Food processing plant construction · Illinois

Van Hessen USA Chicago

Chicago, IL · ~42 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.3
Avg TCR
2.9
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Van Hessen USA Chicago runs at 113% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Food processing plant construction workplace, earning a grade C.

Van Hessen USA Chicago: 3.3 TCR = 113% of Food processing plant construction BLS 2.9 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Van Hessen USA Chicago safety composite

Van Hessen USA Chicago scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 73% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 30%), 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).

D

50/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 3.28 per 100 workers

Safer than 30% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 73% 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%).

TCR Δ

−6.6

2022→2023

Van Hessen USA Chicago injury rate improved

Van Hessen USA Chicago's TCR fell 6.6 from 6.6 in 2022 to 0.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2022 at 6.6 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=6.6 · 2023=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 236210 · Chicago, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 3.3 · 113% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #25/33
  • PHOTO GEM Industrial Inc. …
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~42 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: GEM Industrial Inc. - First Solar PGT-4 (0.0 TCR gap)

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Van Hessen USA Chicago in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Van Hessen USA Chicago averages 3.3 TCR (113% of the Food processing plant construction BLS benchmark).

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

Van Hessen USA Chicago TCR series: 2022=6.6 · 2023=0 · BLS 2.9

Where Van Hessen USA Chicago falls in its industry

924 Food processing plant construc establishments

Safer than 30% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #25 safest of 33 Food processing plant construc employers in Illinois.

Van Hessen USA Chicago (42 employees, TCR 3.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 71 employees and a TCR of 1.6 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 05001,0001,500 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Van Hessen USA Chicago
Van Hessen USA Chicago (42 employees, TCR 3.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 71 employees and a TCR of 1.6

Van Hessen USA Chicago has fewer employees than the Food processing plant construction median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.6. 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
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 6.6 6.6 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

236210 · IL · Chicago

924 Food processing plant construction 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 GEM Industrial Inc. - First Solar PGT-4 3.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR 31827 - American Chrome - CASTLE HAYNE 3.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Mount Materials LLC. 3.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR G Builders LLC 3.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE DAS Pontiac, IL 42 FTE
STATE-SIZE Waterman, IL-R&D 42 FTE
STATE-SIZE Springfield IL 42 FTE
STATE-SIZE Egyptian Electric Cooperative 42 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 Grayline LLC 3.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Ocotillo Village Health Club & Spa 3.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Milk Specialties Global Fond Du Lac 3.3 TCR
NAT-TCR 089 Lci 3.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Fort Madison 42 FTE
NAT-SIZE Spee Dee Delivery Service, Inc - Rochester 42 FTE
NAT-SIZE HMWRI 42 FTE
NAT-SIZE Alproem Engineering Contractors Corp/Lilly Del Caribe 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: 2023, 2022. 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.