Whipped topping, dry mix, manufacturing · Illinois

Rich Products Niles

Niles, IL · ~114 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.6
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Rich Products Niles runs at 108% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Whipped topping, dry mix, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

Rich Products Niles: 3.6 TCR = 108% of Whipped topping, dry mix, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Rich Products Niles safety composite

Rich Products Niles scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 60% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 48%), 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

53/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 3.56 per 100 workers

Safer than 48% of industry peers

DART rate
C 1.48 per 100 workers

Safer than 60% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 50% 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

−1.5

2016→2024

Rich Products Niles injury rate improved

Rich Products Niles's TCR fell 1.5 from 4.5 in 2016 to 3.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 7.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.42× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=4.5 · 2017=0.4 · 2018=2.4 · 2019=3.3 · 2020=2.5 · 2021=7.5 · 2023=4.9 · 2024=3.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311514 · Niles, IL ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 3.6 · 108% of ind

  • DART 1.5 DART
  • RANK #7/16
  • PHOTO Foremost Farms - Spa…
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 36 inj
  • SIZE ~114 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Foremost Farms - Sparta (0.0 TCR gap)

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Rich Products Niles in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Rich Products Niles averages 3.6 TCR (108% of the Whipped topping, dry mix, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Rich Products Niles TCR series: 2016=4.5 · 2017=0.4 · 2018=2.4 · 2019=3.3 · 2020=2.5 · 2021=7.5 · 2023=4.9 · 2024=3 · BLS 3.3

Where Rich Products Niles falls in its industry

185 Whipped topping, dry mix, manu establishments

Safer than 48% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #7 safest of 16 Whipped topping, dry mix, manu employers in Illinois.

Rich Products Niles (114 employees, TCR 3.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 100 employees and a TCR of 3.5 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 Rich Products Niles
Rich Products Niles (114 employees, TCR 3.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 100 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Rich Products Niles has more employees than the Whipped topping, dry mix, manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.5. 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 3.0 1.5 4 0 0
2023 4.9 4.9 6 0 0
2021 7.5 3.3 7 2 0
2020 2.5 2.5 3 0 0
2019 3.3 2.5 3 1 0
2018 2.4 2.4 3 0 0
2017 0.4 0.3 5 0 0
2016 4.5 4.5 5 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311514 · IL · Niles

185 Whipped topping, dry mix, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 111 employers in Niles, 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 Foremost Farms - Sparta 3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR American Custom Drying 3.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Milk Specialties Global Mountain Lake 3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Cosmax NBT USA Inc Miller Park 3.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Wyffels Hybrids Production 114 FTE
STATE-SIZE Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. 114 FTE
STATE-SIZE Dynegy Collinsville Office 114 FTE
STATE-SIZE AMEREN ILLINOIS - Pioneer Park 114 FTE
CITY-NEAR Aerospace Business Groups : Niles 1,010 FTE
CITY-NEAR Airframe Systems : Niles 978 FTE
CITY-NEAR Shure Incorporated 719 FTE
CITY-NEAR 3320 683 FTE
NAT-TCR Family Museum 3.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Gaylord Palms Resort and Convention Center 3.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Agri Supply of Petersburg 3.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Vacuum Process Engineering, Inc. 3.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Sheriffs Office 114 FTE
NAT-SIZE UCI Controls Inc dba Cleveland Controls 114 FTE
NAT-SIZE Bowtech,LLC 114 FTE
NAT-SIZE Iacor - Coralville Center 114 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, 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.