Tortillas manufacturing · Illinois

El Milagro Inc. Western

Chicago, IL · ~278 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
11.6
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

El Milagro Inc. Western runs at 352% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Tortillas manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

El Milagro Inc. Western: 11.6 TCR = 352% of Tortillas manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

El Milagro Inc. Western safety composite

El Milagro Inc. Western scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 8%), 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).

F

33/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 11.62 per 100 workers

Safer than 8% of industry peers

DART rate
D 3.32 per 100 workers

Safer than 47% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 52% 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

−22.1

2021→2024

El Milagro Inc. Western injury rate improved

El Milagro Inc. Western's TCR fell 22.1 from 28.0 in 2021 to 5.9 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 28.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.29× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=28.0 · 2022=7.7 · 2023=4.9 · 2024=5.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311830 · Chicago, IL ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 11.6 · 352% of ind

  • DART 3.3 DART
  • RANK #5/7
  • PHOTO El Milagro of Indiana
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 68 inj
  • SIZE ~278 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: El Milagro of Indiana (0.1 TCR gap)

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El Milagro Inc. Western in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows El Milagro Inc. Western averages 11.6 TCR (352% of the Tortillas manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

El Milagro Inc. Western TCR series: 2021=28 · 2022=7.7 · 2023=4.9 · 2024=5.9 · BLS 3.3

Where El Milagro Inc. Western falls in its industry

93 Tortillas manufacturing establishments

Safer than 8% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 7 Tortillas manufacturing employers in Illinois.

El Milagro Inc. Western (278 employees, TCR 11.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 109 employees and a TCR of 4.7 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 02004006008001,000 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate El Milagro Inc. Western
El Milagro Inc. Western (278 employees, TCR 11.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 109 employees and a TCR of 4.7

El Milagro Inc. Western has more employees than the Tortillas manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.7. 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 5.9 3.3 15 1 0
2023 4.9 3.6 13 2 0
2022 7.7 6.5 17 3 0
2021 28.0 28.0 23 2 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311830 · IL · Chicago

93 Tortillas manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 2,934 employers in Chicago, 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 El Milagro of Indiana 11.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Durrsett Amigos 12.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR El Milagro Inc. St. Charles 12.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Tortilleria Hermanos Reyes, Inc. 10.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE CHRIST BROS. ASPHALT, INC. 278 FTE
STATE-SIZE Bison Gear and Engineering 278 FTE
STATE-SIZE Thyssenkrupp Crankshaft LLC 278 FTE
STATE-SIZE Principal Manufacturing Corporation 278 FTE
CITY-NEAR Chicago Public Schools 49,500 FTE
CITY-NEAR Chicago/Corporate 18,831 FTE
CITY-NEAR University of Illinois at Chicago 13,092 FTE
CITY-NEAR University Health Service UIC UIC Campus 12,732 FTE
NAT-TCR Hugo's #12 11.6 TCR
NAT-TCR DED - Acme 11.6 TCR
NAT-TCR The Laurels of Hendersonville 11.6 TCR
NAT-TCR 2430 - Warwick North 11.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE 196 - Portage 278 FTE
NAT-SIZE 123 - Southgate 278 FTE
NAT-SIZE Matric 278 FTE
NAT-SIZE Singer Equipment Company 278 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.