Frozen fruits, fruit juices, and vegetables, manufacturing · Illinois

HQ

Niles, IL · ~48 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.1
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

HQ runs at 94% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Frozen fruits, fruit juices, and vegetables, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

HQ: 3.1 TCR = 94% of Frozen fruits, fruit juices, and vegetables, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

HQ safety composite

HQ scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 65% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 17%), 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

45/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 3.1 per 100 workers

Safer than 65% of industry peers

DART rate
F 6.19 per 100 workers

Safer than 17% 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%).

Rising injury rate

HQ: 0.0 → 6.2 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 6.2 TCR · DART/TCR 2× in 2024

HQ's TCR rose 6.2 from 0.0 in 2023 to 6.2 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 2× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311411 · Niles, IL AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 3.1 · 94% of ind

  • DART 6.2 DART
  • RANK #4/6
  • PHOTO Sure-Fresh Produce, …
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~48 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Sure-Fresh Produce, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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HQ in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows HQ averages 3.1 TCR (94% of the Frozen fruits, fruit juices, and vegetables, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

HQ TCR series: 2023=0 · 2024=6.2 · BLS 3.3

Where HQ falls in its industry

224 Frozen fruits, fruit juices, a establishments

Safer than 65% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 6 Frozen fruits, fruit juices, a employers in Illinois.

HQ (48 employees, TCR 3.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 161 employees and a TCR of 4.3 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 0200400600800 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate HQ
HQ (48 employees, TCR 3.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 161 employees and a TCR of 4.3

HQ has fewer employees than the Frozen fruits, fruit juices, and vegetab median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.3. 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 6.2 6.2 3 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311411 · IL · Niles

224 Frozen fruits, fruit juices, and vegetables, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 111 employers in Niles, 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 Sure-Fresh Produce, Inc. 3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR AMERICAN FALLS ID 3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR McCain foods USA INC 3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ventura Coastal Visalia Division 3.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE City of Marengo - 04WW 48 FTE
STATE-SIZE Kirie Water Reclamation Plant 48 FTE
STATE-SIZE Focus Development, Inc. 48 FTE
STATE-SIZE Lennar Multi-Family - Central (Chicago) 48 FTE
CITY-NEAR Aerospace Business Groups : Niles 1,010 FTE
CITY-NEAR Airframe Systems : Niles 978 FTE
CITY-NEAR Shure Incorporated 719 FTE
CITY-NEAR 3320 683 FTE
NAT-TCR Chris' Electrical Service, Inc 3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Fountain Crest 3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Ventura 3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR 6892 Austin Mueller Airport 3.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Hotel De Anza 48 FTE
NAT-SIZE Celeste Industries Corporation 48 FTE
NAT-SIZE DR Roof Inc 48 FTE
NAT-SIZE John Ray & Sons 48 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.