Cheese merchant wholesalers · Illinois

The Deli Source, LLC

Antioch, IL · ~173 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
7.2
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

The Deli Source, LLC runs at 328% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Cheese merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.

The Deli Source, LLC: 7.2 TCR = 328% of Cheese merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

The Deli Source, LLC safety composite

The Deli Source, LLC scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 19%), 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

34/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 7.22 per 100 workers

Safer than 37% of industry peers

DART rate
F 8.59 per 100 workers

Safer than 19% 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%).

Rising injury rate

The Deli Source, LLC: 5.2 → 9.3 TCR

Peak year 2020 @ 12.0 TCR · DART/TCR 1.19× in 2021

The Deli Source, LLC's TCR rose 4.0 from 5.2 in 2017 to 9.3 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2020 at 12.0 TCR. In 2021, DART was 1.19× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 424430 · Antioch, IL ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 7.2 · 328% of ind

  • DART 8.6 DART
  • RANK #3/5
  • PHOTO Suiza - Raleigh
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 55 inj
  • SIZE ~173 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Suiza - Raleigh (0.0 TCR gap)

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The Deli Source, LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows The Deli Source, LLC averages 7.2 TCR (328% of the Cheese merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

The Deli Source, LLC TCR series: 2017=5.2 · 2018=9.6 · 2019=0 · 2020=12 · 2021=9.3 · BLS 2.2

Where The Deli Source, LLC falls in its industry

231 Cheese merchant wholesalers establishments

Safer than 37% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.9.

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 5 Cheese merchant wholesalers employers in Illinois.

The Deli Source, LLC (173 employees, TCR 7.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 5.9 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 02004006008001,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate The Deli Source, LLC
The Deli Source, LLC (173 employees, TCR 7.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 5.9

The Deli Source, LLC has more employees than the Cheese merchant wholesalers median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.9. 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
2021 9.3 8.6 13 1 0
2020 12.0 10.4 19 3 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 9.6 9.6 15 2 0
2017 5.2 5.2 8 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

424430 · IL · Antioch

231 Cheese merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 28 employers in Antioch, 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 Suiza - Raleigh 7.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Sartori Whey 7.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR DFA-ITC - CEDARBURG WI 7.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Winona Foods Inc. - Lineville 7.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE NTI National Technologies 173 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hill & Valley, Inc. 173 FTE
STATE-SIZE Lake County Press 173 FTE
STATE-SIZE Knight Plastics 173 FTE
CITY-NEAR Antioch Handi-Foil 1,463 FTE
CITY-NEAR 5199 349 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 5199 335 FTE
CITY-NEAR Antioch 228 FTE
NAT-TCR Central Freight Lines, Inc. - Fort Worth 7.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Foodland Distribution LLC 7.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Bed Bath and Beyond Fort Collins 7.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Cedar Crest 7.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Parma Seed Processing Site 173 FTE
NAT-SIZE Cleland Site Prep., Inc. 173 FTE
NAT-SIZE Williston and EAFR 173 FTE
NAT-SIZE Cbi Goldsboro Dc 173 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: 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.