Freeze-dried, food processing, fruits and vegetables · Illinois

VDF Singer

Momence, IL · ~24 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.2
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

VDF Singer runs at 65% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Freeze-dried, food processing, fruits and vegetables workplace, earning a grade B.

VDF Singer: 2.2 TCR = 65% of Freeze-dried, food processing, fruits and vegetables BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

VDF Singer safety composite

VDF Singer scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 89% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).

B

78/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 2.16 per 100 workers

Safer than 86% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 89% 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 Singer held a steady TCR band

VDF Singer's TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 8.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=0.0 · 2017=4.1 · 2018=3.5 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=3.5 · 2023=8.3 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311423 · Momence, IL AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.2 · 65% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #3/12
  • PHOTO Wyckoff Farms, Inc. …
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~24 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Wyckoff Farms, Inc. dba MicroDried (0.1 TCR gap)

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VDF Singer in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows VDF Singer averages 2.2 TCR (65% of the Freeze-dried, food processing, fruits and vegetables BLS benchmark).

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

VDF Singer TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=4.1 · 2018=3.5 · 2019=0 · 2020=0 · 2021=0 · 2022=3.5 · 2023=8.3 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.3

Where VDF Singer falls in its industry

123 Freeze-dried, food processing, establishments

Safer than 86% 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 #3 safest of 12 Freeze-dried, food processing, employers in Illinois.

VDF Singer (24 employees, TCR 2.2) 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 Singer
VDF Singer (24 employees, TCR 2.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 80 employees and a TCR of 5.5

VDF Singer has fewer employees than the Freeze-dried, food processing, fruits an 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 8.3 0.0 2 0 0
2022 3.5 0.0 1 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 3.5 3.5 1 0 0
2017 4.1 0.0 1 0 0
2016 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311423 · IL · Momence

123 Freeze-dried, food processing, fruits and vegetables 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 Wyckoff Farms, Inc. dba MicroDried 2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Albany Operations 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Victor Packing, Inc. 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR OFI Manufacturing Plant 2.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE C70 24 FTE
STATE-SIZE Nelson Energy Center 24 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hecate Grid LLC 24 FTE
STATE-SIZE NG DeKalb Reporting Center 24 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 Durham Division 2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Lake Region Medical 2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR R. J. Corman Railroad Services, Emergency, LLC 2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Lockheed Martin Corporation Santa Cruz Campus (1574) 2.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE CMC Rebar Albuquerque 24 FTE
NAT-SIZE Kenron Main 24 FTE
NAT-SIZE Corporate Headquarters 24 FTE
NAT-SIZE Natrona Heights Store 24 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.

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

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