Sausage and similar cased products made from purchased carcasses · Illinois
Northstar Foods, Inc.
Elk Grove Village, IL · ~77 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- B
- Good Safety Record
- 2.3
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Northstar Foods, Inc. runs at 69% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Sausage and similar cased products made from purchased carcasses workplace, earning a grade B.
Northstar Foods, Inc.: 2.3 TCR = 69% of Sausage and similar cased products made from purchased carcasses BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Northstar Foods, Inc. safety composite
Northstar Foods, Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 82% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 30%), 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).
56/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- B 2.27 per 100 workers
Safer than 82% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 4.1 per 100 workers
Safer than 30% 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
Northstar Foods, Inc.: 0.0 → 4.1 TCR
Peak year 2020 @ 4.6 TCR · DART/TCR 1.81× in 2024
Northstar Foods, Inc.'s TCR rose 4.1 from 0.0 in 2016 to 4.1 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 4.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.81× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 311612 · Elk Grove Village, IL AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL
Grade B · TCR 2.3 · 69% of ind
- DART 4.1 DART
- RANK #8/49
- PHOTO Rochelle Foods
- BOOK 8y book
- INJ 16 inj
- SIZE ~77 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Rochelle Foods (0.0 TCR gap)
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Northstar Foods, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Northstar Foods, Inc.
2.3 TCR
- Rochelle Foods
Rochelle Foods
2.3 TCR
- Diluigi Foods
Diluigi Foods
2.3 TCR
- Monogram Meat
Monogram Meat Snacks LLC
2.3 TCR
- One World Spec
One World Specialties
2.3 TCR
What this shows Northstar Foods, Inc. averages 2.3 TCR (69% of the Sausage and similar cased products made from purchased carcasses BLS benchmark).
Northstar Foods, Inc. TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=0 · 2018=2.7 · 2019=0 · 2020=4.6 · 2022=2.5 · 2023=4.2 · 2024=4.1 · BLS 3.3
Where Northstar Foods, Inc. falls in its industry
613 Sausage and similar cased prod establishmentsSafer than 82% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.4.
Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #8 safest of 49 Sausage and similar cased prod employers in Illinois.
Northstar Foods, Inc. has fewer employees than the Sausage and similar cased products made median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.4. 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 | Illnesses | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 4.6 | 2.3 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 2.7 | 1.4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
311612 · IL · Elk Grove Village
613 Sausage and similar cased products made from purchased carcasses employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 274 employers in Elk Grove Village, 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 | Rochelle Foods | 2.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Diluigi Foods | 2.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Monogram Meat Snacks LLC | 2.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | One World Specialties | 2.3 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Albers Farm | 77 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Facebook DKL 1 2 NEW 20126004 | 77 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Builtech Services, LLC. | 77 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | William A. Randolph, Inc. | 77 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | creative werks, LLC | 3,317 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 1855-ILARL008 | 2,154 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Harvard Maintenance Inc. of Illinois | 1,937 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | ILARL008 ASCENSION HEALTH ALEXIAN BROTHERS MEDICAL CENTER | 1,712 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Thermo-Trol Systems | 2.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | SynQuest Laboratories Inc | 2.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Avflight Rochester Corporation | 2.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | 4-County Electric Power Association | 2.3 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Northwood Facility | 77 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | voestalpine Roll Forming Corporation Indiana Division | 77 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | TNT Crane & Rigging - San Antonio Branch | 77 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Omaha Printing Company | 77 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.