Homogenizing machinery, food, manufacturing · Illinois
Tetra Pak Inc. - Vernon Hills
Vernon Hills, IL · ~220 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- A
- Excellent Safety Record
- 0.7
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Tetra Pak Inc. - Vernon Hills runs at 22% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Homogenizing machinery, food, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.
Tetra Pak Inc. - Vernon Hills: 0.7 TCR = 22% of Homogenizing machinery, food, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Tetra Pak Inc. - Vernon Hills safety composite
Tetra Pak Inc. - Vernon Hills scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 95% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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).
68/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- A 0.71 per 100 workers
Safer than 95% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 0.87 per 100 workers
Safer than 51% 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%).
Rising injury rate
Tetra Pak Inc. - Vernon Hills: 0.5 → 0.9 TCR
Peak year 2018 @ 1.4 TCR · DART/TCR 1.23× in 2024
Tetra Pak Inc. - Vernon Hills's TCR rose 0.4 from 0.5 in 2017 to 0.9 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 1.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.23× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 333241 · Vernon Hills, IL AT/BELOW-IND · MID
Grade A · TCR 0.7 · 22% of ind
- DART 0.9 DART
- RANK #1/17
- PHOTO Marel, Inc. Des Moines
- BOOK 8y book
- INJ 12 inj
- SIZE ~220 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Marel, Inc. Des Moines (0.0 TCR gap)
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Tetra Pak Inc. - Vernon Hills in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Tetra Pak Inc. - Vernon Hills
0.7 TCR
- Marel, Inc. De
Marel, Inc. Des Moines
0.7 TCR
- UltraSource LL
UltraSource LLC
0.7 TCR
- Winland Foods
Winland Foods Milwaukee
0.7 TCR
- JBT Foodtech K
JBT Foodtech Kingston
0.7 TCR
What this shows Tetra Pak Inc. - Vernon Hills averages 0.7 TCR (22% of the Homogenizing machinery, food, manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Tetra Pak Inc. - Vernon Hills TCR series: 2017=0.5 · 2018=1.4 · 2019=0.5 · 2020=0.5 · 2021=1 · 2022=0 · 2023=0.9 · 2024=0.9 · BLS 3.3
Where Tetra Pak Inc. - Vernon Hills falls in its industry
215 Homogenizing machinery, food, establishmentsSafer than 95% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.
Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #1 safest of 17 Homogenizing machinery, food, employers in Illinois.
Tetra Pak Inc. - Vernon Hills has more employees than the Homogenizing machinery, food, manufactur median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.0. 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 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
333241 · IL · Vernon Hills
215 Homogenizing machinery, food, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 65 employers in Vernon Hills, 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 | Marel, Inc. Des Moines | 0.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | UltraSource LLC | 0.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Winland Foods Milwaukee | 0.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | JBT Foodtech Kingston | 0.7 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Brock Services Midwest Area | 220 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | The Royal Box Cicero | 220 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | American Labelmark Co Inc | 220 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Weber Packaging Solutions, Inc | 220 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Vernon Hills | 1,273 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Rust-Oleum | 580 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Vernon Hills, IL - BCU | 434 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | BD Vernon Hills | 375 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Coastal Region | 0.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Murtco, Inc. | 0.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | K98 AER - El Cajon | 0.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Paladin Ind. | 0.7 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Louisiana Organ Procurement Agency | 220 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Owen Steel | 220 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Merit Framing | 220 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Placer County Water Agency (PCWA | 220 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.