Casein, dry and wet, manufacturing · Illinois

Erie Foods International Rochelle plant

Rochelle, IL · ~62 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
12.9
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Erie Foods International Rochelle plant runs at 391% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Casein, dry and wet, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Erie Foods International Rochelle plant: 12.9 TCR = 391% of Casein, dry and wet, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Erie Foods International Rochelle plant safety composite

Erie Foods International Rochelle plant scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 2%), 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

16/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 12.91 per 100 workers

Safer than 2% of industry peers

DART rate
F 6.87 per 100 workers

Safer than 9% 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%).

TCR Δ

−2.1

2020→2024

Erie Foods International Rochelle plant injury rate improved

Erie Foods International Rochelle plant's TCR fell 2.1 from 10.7 in 2020 to 8.6 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 18.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.53× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=10.7 · 2021=11.7 · 2022=15.5 · 2023=18.0 · 2024=8.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311514 · Rochelle, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 12.9 · 391% of ind

  • DART 6.9 DART
  • RANK #16/16
  • PHOTO Mill Haven Foods - T…
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 43 inj
  • SIZE ~62 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Mill Haven Foods - Tomah (0.3 TCR gap)

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Erie Foods International Rochelle plant in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Erie Foods International Rochelle plant averages 12.9 TCR (391% of the Casein, dry and wet, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Erie Foods International Rochelle plant TCR series: 2020=10.7 · 2021=11.7 · 2022=15.5 · 2023=18 · 2024=8.6 · BLS 3.3

Where Erie Foods International Rochelle plant falls in its industry

185 Casein, dry and wet, manufactu establishments

Safer than 2% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #16 safest of 16 Casein, dry and wet, manufactu employers in Illinois.

Erie Foods International Rochelle plant (62 employees, TCR 12.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 100 employees and a TCR of 3.5 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 0200400600 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Erie Foods International Rochelle plant
Erie Foods International Rochelle plant (62 employees, TCR 12.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 100 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Erie Foods International Rochelle plant has fewer employees than the Casein, dry and wet, manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.5. 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 8.6 6.9 5 0 0
2023 18.0 13.2 15 0 0
2022 15.5 13.8 9 0 0
2021 11.7 8.4 5 2 0
2020 10.7 9.5 9 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311514 · IL · Rochelle

185 Casein, dry and wet, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 45 employers in Rochelle, 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 Mill Haven Foods - Tomah 12.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Sibley 12.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Win Soon Chicago, Inc 12.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Arlington 13.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Dupont Pioneer Mcleansboro MCL1 62 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hinsdale Nurseries, Inc. - Plano 62 FTE
STATE-SIZE 03U - Electric Field Meter Services 62 FTE
STATE-SIZE AMEREN ILLINOIS - Gas Tech Services 62 FTE
CITY-NEAR Rochelle Foods 823 FTE
CITY-NEAR Rochelle Community Hospital 321 FTE
CITY-NEAR Rochelle Distribution Center 289 FTE
CITY-NEAR Nippon Sharyo Manufacturing, LLC 252 FTE
NAT-TCR Complete Care Brackenville 12.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Edwardsville Fwd WH 12.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Strasser Woodenworks 12.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Marin Transystems Inc 12.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Family Care Network, PLLC - North Cascade Family Physicians 62 FTE
NAT-SIZE Headquarters 62 FTE
NAT-SIZE Carlie C's IGA #760 62 FTE
NAT-SIZE GB Manufacturing Co 62 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, 2020. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.