General warehousing and storage · Illinois

KLS Berner Foods IL

Name: KLS Berner Foods IL Workplace Safety Data
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Rockford, IL · ~130 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

B
Good Safety Record: 3.1
Avg TCR: 5.8
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

KLS Berner Foods IL runs at 54% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical General warehousing and storage workplace, earning a grade B.

KLS Berner Foods IL: 3.1 TCR = 54% of General warehousing and storage BLS 5.8 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

KLS Berner Foods IL safety composite

KLS Berner Foods IL scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 54% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (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).

47/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): D 3.12 per 100 workers

Safer than 54% of industry peers
DART rate: D 3.28 per 100 workers

Safer than 38% of industry peers
Fatalities: D 0

Safer than 50% 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

KLS Berner Foods IL: 0.0 → 3.3 TCR

Peak year 2021 @ 6.1 TCR · DART/TCR 1.05× in 2022

KLS Berner Foods IL's TCR rose 3.3 from 0.0 in 2020 to 3.3 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2021 at 6.1 TCR. In 2022, DART was 1.05× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 493110 · Rockford, IL AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 3.1 · 54% of ind

DART 3.3 DART
RANK #268/551
PHOTO Clarks Americas, Inc.
BOOK 3y book
INJ 11 inj
SIZE ~130 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Clarks Americas, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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3.1
Clarks America

3.1
Richemont Nort

3.1
9277-3410995

3.1
4323 GEODIS LO

3.1

What this shows KLS Berner Foods IL averages 3.1 TCR (54% of the General warehousing and storage BLS benchmark).

KLS Berner Foods IL TCR series: 2020=0 · 2021=6.1 · 2022=3.3 · BLS 5.8

Where KLS Berner Foods IL falls in its industry

9,477 General warehousing and storag establishments

Safer than 54% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

Grade B

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #268 safest of 551 General warehousing and storag employers in Illinois.

KLS Berner Foods IL (130 employees, TCR 3.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 92 employees and a TCR of 3.5

KLS Berner Foods IL has more employees than the General warehousing and storage median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.5. 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	3.3	3.3	4
2021	6.1	6.1	7
2020	0.0	0.0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

493110 · IL · Rockford

9,477 General warehousing and storage employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 405 employers in Rockford, 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	Clarks Americas, Inc.	HANOVER, PA	3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Richemont North America, Inc.	GRAND PRAIRIE, TX	3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	9277-3410995	AURORA, CO	3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	4323 GEODIS LOGISTICS	LEBANON, TN	3.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Buffalo Grove Facility	BUFFALO GROVE	130 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Effingham	EFFINGHAM	130 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Midwestern Pet Foods, Inc. - Monmouth	MONMOUTH	130 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Geka Manufacturing Corporation	ELGIN	130 FTE
CITY-NEAR	ILRKF - ROCKFORD AIR HUB	Rockford	2,634 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Swedish American Hospital - 4800	Rockford	2,629 FTE
CITY-NEAR	PCI Pharma Services Rockford	Rockford	2,175 FTE
CITY-NEAR	SwedishAmerican Hospital	Rockford	1,855 FTE
NAT-TCR	Smilow Cancer Center	Waterford, CT	3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	SSH Real Estate	Philadelphia, PA	3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	Price Less Foods #18	Louisville, KY	3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	1574 D&W -Holland, MI PREVO'S #38-3345860	Holland, MI	3.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Sharp Transit LLC Haines City L	Haines City, FL	130 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Coach and Equipment	Penn Yan, NY	130 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Davenport Lutheran Home	Davenport, IA	130 FTE
NAT-SIZE	2967-CA183	Pleasanton, CA	130 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. 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.