Prepared meals, perishable, packaged for individual resale · Illinois
Lorel Manufacturing Co.
Chicago, IL · ~41 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 5.5
- Avg TCR
- 4.1
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Lorel Manufacturing Co. runs at 134% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Prepared meals, perishable, packaged for individual resale workplace, earning a grade D.
Lorel Manufacturing Co.: 5.5 TCR = 134% of Prepared meals, perishable, packaged for individual resale BLS 4.1 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Lorel Manufacturing Co. safety composite
Lorel Manufacturing Co. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 24%), 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).
39/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 5.48 per 100 workers
Safer than 45% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 6.11 per 100 workers
Safer than 24% 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
Lorel Manufacturing Co.: 4.8 → 6.1 TCR
Peak year 2024 @ 6.1 TCR · DART/TCR 1.11× in 2024
Lorel Manufacturing Co.'s TCR rose 1.3 from 4.8 in 2023 to 6.1 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1.11× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 311991 · Chicago, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade D · TCR 5.5 · 134% of ind
- DART 6.1 DART
- RANK #20/29
- PHOTO Keystone Natural Hol…
- BOOK 2y book
- INJ 4 inj
- SIZE ~41 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Keystone Natural Holdings Philadelphia (0.0 TCR gap)
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Lorel Manufacturing Co. in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Lorel Manufacturing Co.
5.5 TCR
- Keystone Natur
Keystone Natural Holdings Philadelphia
5.5 TCR
- Bakkavor Foods
Bakkavor Foods USA, Pennsylvania
5.5 TCR
- Pegasus Foods
Pegasus Foods Inc.
5.5 TCR
- Herbalife Inte
Herbalife International - Carson
5.4 TCR
What this shows Lorel Manufacturing Co. averages 5.5 TCR (134% of the Prepared meals, perishable, packaged for individual resale BLS benchmark).
Lorel Manufacturing Co. TCR series: 2023=4.8 · 2024=6.1 · BLS 4.1
Where Lorel Manufacturing Co. falls in its industry
376 Prepared meals, perishable, pa establishmentsSafer than 45% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.1.
Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #20 safest of 29 Prepared meals, perishable, pa employers in Illinois.
Lorel Manufacturing Co. has fewer employees than the Prepared meals, perishable, packaged for median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.1. 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 | 6.1 | 6.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
311991 · IL · Chicago
376 Prepared meals, perishable, packaged for individual resale 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 | Keystone Natural Holdings Philadelphia | 5.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Bakkavor Foods USA, Pennsylvania | 5.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Pegasus Foods Inc. | 5.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Herbalife International - Carson | 5.4 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | GDM Seeds, Inc | 41 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc. - Champaign Research - CMI1 | 41 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | 1987-Jerseyville, IL | 41 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Mt. Carmel Public Utility Co. | 41 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 | Dallas, TX H&C | 5.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Alan Vander Horst | 5.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Super Giant Carlisle Store 6457 | 5.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | City of Terre Haute | 5.5 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Dunn & Co, Inc. | 41 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | River Park Senior Living | 41 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Lakeside Place Senior Living | 41 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | UPT Tulsa | 41 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.