Frozen bread and bread-type rolls, made in commercial bakeries · Illinois
Highland Baking Company
Northbrook, IL · ~483 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 9.4
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Highland Baking Company runs at 284% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Frozen bread and bread-type rolls, made in commercial bakeries workplace, earning a grade F.
Highland Baking Company: 9.4 TCR = 284% of Frozen bread and bread-type rolls, made in commercial bakeries BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Highland Baking Company safety composite
Highland Baking Company scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 79% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 14%), 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).
46/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 9.38 per 100 workers
Safer than 14% of industry peers
- DART rate
- B 0.11 per 100 workers
Safer than 79% 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
−9.1
2020→2024
Highland Baking Company injury rate improved
Highland Baking Company's TCR fell 9.1 from 9.3 in 2020 to 0.1 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 17.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.01× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2020=9.3 · 2021=17.1 · 2022=9.6 · 2023=10.8 · 2024=0.1
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 311812 · Northbrook, IL ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade F · TCR 9.4 · 284% of ind
- DART 0.1 DART
- RANK #53/59
- PHOTO Jackson Transport
- BOOK 5y book
- INJ 248 inj
- SIZE ~483 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Jackson Transport (0.0 TCR gap)
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Highland Baking Company in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Highland Baking Company
9.4 TCR
- Jackson Transp
Jackson Transport
9.4 TCR
- Jackson Bakery
Jackson Bakery
9.4 TCR
- Fort Wayne Sal
Fort Wayne Sales Branch
9.4 TCR
- Nature's Baker
Nature's Bakery - Carson City
9.3 TCR
What this shows Highland Baking Company averages 9.4 TCR (284% of the Frozen bread and bread-type rolls, made in commercial bakeries BLS benchmark).
Highland Baking Company TCR series: 2020=9.3 · 2021=17.1 · 2022=9.6 · 2023=10.8 · 2024=0.1 · BLS 3.3
Where Highland Baking Company falls in its industry
1,014 Frozen bread and bread-type ro establishmentsSafer than 14% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.4.
Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #53 safest of 59 Frozen bread and bread-type ro employers in Illinois.
Highland Baking Company has more employees than the Frozen bread and bread-type rolls, made median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.4. 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 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 42 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 10.8 | 7.6 | 37 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 9.6 | 8.6 | 56 | 1 | 0 |
| 2021 | 17.1 | 14.1 | 62 | 1 | 0 |
| 2020 | 9.3 | 6.5 | 51 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
311812 · IL · Northbrook
1,014 Frozen bread and bread-type rolls, made in commercial bakeries employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 122 employers in Northbrook, 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 | Jackson Transport | 9.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Jackson Bakery | 9.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Nature's Bakery - Carson City | 9.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Fort Wayne Sales Branch | 9.4 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Reynolds Consumer Products- Jacksonville West Plant | 483 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Spartan Light Metal Products Sparta Location | 483 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Senior Services Plus | 483 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Double P Corporation | 483 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Astellas Pharma US | 1,228 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Astellas Pharma Global Development | 908 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Astellas US LLC | 896 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | ILNOR - NORTHBROOK | 780 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Hanover Terrace | 9.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Owens Brockway Glass Container Inc | 9.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | 0680 - Henderson Stephanie Street | 9.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | SMT Laredo | 9.4 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Appomattox County Public Schools | 483 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Great Dane Trailers | 483 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | City Hall | 483 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Red River Mill | 483 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.