Grease, inedible, animal and vegetable, refining and blending purchased oils · Illinois

South Chicago Packing LLC

Chicago, IL · ~135 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
6.5
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

South Chicago Packing LLC runs at 197% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Grease, inedible, animal and vegetable, refining and blending purchased oils workplace, earning a grade D.

South Chicago Packing LLC: 6.5 TCR = 197% of Grease, inedible, animal and vegetable, refining and blending purchased oils BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

South Chicago Packing LLC safety composite

South Chicago Packing LLC scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 22%), 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).

F

30/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.51 per 100 workers

Safer than 23% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.35 per 100 workers

Safer than 22% 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%).

South Chicago Packing LLC held a steady TCR band

South Chicago Packing LLC's TCR held near 0.3 from 5.9 in 2016 to 6.2 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2017 at 8.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.67× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=5.9 · 2017=8.9 · 2018=5.1 · 2019=5.3 · 2020=5.5 · 2021=7.8 · 2022=7.9 · 2023=6.0 · 2024=6.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311225 · Chicago, IL ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 6.5 · 197% of ind

  • DART 4.3 DART
  • RANK #10/13
  • PHOTO AgCertain Boone, LLC
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 83 inj
  • SIZE ~135 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: AgCertain Boone, LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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South Chicago Packing LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows South Chicago Packing LLC averages 6.5 TCR (197% of the Grease, inedible, animal and vegetable, refining and blending purchased oils BLS benchmark).

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

South Chicago Packing LLC TCR series: 2016=5.9 · 2017=8.9 · 2018=5.1 · 2019=5.3 · 2020=5.5 · 2021=7.8 · 2022=7.9 · 2023=6 · 2024=6.2 · BLS 3.3

Where South Chicago Packing LLC falls in its industry

86 Grease, inedible, animal and v establishments

Safer than 23% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #10 safest of 13 Grease, inedible, animal and v employers in Illinois.

South Chicago Packing LLC (135 employees, TCR 6.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 67 employees and a TCR of 2.9 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 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate South Chicago Packing LLC
South Chicago Packing LLC (135 employees, TCR 6.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 67 employees and a TCR of 2.9

South Chicago Packing LLC has more employees than the Grease, inedible, animal and vegetable, median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.9. 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 6.2 4.3 9 1 0
2023 6.0 4.6 9 0 0
2022 7.9 5.3 11 1 0
2021 7.8 7.8 11 0 0
2020 5.5 5.5 6 2 0
2019 5.3 5.3 8 0 0
2018 5.1 3.2 8 0 0
2017 8.9 6.9 13 0 0
2016 5.9 3.9 8 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311225 · IL · Chicago

86 Grease, inedible, animal and vegetable, refining and blending purchased oils employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 2,934 employers in Chicago, 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 AgCertain Boone, LLC 6.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ventura Foods - Albert Lea 6.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Full-Fill Industries LLC 5.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Kagome Inc 5.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE NG Joliet Reporting Center 135 FTE
STATE-SIZE Itasca, IL Office CS 135 FTE
STATE-SIZE Sherman Mechanical, Inc. 135 FTE
STATE-SIZE Chicago Plant 135 FTE
CITY-NEAR Chicago Public Schools 49,500 FTE
CITY-NEAR Chicago/Corporate 18,831 FTE
CITY-NEAR University of Illinois at Chicago 13,092 FTE
CITY-NEAR University Health Service UIC UIC Campus 12,732 FTE
NAT-TCR Gulf Coast Air Systems Inc 6.5 TCR
NAT-TCR RUS Industries Inc. 6.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Bethany Health Care Center 6.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Horizon Ridge Warehouse #1003 6.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE CMC Steel Arkansas 135 FTE
NAT-SIZE Bollinger Fourchon 135 FTE
NAT-SIZE SFO Dairy Lane 135 FTE
NAT-SIZE Delta Tool 135 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, 2022, 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.