Food, prepared, perishable, packaged for individual resale · Illinois
Hearthside Foods - Carol Stream
Carol Stream, IL · ~853 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- A
- Excellent Safety Record
- 1.1
- Avg TCR
- 4.1
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Hearthside Foods - Carol Stream runs at 26% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Food, prepared, perishable, packaged for individual resale workplace, earning a grade A.
Hearthside Foods - Carol Stream: 1.1 TCR = 26% of Food, prepared, perishable, packaged for individual resale BLS 4.1 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Hearthside Foods - Carol Stream safety composite
Hearthside Foods - Carol Stream scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 95% 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).
81/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- A 1.07 per 100 workers
Safer than 95% of industry peers
- DART rate
- B 0.25 per 100 workers
Safer than 85% 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
−1.0
2019→2022
Hearthside Foods - Carol Stream injury rate improved
Hearthside Foods - Carol Stream's TCR fell 1.0 from 1.6 in 2019 to 0.7 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2019 at 1.6 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0.23× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2019=1.6 · 2020=1.2 · 2021=0.8 · 2022=0.7
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 311991 · Carol Stream, IL AT/BELOW-IND · MID
Grade A · TCR 1.1 · 26% of ind
- DART 0.3 DART
- RANK #4/29
- PHOTO DB Sweetwater
- BOOK 4y book
- INJ 47 inj
- SIZE ~853 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: DB Sweetwater (0.0 TCR gap)
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Hearthside Foods - Carol Stream in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Hearthside Foods - Carol Stream
1.1 TCR
- DB Sweetwater
DB Sweetwater
1.1 TCR
- Fresh Express
Fresh Express - Streamwood
1.1 TCR
- Giorgio Fresh
Giorgio Fresh Company / CF
1.1 TCR
- San Antonio Pl
San Antonio Plant
1.1 TCR
What this shows Hearthside Foods - Carol Stream averages 1.1 TCR (26% of the Food, prepared, perishable, packaged for individual resale BLS benchmark).
Hearthside Foods - Carol Stream TCR series: 2019=1.6 · 2020=1.2 · 2021=0.8 · 2022=0.7 · BLS 4.1
Where Hearthside Foods - Carol Stream falls in its industry
376 Food, prepared, perishable, pa establishmentsSafer than 95% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.1.
Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 29 Food, prepared, perishable, pa employers in Illinois.
Hearthside Foods - Carol Stream has more employees than the Food, prepared, perishable, packaged for median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.1. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 1.2 | 0.1 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 1.6 | 0.2 | 18 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
311991 · IL · Carol Stream
376 Food, prepared, perishable, packaged for individual resale employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 170 employers in Carol Stream, 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 | DB Sweetwater | 1.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Fresh Express - Streamwood | 1.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Giorgio Fresh Company / CF | 1.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | San Antonio Plant | 1.1 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Fresenius Kabi USA Lake Zurich Office | 853 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | MetroSouth Medical Center | 853 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | 48130017-FREEMAN XP, LLC - CHICAGO FREEMANXP, LLC TX | 854 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Herrin Hospital | 854 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Northwestern Medicine Regional Medical Group | 2,151 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | American Litho, Inc. | 1,657 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 161275-CAROL STREAM IL P&DC | 960 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | CAROL STREAM_1441099 | 804 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Norpak LLC | 1.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Cardinal IG -Buckeye IG | 1.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | West Valley | 1.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | The Pike Company | 1.1 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Corporate Office | 853 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Pennsylvania (P6) | 853 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Washington State Department of Agriculture | 853 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Vernon Plant | 853 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.