswell 3.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Sun Air Jets, LLC 153 FTE
NAT-SIZE Amazon.com Services LLC - WTX1 153 FTE
NAT-SIZE Clark Pacific - Adelanto 153 FTE
NAT-SIZE Allied Extruders, Inc. 153 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.