Pet supplies (except pet food) merchant wholesalers · Illinois

Kaytee Products

Name: Kaytee Products Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Elgin, IL · ~26 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

D
Poor Safety Record: 3.7
Avg TCR: 2.2
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Kaytee Products runs at 168% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Pet supplies (except pet food) merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade D.

Kaytee Products: 3.7 TCR = 168% of Pet supplies (except pet food) merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Kaytee Products safety composite

Kaytee Products scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 29%), 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).

41/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): D 3.7 per 100 workers

Safer than 44% of industry peers
DART rate: F 3.04 per 100 workers

Safer than 29% 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

Kaytee Products: 5.0 → 6.1 TCR

Peak year 2022 @ 6.1 TCR · DART/TCR 0.82× in 2022

Kaytee Products's TCR rose 1.1 from 5.0 in 2018 to 6.1 in 2022. In 2022, DART was 0.82× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 424990 · Elgin, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 3.7 · 168% of ind

DART 3.0 DART
RANK #8/15
PHOTO Central Pet - Hamilton
BOOK 5y book
INJ 5 inj
SIZE ~26 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Central Pet - Hamilton (0.0 TCR gap)

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McVan Inc

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B&B Ice of Tam

3.7
Cook AmerDC

3.7

What this shows Kaytee Products averages 3.7 TCR (168% of the Pet supplies (except pet food) merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

Kaytee Products TCR series: 2018=5 · 2019=0 · 2020=4.9 · 2021=2.6 · 2022=6.1 · BLS 2.2

Where Kaytee Products falls in its industry

301 Pet supplies (except pet food) establishments

Safer than 44% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.4.

Grade D

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #8 safest of 15 Pet supplies (except pet food) employers in Illinois.

Kaytee Products (26 employees, TCR 3.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 66 employees and a TCR of 3.4

Kaytee Products has fewer employees than the Pet supplies (except pet food) merchant median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.4. 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
2022	6.1	3.0	2
2021	2.6	2.6	1
2020	4.9	0.0	1
2019	0.0	0.0	0
2018	5.0	5.0	1

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

424990 · IL · Elgin

301 Pet supplies (except pet food) merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 250 employers in Elgin, IL · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Central Pet - Hamilton	HAMILTON, NJ	3.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	McVan Inc	ATTLEBORO, MA	3.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	B&B Ice of Tampa Bay	SEFFNER, FL	3.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Cook AmerDC	BLOOMINGTON, IN	3.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Rock River - Corporate	PROPHETSTOWN	26 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Corporate	NORTHFIELD	26 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Hill 'N Dale Farm	BARRINGTON	26 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Jackson Generation	ELWOOD	26 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Advocate Sherman Hospital	Elgin	1,717 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Elgin John B. Sanfilippo & Son	Elgin	987 FTE
CITY-NEAR	City of Elgin	Elgin	986 FTE
CITY-NEAR	American NTN Bearing Manufacturing Corporation-Elgin	Elgin	774 FTE
NAT-TCR	HG548	San Ramon, CA	3.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	4765-BOSCW9621	Boston, MA	3.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	MilliporeSigma - Dekalb	St. Louis, MO	3.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Bill Doran Company - Columbus	Columbus, OH	3.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Forman Ford - 06	Overland Park, KS	26 FTE
NAT-SIZE	C&H Farms, LLC	Yuma, AZ	26 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Burnsville PN Fairview Ridges	Burnsville, MN	26 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Waycross Operating - 2470 Wadley Road Waycross, GA	Atlanta, GA	26 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: 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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