Animal fats rendering · Illinois

Kaluzny Bros.,Inc.

Joliet, IL · ~42 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.0
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Kaluzny Bros.,Inc. runs at 31% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Animal fats rendering workplace, earning a grade A.

Kaluzny Bros.,Inc.: 1.0 TCR = 31% of Animal fats rendering BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Kaluzny Bros.,Inc. safety composite

Kaluzny Bros.,Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 97% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 52%), 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).

B

84/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 1.01 per 100 workers

Safer than 97% of industry peers

DART rate
A 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 92% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 52% 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

Kaluzny Bros.,Inc.: 0.0 → 2.1 TCR

Peak year 2021 @ 2.1 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2021

Kaluzny Bros.,Inc.'s TCR rose 2.1 from 0.0 in 2017 to 2.1 in 2021. In 2021, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311613 · Joliet, IL AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 1.0 · 31% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #2/9
  • PHOTO Mahoney Environmenta…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~42 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Mahoney Environmental Joliet (0.1 TCR gap)

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Kaluzny Bros.,Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Kaluzny Bros.,Inc. averages 1.0 TCR (31% of the Animal fats rendering BLS benchmark).

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

Kaluzny Bros.,Inc. TCR series: 2017=0 · 2018=0 · 2019=1.9 · 2021=2.1 · BLS 3.3

Where Kaluzny Bros.,Inc. falls in its industry

151 Animal fats rendering establishments

Safer than 97% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #2 safest of 9 Animal fats rendering employers in Illinois.

Kaluzny Bros.,Inc. (42 employees, TCR 1.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 46 employees and a TCR of 5.6 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 050100150 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Kaluzny Bros.,Inc.
Kaluzny Bros.,Inc. (42 employees, TCR 1.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 46 employees and a TCR of 5.6

Kaluzny Bros.,Inc. has fewer employees than the Animal fats rendering median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.6. 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
2021 2.1 0.0 1 0 0
2019 1.9 0.0 1 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311613 · IL · Joliet

151 Animal fats rendering employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 281 employers in Joliet, 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 Mahoney Environmental Joliet 1.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Darling Ingredients 1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR darling ingredients inc. 0.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Mahoney Environmental Indy 0.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE DAS Pontiac, IL 42 FTE
STATE-SIZE Waterman, IL-R&D 42 FTE
STATE-SIZE Springfield IL 42 FTE
STATE-SIZE Egyptian Electric Cooperative 42 FTE
CITY-NEAR County Of Will 2,500 FTE
CITY-NEAR North America Fulfillment Centers (FCs) : MDW2 2,361 FTE
CITY-NEAR Amazon.com Services LLC - MDW2 2,101 FTE
CITY-NEAR Presence Saint Joseph Medical Center, Joliet 2,089 FTE
NAT-TCR Factory 1.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Meritor Fletcher 1.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Mondi Bags 1.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Allegheny Store Fixtures, Inc. 1.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Bull Moose Tube Masury 42 FTE
NAT-SIZE Colonial Fire Protection - Rochester, NY 42 FTE
NAT-SIZE Evans Construction Company 42 FTE
NAT-SIZE Russell-Moore Lumber Company Inc. 42 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: 2021, 2019, 2018, 2017. 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.