Animal feed mills, dog and cat, manufacturing · Illinois

Phelps Industries LLC

Rockford, IL · ~153 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.5
Avg TCR
3.9
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Phelps Industries LLC runs at 63% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Animal feed mills, dog and cat, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

Phelps Industries LLC: 2.5 TCR = 63% of Animal feed mills, dog and cat, manufacturing BLS 3.9 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Phelps Industries LLC safety composite

Phelps Industries LLC scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 64% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 32%), 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

50/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.45 per 100 workers

Safer than 64% of industry peers

DART rate
F 2.74 per 100 workers

Safer than 32% 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

−0.8

2016→2024

Phelps Industries LLC injury rate improved

Phelps Industries LLC's TCR fell 0.8 from 3.6 in 2016 to 2.7 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 3.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.12× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=3.6 · 2023=1.0 · 2024=2.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311111 · Rockford, IL AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 2.5 · 63% of ind

  • DART 2.7 DART
  • RANK #5/9
  • PHOTO Hills Topeka Canning…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 9 inj
  • SIZE ~153 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Hills Topeka Canning Plant (0.0 TCR gap)

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Phelps Industries LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Phelps Industries LLC averages 2.5 TCR (63% of the Animal feed mills, dog and cat, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Phelps Industries LLC TCR series: 2016=3.6 · 2023=1 · 2024=2.7 · BLS 3.9

Where Phelps Industries LLC falls in its industry

302 Animal feed mills, dog and cat establishments

Safer than 64% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 9 Animal feed mills, dog and cat employers in Illinois.

Phelps Industries LLC (153 employees, TCR 2.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 103 employees and a TCR of 3.3 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 0200400600 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Phelps Industries LLC
Phelps Industries LLC (153 employees, TCR 2.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 103 employees and a TCR of 3.3

Phelps Industries LLC has more employees than the Animal feed mills, dog and cat, manufact median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.3. 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
2024 2.7 2.7 3 0 0
2023 1.0 1.0 1 0 0
2016 3.6 1.4 5 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311111 · IL · Rockford

302 Animal feed mills, dog and cat, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 405 employers in Rockford, 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 Hills Topeka Canning Plant 2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR BNG Miracle Pet LLC 2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Harvard PetDine 2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Packaging Facility 2.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Adjustable Concrete 153 FTE
STATE-SIZE 48130011-FREEMAN EXPO CHICAGO CHICAGO 153 FTE
STATE-SIZE Climate Pros Glendale Heights 153 FTE
STATE-SIZE Dixon Cheese & Pudding 153 FTE
CITY-NEAR ILRKF - ROCKFORD AIR HUB 2,634 FTE
CITY-NEAR Swedish American Hospital - 4800 2,629 FTE
CITY-NEAR PCI Pharma Services Rockford 2,175 FTE
CITY-NEAR SwedishAmerican Hospital 1,855 FTE
NAT-TCR CA-Dominguez Hills S/C 2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Cooley Dickinson Practice Associates 2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR 300000170856673 - TN-Nashville-Operating Center 2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Columbine Vineyards 2.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Enlinx 153 FTE
NAT-SIZE Tnfra - Franklin 153 FTE
NAT-SIZE Tnmur - Murfreesboro 153 FTE
NAT-SIZE Cast Products Inc 153 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: 2024, 2023, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.