Rolls and buns (including frozen) made in commercial bakeries · Illinois

Pepperidge Farm

Downers Grove, IL · ~293 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.5
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Pepperidge Farm runs at 105% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Rolls and buns (including frozen) made in commercial bakeries workplace, earning a grade C.

Pepperidge Farm: 3.5 TCR = 105% of Rolls and buns (including frozen) made in commercial bakeries BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Pepperidge Farm safety composite

Pepperidge Farm scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 62% 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).

D

51/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 3.47 per 100 workers

Safer than 62% of industry peers

DART rate
D 3.76 per 100 workers

Safer than 38% 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%).

TCR Δ

−1.9

2016→2021

Pepperidge Farm injury rate improved

Pepperidge Farm's TCR fell 1.9 from 5.7 in 2016 to 3.8 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2016 at 5.7 TCR. In 2021, DART was 1.08× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=5.7 · 2017=5.0 · 2018=1.7 · 2019=2.5 · 2020=2.2 · 2021=3.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311812 · Downers Grove, IL ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 3.5 · 105% of ind

  • DART 3.8 DART
  • RANK #22/59
  • PHOTO Rich Products Morris…
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 62 inj
  • SIZE ~293 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Rich Products Morristown (0.0 TCR gap)

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Pepperidge Farm in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Pepperidge Farm averages 3.5 TCR (105% of the Rolls and buns (including frozen) made in commercial bakeries BLS benchmark).

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

Pepperidge Farm TCR series: 2016=5.7 · 2017=5 · 2018=1.7 · 2019=2.5 · 2020=2.2 · 2021=3.8 · BLS 3.3

Where Pepperidge Farm falls in its industry

1,014 Rolls and buns (including froz establishments

Safer than 62% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #22 safest of 59 Rolls and buns (including froz employers in Illinois.

Pepperidge Farm (293 employees, TCR 3.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 117 employees and a TCR of 4.4 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 01,0002,0003,000 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Pepperidge Farm
Pepperidge Farm (293 employees, TCR 3.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 117 employees and a TCR of 4.4

Pepperidge Farm has more employees than the Rolls and buns (including frozen) made i 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
2021 3.8 3.8 10 0 0
2020 2.2 2.2 6 0 0
2019 2.5 2.5 6 0 0
2018 1.7 1.0 5 0 0
2017 5.0 5.0 17 0 0
2016 5.7 5.0 18 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311812 · IL · Downers Grove

1,014 Rolls and buns (including frozen) made in commercial bakeries employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 139 employers in Downers Grove, 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 Rich Products Morristown 3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR New Orleans Bakery 3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR NY, Flushing Store 3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR ROCHESTER NY DEPOT 3.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Verano CPG IL - Ataraxia 293 FTE
STATE-SIZE Main Office Building Annex 293 FTE
STATE-SIZE Advantage Industrial Systems, LLC 293 FTE
STATE-SIZE Aurora Packing Company 293 FTE
CITY-NEAR Advocate Medical Group 5,319 FTE
CITY-NEAR Advocate Support Centers 2,103 FTE
CITY-NEAR Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital 1,958 FTE
CITY-NEAR ADVOCATE CHILDRENS HOSPITALS 1,734 FTE
NAT-TCR Sahling Kenworth of York 3.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Hoosier Gasket Corp. 3.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Marina Grand Resort 3.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Superior Hardwoods of Ohio, Inc. - Vincent 3.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Custom 293 FTE
NAT-SIZE San Mateo County Transit District 293 FTE
NAT-SIZE Virginia Gay Hospital 293 FTE
NAT-SIZE The Ritz-Carlton Dove Mountain 293 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: 2021, 2020, 2019, 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.