Processed poultry manufacturing · Illinois

Koch Foods

Chicago, IL · ~541 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
6.9
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Koch Foods runs at 210% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Processed poultry manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Koch Foods: 6.9 TCR = 210% of Processed poultry manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Koch Foods safety composite

Koch Foods scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 54% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 7%), 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).

F

24/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.93 per 100 workers

Safer than 20% of industry peers

DART rate
F 6.21 per 100 workers

Safer than 7% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 54% 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%).

Koch Foods held a steady TCR band

Koch Foods's TCR held near 0.2 from 7.8 in 2021 to 8.1 in 2023. In 2023, DART was 0.9× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=7.8 · 2022=4.9 · 2023=8.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311615 · Chicago, IL ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 6.9 · 210% of ind

  • DART 6.2 DART
  • RANK #6/7
  • PHOTO Pilgrims Pride - Cen…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 100 inj
  • SIZE ~541 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Pilgrims Pride - Central Processing (0.0 TCR gap)

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Koch Foods in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Koch Foods averages 6.9 TCR (210% of the Processed poultry manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Koch Foods TCR series: 2021=7.8 · 2022=4.9 · 2023=8.1 · BLS 3.3

Where Koch Foods falls in its industry

509 Processed poultry manufacturin establishments

Safer than 20% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 7 Processed poultry manufacturin employers in Illinois.

Koch Foods (541 employees, TCR 6.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 619 employees and a TCR of 3.5 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 05001,0001,5002,000 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Koch Foods
Koch Foods (541 employees, TCR 6.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 619 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Koch Foods has fewer employees than the Processed poultry manufacturing median and a higher 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 Illnesses Fatalities
2023 8.1 6.2 34 18 0
2022 4.9 4.2 29 1 0
2021 7.8 7.8 37 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311615 · IL · Chicago

509 Processed poultry manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 2,934 employers in Chicago, 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 Pilgrims Pride - Central Processing 6.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR TFC POULTRY WINCHESTER 7.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Eufaula Fresh Plant 6.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Grimaud Farms plant 6.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Raynor Garage Doors 541 FTE
STATE-SIZE City of Chicago - CDOT, In-House Construction 542 FTE
STATE-SIZE AMS Mechanical Systems, Inc 542 FTE
STATE-SIZE Velocitel, Inc. 542 FTE
CITY-NEAR Chicago Public Schools 49,500 FTE
CITY-NEAR Chicago/Corporate 18,831 FTE
CITY-NEAR University of Illinois at Chicago 13,092 FTE
CITY-NEAR University Health Service UIC UIC Campus 12,732 FTE
NAT-TCR Pentagon Technologies CSG Portland Oregon 6.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Store 0542 6.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Newtown 6.9 TCR
NAT-TCR City of Santa Fe Springs 6.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Fessler & Bowman 541 FTE
NAT-SIZE MESAAZLL 541 FTE
NAT-SIZE Corporate Office 541 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sundance Mountain Resort 541 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: 2023, 2022, 2021. 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.