Food Distribution · Illinois

US Foods Chicago

Bensenville, IL · ~387 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
14.3
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

US Foods Chicago runs at 649% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Food Distribution workplace, earning a grade F.

US Foods Chicago: 14.3 TCR = 649% of Food Distribution BLS 2.2 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

US Foods Chicago safety composite

US Foods Chicago scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 4%), 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

17/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 14.27 per 100 workers

Safer than 6% of industry peers

DART rate
F 14.82 per 100 workers

Safer than 4% 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%).

US Foods Chicago held a steady TCR band

US Foods Chicago's TCR held near 0.2 from 15.1 in 2016 to 15.4 in 2021. In 2021, DART was 1.04× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=15.1 · 2017=12.3 · 2021=15.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 424410 · Bensenville, IL ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 14.3 · 649% of ind

  • DART 14.8 DART
  • RANK #76/78
  • PHOTO Labatt Austin
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 179 inj
  • SIZE ~387 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Labatt Austin (0.0 TCR gap)

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US Foods Chicago in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows US Foods Chicago averages 14.3 TCR (649% of the Food Distribution BLS benchmark).

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

US Foods Chicago TCR series: 2016=15.1 · 2017=12.3 · 2021=15.4 · BLS 2.2

Where US Foods Chicago falls in its industry

1,651 Food Distribution establishments

Safer than 6% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #76 safest of 78 Food Distribution employers in Illinois.

US Foods Chicago (387 employees, TCR 14.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 172 employees and a TCR of 6.1 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 0200400600800 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate US Foods Chicago
US Foods Chicago (387 employees, TCR 14.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 172 employees and a TCR of 6.1

US Foods Chicago has more employees than the Food Distribution median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 6.1. 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 15.4 14.8 57 0 0
2017 12.3 11.9 55 0 0
2016 15.1 15.1 67 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

424410 · IL · Bensenville

1,651 Food Distribution employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 82 employers in Bensenville, 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 Labatt Austin 14.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Capital Sales Company 14.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Performance Maryland - 0640 14.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Lipari Foods - B3 14.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Marion 387 FTE
STATE-SIZE Eby-Brown Chicago 387 FTE
STATE-SIZE WM 4531 387 FTE
STATE-SIZE WM 5617 387 FTE
CITY-NEAR 3Y US Foods Bensenville 412 FTE
CITY-NEAR ORD - Main facility 367 FTE
CITY-NEAR US Foods Bensenville 366 FTE
CITY-NEAR Fortune International LLC 334 FTE
NAT-TCR Landings of Minnetonka 14.3 TCR
NAT-TCR SHP V Sonata Winter Garden, LLC 14.3 TCR
NAT-TCR SEA-SPF 14.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Homestead 14.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Burke Marketing Corporation 387 FTE
NAT-SIZE Allegro MicroSystems Manchester, NH 387 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hill Haven 387 FTE
NAT-SIZE BASF Catalysts LLC 387 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, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

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