Animal except Poultry Slaughtering · Illinois

Joslin Plant

Hillsdale, IL · ~2,481 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
6.8
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Joslin Plant runs at 205% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Animal except Poultry Slaughtering workplace, earning a grade F.

Joslin Plant: 6.8 TCR = 205% of Animal except Poultry Slaughtering BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Joslin Plant safety composite

Joslin Plant scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 67% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 38%), 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

52/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 6.76 per 100 workers

Safer than 38% of industry peers

DART rate
C 1.81 per 100 workers

Safer than 67% of industry peers

Fatalities
C 0

Safer than 55% 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

−3.9

2017→2024

Joslin Plant injury rate improved

Joslin Plant's TCR fell 3.9 from 6.7 in 2017 to 2.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 12.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.27× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=6.7 · 2018=5.6 · 2019=4.5 · 2020=9.3 · 2021=12.9 · 2022=9.3 · 2023=3.2 · 2024=2.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311611 · Hillsdale, IL ABOVE-IND · LARGE

Grade F · TCR 6.8 · 205% of ind

  • DART 1.8 DART
  • RANK #9/12
  • PHOTO Cactus
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 337 inj
  • SIZE ~2,481 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Cactus (0.0 TCR gap)

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Joslin Plant in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Joslin Plant averages 6.8 TCR (205% of the Animal except Poultry Slaughtering BLS benchmark).

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

Joslin Plant TCR series: 2017=6.7 · 2018=5.6 · 2019=4.5 · 2020=9.3 · 2021=12.9 · 2022=9.3 · 2023=3.2 · 2024=2.8 · BLS 3.3

Where Joslin Plant falls in its industry

212 Animal except Poultry Slaughte establishments

Safer than 38% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #9 safest of 12 Animal except Poultry Slaughte employers in Illinois.

Joslin Plant (2,481 employees, TCR 6.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 297 employees and a TCR of 5.3 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 01,0002,0003,0004,000 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Joslin Plant
Joslin Plant (2,481 employees, TCR 6.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 297 employees and a TCR of 5.3

Joslin Plant has more employees than the Animal except Poultry Slaughtering median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.3. 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 2.8 1.8 28 35 0
2023 3.2 2.2 34 40 0
2022 9.3 9.0 40 203 0
2021 12.9 12.6 44 284 0
2020 9.3 8.9 42 192 0
2019 4.5 3.9 47 74 0
2018 5.6 4.9 59 85 0
2017 6.7 5.6 43 122 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311611 · IL · Hillsdale

212 Animal except Poultry Slaughtering employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 6 employers in Hillsdale, 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 Cactus 6.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR SD Cimpl's 6.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ebels Family Center 6.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Green Bay Dressed Beef - Acme Plant 6.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE McLean County CUSD #5 2,474 FTE
STATE-SIZE The Art Institute of Chicago 2,489 FTE
STATE-SIZE SJS-SPRINGFIELD-2 HSHS ST JOHN S HOSPITAL 2,470 FTE
STATE-SIZE County Of Will 2,500 FTE
CITY-NEAR PSSI / TYSON FOODS INC. - JOSLIN 122 FTE
CITY-NEAR Joslin Hides 103 FTE
CITY-NEAR PSSI - 0017 Tyson Foods Inc. - Joslin 96 FTE
CITY-NEAR Joslin Distribution Center 90 FTE
NAT-TCR El Toro Land & Cattle 6.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Probation Noble 6.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Park & Recreation 6.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Parks and Recreation 6.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Txmes - Mesquite 2,481 FTE
NAT-SIZE Mayo Clinic (Hospital) 2,481 FTE
NAT-SIZE Johnson and Johnson Vision Care Jacksonville 2,479 FTE
NAT-SIZE DEN-INFLIGHT 2,484 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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