Pork carcasses, half carcasses, and primal and sub-primal cuts produced in slaughtering plants · Illinois

Northstar Packing, LLC

Dekalb, IL · ~22 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
10.1
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Northstar Packing, LLC runs at 305% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Pork carcasses, half carcasses, and primal and sub-primal cuts produced in slaughtering plants workplace, earning a grade F.

Northstar Packing, LLC: 10.1 TCR = 305% of Pork carcasses, half carcasses, and primal and sub-primal cuts produced in slaughtering plants BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Northstar Packing, LLC safety composite

Northstar Packing, LLC scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 97% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 22%), 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).

C

57/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 10.08 per 100 workers

Safer than 22% of industry peers

DART rate
A 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 97% of industry peers

Fatalities
C 0

Safer than 55% 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%).

TCR Δ

−11.7

2016→2018

Northstar Packing, LLC injury rate improved

Northstar Packing, LLC's TCR fell 11.7 from 16.5 in 2016 to 4.8 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2016 at 16.5 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=16.5 · 2017=9.0 · 2018=4.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311611 · Dekalb, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 10.1 · 305% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #12/12
  • PHOTO HK Cooperative Inc.
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 7 inj
  • SIZE ~22 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: HK Cooperative Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Northstar Packing, LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Northstar Packing, LLC averages 10.1 TCR (305% of the Pork carcasses, half carcasses, and primal and sub-primal cuts produced in slaughtering plants BLS benchmark).

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

Northstar Packing, LLC TCR series: 2016=16.5 · 2017=9 · 2018=4.8 · BLS 3.3

Where Northstar Packing, LLC falls in its industry

212 Pork carcasses, half carcasses establishments

Safer than 22% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #12 safest of 12 Pork carcasses, half carcasses employers in Illinois.

Northstar Packing, LLC (22 employees, TCR 10.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 297 employees and a TCR of 5.3 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 01,0002,0003,0004,000 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Northstar Packing, LLC
Northstar Packing, LLC (22 employees, TCR 10.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 297 employees and a TCR of 5.3

Northstar Packing, LLC has fewer employees than the Pork carcasses, half carcasses, and prim median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.3. 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
2018 4.8 0.0 1 0 0
2017 9.0 9.0 2 0 0
2016 16.5 8.2 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311611 · IL · Dekalb

212 Pork carcasses, half carcasses, and primal and sub-primal cuts produced in slaughtering plants employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 93 employers in Dekalb, 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 HK Cooperative Inc. 10.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Yoder Meats 10.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Walt's Wholesale Meats 10.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Finney County Plant 9.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Tolono Main 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE Anna Evergreen, LLC 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE Sunset 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE Cedarcrest, LLC. 22 FTE
CITY-NEAR 3842 - UDC-DeKalb 1,635 FTE
CITY-NEAR 3842 - DeKalb UDC 1,411 FTE
CITY-NEAR Northwestern Medicine Kishwaukee Hospital 1,067 FTE
CITY-NEAR DeKalb Community Unit School District #428 940 FTE
NAT-TCR Kalispell (Mtkal) 10.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Hatfield BROSCO 10.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Carmel Village at Clovis Assisted Living 10.1 TCR
NAT-TCR 578 ABC Supply Co., inc. 10.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Jacksonville - VW 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE 08 - Watertown 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE K1 - Quakertown 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hot Springs Office AKK7 22 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: 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.