Romaine Empire, Inc - Cicero
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CHICAGO, IL | Food, prepared, perishable, packaged for individual resale
~203 avg employees | 4 years of OSHA data
Romaine Empire, Inc - Cicero has an average TCR of 9.7, which is 236% of the industry average (4.1) for Food, prepared, perishable, packaged for individual resale. This is significantly worse than average.
Safety Insights for Romaine Empire, Inc - Cicero
Romaine Empire, Inc - Cicero operates an establishment with approximately 203 full-time equivalent workers in CHICAGO, IL, classified under the Food, prepared, perishable, packaged for individual resale industry (NAICS 311991). Across 4 years of mandatory OSHA Injury Tracking Application (ITA) reporting, this employer has accumulated 60 recordable injuries, 2 occupational illnesses, and 0 workplace fatalities. The average Total Case Rate (TCR) of 9.7 injuries per 100 full-time workers per year provides the anchor metric for the F letter grade (Failing Safety Record).
Benchmarked against the Bureau of Labor Statistics industry average of 4.1 for Food, prepared, perishable, packaged for individual resale, Romaine Empire, Inc - Cicero's workforce experiences 236% of the typical injury burden. This ratio matters because TCR already normalizes for hours worked — a 200,000-hour exposure base equals roughly 100 full-time workers — so establishments with very different headcounts can be compared directly. A TCR above the benchmark flags a higher-than-typical risk profile for jobseekers, insurers, and enforcement agencies to examine.
Multi-year trend analysis is the single most reliable signal here: a one-year spike could reflect a single severe event, whereas sustained elevation across 4 reporting cycles points to systemic hazard exposure. Readers evaluating Romaine Empire, Inc - Cicero as an employer, contractor, investment, or regulatory target should examine the yearly DART rate (days away, restricted, or transferred), the fatality count of 0, and any year-over-year deterioration shown in the table below. All figures come directly from employer-submitted OSHA Form 300A summaries — there is no modeling, estimation, or third-party adjustment layered on top of the government data.
Verify This Employer with OSHA
All injury, illness, and fatality figures on this page are sourced from Romaine Empire, Inc - Cicero's own mandatory OSHA Form 300A summaries. Cross-check the underlying establishment record directly against the federal source — name, NAICS classification, recordable case totals, and inspection history are all searchable on OSHA's Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data system.
Verify on OSHA Establishment SearchSource: U.S. Department of Labor — OSHA Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data. NAICS 311991 — Food, prepared, perishable, packaged for individual resale.
DART Rate — Transparent Calculation (2023)
DART (Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred) is computed by OSHA as incidents × 200,000 ÷ hours worked. The 200,000-hour denominator equals roughly 100 full-time workers, which lets establishments of very different sizes be compared directly.
13 DART incidents × 200,000 ÷ 441,103 hours worked = 5.89 DART
Methodology: 29 CFR 1904 — OSHA Form 300A recordkeeping
Cross-Validating Context — Establishment vs Industry vs State
| Benchmark | TCR | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Romaine Empire, Inc - Cicero (this establishment) | 9.66 | OSHA ITA Form 300A, 4-year avg |
| Salads, fresh or refrigerated, manufacturing industry avg | 4.10 | BLS IIF, NAICS 311991 |
| Illinois state avg (all industries) | 10.69 | OSHA ITA, state-level rollup |
Industry benchmarks: Bureau of Labor Statistics — Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities (IIF) program
Reportable Incident Timeline
Year-by-year reportable incidents (recordable injuries + illnesses + fatalities) submitted by Romaine Empire, Inc - Cicero to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application. Each row anchors to OSHA's inspection records search where you can pull the underlying inspection case numbers and citations for that establishment-year.
- 2023: 13 reportable incidents · 11 injuries, 2 illnesses, 0 fatalities — OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2022: 17 reportable incidents · 17 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities — OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2021: 10 reportable incidents · 10 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities — OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2020: 22 reportable incidents · 22 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities — OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
Source: OSHA Inspection Information System (IMIS) — inspection case-number records
Year-by-Year Safety Data
| Year | TCR | DART | Injuries | Illnesses | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 5.9 | 5.9 | 11 | 2 | 0 |
| 2022 | 11.1 | 9.2 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 11.3 | 10.1 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 10.4 | 9.5 | 22 | 0 | 0 |
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