Meats, fresh, merchant wholesalers · Illinois

Quirch Foods - Chicago

Lyons, IL · ~32 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
3.1
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Quirch Foods - Chicago runs at 140% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Meats, fresh, merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade D.

Quirch Foods - Chicago: 3.1 TCR = 140% of Meats, fresh, merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Quirch Foods - Chicago safety composite

Quirch Foods - Chicago scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 88% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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

74/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 3.07 per 100 workers

Safer than 77% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 88% 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

−10.2

2017→2023

Quirch Foods - Chicago injury rate improved

Quirch Foods - Chicago's TCR fell 10.2 from 10.2 in 2017 to 0.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2017 at 10.2 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=10.2 · 2018=4.2 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=7.1 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 424470 · Lyons, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 3.1 · 140% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #3/12
  • PHOTO Quirch Foods - Puert…
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~32 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Quirch Foods - Puerto Rico (0.0 TCR gap)

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Quirch Foods - Chicago in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Quirch Foods - Chicago averages 3.1 TCR (140% of the Meats, fresh, merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

Quirch Foods - Chicago TCR series: 2017=10.2 · 2018=4.2 · 2019=0 · 2020=0 · 2021=7.1 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · BLS 2.2

Where Quirch Foods - Chicago falls in its industry

162 Meats, fresh, merchant wholesa establishments

Safer than 77% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 12 Meats, fresh, merchant wholesa employers in Illinois.

Quirch Foods - Chicago (32 employees, TCR 3.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 67 employees and a TCR of 4.8 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 0200400600800 0102030 Average employees Total Case Rate Quirch Foods - Chicago
Quirch Foods - Chicago (32 employees, TCR 3.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 67 employees and a TCR of 4.8

Quirch Foods - Chicago has fewer employees than the Meats, fresh, merchant wholesalers median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.8. 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
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 7.1 7.1 2 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 4.2 4.2 1 0 0
2017 10.2 10.2 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

424470 · IL · Lyons

162 Meats, fresh, merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 7 employers in Lyons, 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 Quirch Foods - Puerto Rico 3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Quirch Foods - Orlando 3.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Colorado Box Beef - Oklahoma 3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR TG Meat Center 3.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE AMEREN ILLINOIS - Eastern 32 FTE
STATE-SIZE Utility Department 32 FTE
STATE-SIZE AMEREN ILLINOIS - AIC Gas Corrosion 32 FTE
STATE-SIZE NG Ottawa Reporting Center 32 FTE
CITY-NEAR 4541-SEG1-4541 335 FTE
CITY-NEAR atlas tool 69 FTE
CITY-NEAR Village of Lyons Fire Dept. 26 FTE
CITY-NEAR Roofs, Inc. 22 FTE
NAT-TCR Ced/Automation & Electrical Controls (Pc5411) 3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Consolidated Electrical Distributors, Inc. (PC8190) 3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Riviera Beach Fl Plant 3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Steel Technologies Madison 3.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Antebellum James Burgess 32 FTE
NAT-SIZE Lloyd Pest Control-RIV 32 FTE
NAT-SIZE Store 1457 32 FTE
NAT-SIZE Anderson Rd 32 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: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.