Powders, baking, manufacturing · Illinois

Upton's Naturals Production

Name: Upton's Naturals Production Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Chicago, IL · ~42 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

D
Poor Safety Record: 5.6
Avg TCR: 4.1
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Upton's Naturals Production runs at 136% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Powders, baking, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Upton's Naturals Production: 5.6 TCR = 136% of Powders, baking, manufacturing BLS 4.1 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Upton's Naturals Production safety composite

Upton's Naturals Production scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 17%), 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).

30/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 5.57 per 100 workers

Safer than 29% of industry peers
DART rate: F 5.57 per 100 workers

Safer than 17% 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

−85.2

2020→2021

Upton's Naturals Production injury rate improved

Upton's Naturals Production's TCR fell 85.2 from 90.7 in 2020 to 5.6 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2020 at 90.7 TCR. In 2021, DART was 1× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=90.7 · 2021=5.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311999 · Chicago, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 5.6 · 136% of ind

DART 5.6 DART
RANK #33/39
PHOTO Chr Hansen - New Ber…
BOOK 2y book
INJ 3 inj
SIZE ~42 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Chr Hansen - New Berlin (0.0 TCR gap)

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Nutriom, LLC

5.6
Siouxpreme Egg

5.6
Michael Foods

5.5

What this shows Upton's Naturals Production averages 5.6 TCR (136% of the Powders, baking, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Upton's Naturals Production TCR series: 2020=90.7 · 2021=5.6 · BLS 4.1

Where Upton's Naturals Production falls in its industry

335 Powders, baking, manufacturing establishments

Safer than 29% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.7.

Grade D

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #33 safest of 39 Powders, baking, manufacturing employers in Illinois.

Upton's Naturals Production (42 employees, TCR 5.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 91 employees and a TCR of 3.7

Upton's Naturals Production has fewer employees than the Powders, baking, manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.7. 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	5.6	5.6	2	0	0
2020	90.7	90.7	1	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311999 · IL · Chicago

335 Powders, baking, manufacturing 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	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Chr Hansen - New Berlin	NEW BERLIN, WI	5.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Nutriom, LLC	PANORA, IA	5.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Siouxpreme Egg Products	SIOUX CENTER, IA	5.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Michael Foods - National Pasteurized Eggs	LANSING, IL	5.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE	DAS Pontiac, IL	PONTIAC	42 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Waterman, IL-R&D	WATERMAN	42 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Springfield IL	SPRINGFIELD	42 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Egyptian Electric Cooperative	MURPHYSBORO	42 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Chicago Public Schools	Chicago	49,500 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Chicago/Corporate	Chicago	18,831 FTE
CITY-NEAR	University of Illinois at Chicago	Chicago	13,092 FTE
CITY-NEAR	University Health Service UIC UIC Campus	Chicago	12,732 FTE
NAT-TCR	Stone Crest Assisted Living	Freeland, MI	5.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	Ochsner Extended Care Hospital of Kenner	Jefferson, LA	5.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	ACT	Greensboro, NC	5.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	4702/3751 - Iron Ridge Transportation	Iron Ridge, WI	5.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE	JMHS San Bernardino	Bala Cynwyd, PA	42 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Geddis Paving & Excavating	Toledo, OH	42 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Broad & James, Inc	Columbus, OH	42 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Air Reps LLC - Bellevue Office	Bellevue, WA	42 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.