Food choppers, grinders, mixers, and slicers (i.e., food manufacturing-type) manufacturing · Illinois

Eirich Machines, Inc.

Gurnee, IL · ~81 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.4
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Eirich Machines, Inc. runs at 72% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Food choppers, grinders, mixers, and slicers (i.e., food manufacturing-type) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

Eirich Machines, Inc.: 2.4 TCR = 72% of Food choppers, grinders, mixers, and slicers (i.e., food manufacturing-type) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Eirich Machines, Inc. safety composite

Eirich Machines, Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 65% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 15%), 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).

D

44/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.38 per 100 workers

Safer than 65% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.61 per 100 workers

Safer than 15% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 50% 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

Eirich Machines, Inc.: 1.1 → 3.6 TCR

Peak year 2021 @ 3.6 TCR · DART/TCR 1.52× in 2021

Eirich Machines, Inc.'s TCR rose 2.5 from 1.1 in 2017 to 3.6 in 2021. In 2021, DART was 1.52× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 333241 · Gurnee, IL AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.4 · 72% of ind

  • DART 3.6 DART
  • RANK #8/17
  • PHOTO Heat and Control Lit…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~81 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Heat and Control Lititz (0.0 TCR gap)

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Eirich Machines, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Eirich Machines, Inc. averages 2.4 TCR (72% of the Food choppers, grinders, mixers, and slicers (i.e., food manufacturing-type) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Eirich Machines, Inc. TCR series: 2017=1.1 · 2021=3.6 · BLS 3.3

Where Eirich Machines, Inc. falls in its industry

215 Food choppers, grinders, mixer establishments

Safer than 65% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #8 safest of 17 Food choppers, grinders, mixer employers in Illinois.

Eirich Machines, Inc. (81 employees, TCR 2.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 85 employees and a TCR of 3.0 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 0100200300400500 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Eirich Machines, Inc.
Eirich Machines, Inc. (81 employees, TCR 2.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 85 employees and a TCR of 3.0

Eirich Machines, Inc. has fewer employees than the Food choppers, grinders, mixers, and sli median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.0. 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
2021 3.6 3.6 3 0 0
2017 1.1 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

333241 · IL · Gurnee

215 Food choppers, grinders, mixers, and slicers (i.e., food manufacturing-type) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 91 employers in Gurnee, 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 Heat and Control Lititz 2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Birko Corp Olathe Office 2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Wenger Manufacturing, Inc. - 616 W 7th St. 2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Taylor Commercial Foodservice, Inc. 2.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Pioneer Hi-Bred Intl Inc. Utica, IL 81 FTE
STATE-SIZE Edwards Power Station 81 FTE
STATE-SIZE 75E - Western S - IL Electric Ops 81 FTE
STATE-SIZE AMEREN ILLINOIS - Western S - IL Electric Ops 81 FTE
CITY-NEAR ARDx Gurnee J54 2,661 FTE
CITY-NEAR Great Wolf Lodge Illinois 513 FTE
CITY-NEAR Waukegan 456 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 1668 339 FTE
NAT-TCR Brad Foote Gearing Pittsburgh 2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Stockton Facility 2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Haworth Health Environments (Legacy) 2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Gulf-Atlantic Constructors, Inc. 2.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Oil States Lampasas 81 FTE
NAT-SIZE Port of Tacoma 81 FTE
NAT-SIZE Southeast - Berwick Towing and Car Care Plus 81 FTE
NAT-SIZE Maryhill Manor 81 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: 2021, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.