Gelatin for cooking manufacturing · Illinois

GELITA USA Chicago

Calumet City, IL · ~62 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.3
Avg TCR
4.1
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

GELITA USA Chicago runs at 130% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Gelatin for cooking manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

GELITA USA Chicago: 5.3 TCR = 130% of Gelatin for cooking manufacturing BLS 4.1 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

GELITA USA Chicago safety composite

GELITA USA Chicago scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 32%), 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

38/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 5.31 per 100 workers

Safer than 32% of industry peers

DART rate
D 3.21 per 100 workers

Safer than 36% 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

GELITA USA Chicago: 2.0 → 3.2 TCR

Peak year 2019 @ 8.9 TCR · DART/TCR 0.6× in 2024

GELITA USA Chicago's TCR rose 1.2 from 2.0 in 2016 to 3.2 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 8.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.6× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311999 · Calumet City, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 5.3 · 130% of ind

  • DART 3.2 DART
  • RANK #31/39
  • PHOTO Pro-Form Laboratories
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 27 inj
  • SIZE ~62 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Pro-Form Laboratories (0.0 TCR gap)

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GELITA USA Chicago in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows GELITA USA Chicago averages 5.3 TCR (130% of the Gelatin for cooking manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

GELITA USA Chicago TCR series: 2016=2 · 2017=6.3 · 2018=3.2 · 2019=8.9 · 2020=6.4 · 2021=3.1 · 2022=8.2 · 2023=6.5 · 2024=3.2 · BLS 4.1

Where GELITA USA Chicago falls in its industry

335 Gelatin for cooking manufactur establishments

Safer than 32% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #31 safest of 39 Gelatin for cooking manufactur employers in Illinois.

GELITA USA Chicago (62 employees, TCR 5.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 91 employees and a TCR of 3.7 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 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate GELITA USA Chicago
GELITA USA Chicago (62 employees, TCR 5.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 91 employees and a TCR of 3.7

GELITA USA Chicago has fewer employees than the Gelatin for cooking manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.7. 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 3.2 3.2 2 0 0
2023 6.5 4.8 4 0 0
2022 8.2 4.9 4 1 0
2021 3.1 1.6 2 0 0
2020 6.4 4.8 2 2 0
2019 8.9 1.5 6 0 0
2018 3.2 3.2 2 0 0
2017 6.3 4.7 4 0 0
2016 2.0 1.0 1 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311999 · IL · Calumet City

335 Gelatin for cooking manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 41 employers in Calumet City, 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 Pro-Form Laboratories 5.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Raymundos Food Group 5.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Preferred Popcorn 5.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Allied Blending LP 5.3 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 Gareda, LLC 2,135 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1552 CITY OF CALUMET CITY 290 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6489 192 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 6489 190 FTE
NAT-TCR West Penn Hospital 5.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Greenleaf Nursery Company 5.3 TCR
NAT-TCR HOCV-AVV Joint Venture 5.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Segrest - Gibsonton 5.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Bay County Road Commission 62 FTE
NAT-SIZE City Hall 62 FTE
NAT-SIZE Jax Inc. 62 FTE
NAT-SIZE McKinney CE 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, 2019, 2018, 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.