Fruit and vegetables, dehydrating, manufacturing · Illinois

VDF Drum Dry Plant

Momence, IL · ~82 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.3
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

VDF Drum Dry Plant runs at 132% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Fruit and vegetables, dehydrating, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

VDF Drum Dry Plant: 4.3 TCR = 132% of Fruit and vegetables, dehydrating, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

VDF Drum Dry Plant safety composite

VDF Drum Dry Plant scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 65% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 21%), 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

46/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 4.35 per 100 workers

Safer than 65% of industry peers

DART rate
F 6.24 per 100 workers

Safer than 21% 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%).

VDF Drum Dry Plant held a steady TCR band

VDF Drum Dry Plant's TCR held near 0.1 from 7.4 in 2016 to 7.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 7.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.43× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=7.4 · 2017=5.5 · 2018=6.1 · 2019=1.4 · 2020=1.8 · 2021=1.8 · 2022=2.8 · 2023=5.1 · 2024=7.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311423 · Momence, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.3 · 132% of ind

  • DART 6.2 DART
  • RANK #6/12
  • PHOTO Olam Americas LLC
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 31 inj
  • SIZE ~82 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Olam Americas LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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VDF Drum Dry Plant in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows VDF Drum Dry Plant averages 4.3 TCR (132% of the Fruit and vegetables, dehydrating, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

VDF Drum Dry Plant TCR series: 2016=7.4 · 2017=5.5 · 2018=6.1 · 2019=1.4 · 2020=1.8 · 2021=1.8 · 2022=2.8 · 2023=5.1 · 2024=7.3 · BLS 3.3

Where VDF Drum Dry Plant falls in its industry

123 Fruit and vegetables, dehydrat establishments

Safer than 65% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 12 Fruit and vegetables, dehydrat employers in Illinois.

VDF Drum Dry Plant (82 employees, TCR 4.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 80 employees and a TCR of 5.5 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 0200400600 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate VDF Drum Dry Plant
VDF Drum Dry Plant (82 employees, TCR 4.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 80 employees and a TCR of 5.5

VDF Drum Dry Plant has more employees than the Fruit and vegetables, dehydrating, manuf median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.5. 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 7.3 6.2 7 0 0
2023 5.1 4.1 5 0 0
2022 2.8 2.8 3 0 0
2021 1.8 1.8 1 0 0
2020 1.8 1.8 0 1 0
2019 1.4 1.4 1 0 0
2018 6.1 6.1 5 0 0
2017 5.5 4.1 4 0 0
2016 7.4 5.9 5 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311423 · IL · Momence

123 Fruit and vegetables, dehydrating, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 23 employers in Momence, 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 Olam Americas LLC 4.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Teasdale Latin Foods (Greeley, CO) 4.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR RFI - Broomfield 4.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR WHS 330 4.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE HOME NURSERY 82 FTE
STATE-SIZE Electric Plant 82 FTE
STATE-SIZE Electric Distribution 82 FTE
STATE-SIZE Gas 82 FTE
CITY-NEAR Baker & Taylor Momence 505 FTE
CITY-NEAR 4206-00950004-950000 460 FTE
CITY-NEAR Momence Packing 296 FTE
CITY-NEAR VDF Riverview Campus 238 FTE
NAT-TCR Chief Ethanol Fuels- Hastings 4.3 TCR
NAT-TCR McKee Foods Corporation and Affiliates, Gentry Arkansas 4.3 TCR
NAT-TCR To-Jo Food Products Inc. 4.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Pax Machine Works, Incorporated 4.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Main Office 82 FTE
NAT-SIZE Battle Creek 82 FTE
NAT-SIZE Montgomeryville Store, Outlet, and Mission Services 82 FTE
NAT-SIZE The Manor at Greendale 82 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: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.