Drink powder mixes (except chocolate, coffee, milk based, tea) manufacturing · Illinois
Vital Proteins, LLC
Franklin Park, IL · ~249 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- A
- Excellent Safety Record
- 1.6
- Avg TCR
- 4.1
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Vital Proteins, LLC runs at 40% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Drink powder mixes (except chocolate, coffee, milk based, tea) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.
Vital Proteins, LLC: 1.6 TCR = 40% of Drink powder mixes (except chocolate, coffee, milk based, tea) manufacturing BLS 4.1 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Vital Proteins, LLC safety composite
Vital Proteins, LLC scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 81% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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).
70/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- B 1.64 per 100 workers
Safer than 81% of industry peers
- DART rate
- C 0.65 per 100 workers
Safer than 72% 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
−1.9
2021→2024
Vital Proteins, LLC injury rate improved
Vital Proteins, LLC's TCR fell 1.9 from 2.9 in 2021 to 1.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 2.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.4× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2021=2.9 · 2022=2.0 · 2023=0.7 · 2024=1.0
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 311999 · Franklin Park, IL AT/BELOW-IND · MID
Grade A · TCR 1.6 · 40% of ind
- DART 0.7 DART
- RANK #8/39
- PHOTO GloryBee - Productio…
- BOOK 4y book
- INJ 13 inj
- SIZE ~249 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: GloryBee - Production Facility (0.0 TCR gap)
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Vital Proteins, LLC in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Michael Foods
Michael Foods - NPE Flandreau
1.7 TCR
- This site
Vital Proteins, LLC
1.6 TCR
- GloryBee - Pro
GloryBee - Production Facility
1.6 TCR
- Danisco Terre
Danisco Terre Haute
1.6 TCR
- Hebron
Hebron
1.6 TCR
What this shows Vital Proteins, LLC averages 1.6 TCR (40% of the Drink powder mixes (except chocolate, coffee, milk based, tea) manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Vital Proteins, LLC TCR series: 2021=2.9 · 2022=2 · 2023=0.7 · 2024=1 · BLS 4.1
Where Vital Proteins, LLC falls in its industry
335 Drink powder mixes (except cho establishmentsSafer than 81% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.7.
Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #8 safest of 39 Drink powder mixes (except cho employers in Illinois.
Vital Proteins, LLC has more employees than the Drink powder mixes (except chocolate, co median and a lower 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2022 | 2.0 | 1.6 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 2021 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 6 | 3 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
311999 · IL · Franklin Park
335 Drink powder mixes (except chocolate, coffee, milk based, tea) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 127 employers in Franklin Park, 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 | GloryBee - Production Facility | 1.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Danisco Terre Haute | 1.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Michael Foods - NPE Flandreau | 1.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Hebron | 1.6 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Dubak Electrical Maintenance Corporation | 249 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Treehouse foods | 249 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Mizkan America Corporate Office | 249 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Saint Elmo IL | 249 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | ILFRA - FRANKLIN PARK HUB | 799 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | FRANKLIN PARK HUB (ILFRA) | 740 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Sloan Franklin Park | 709 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Hill Mechanical Corp | 703 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Jet Aviation Bozeman | 1.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Wurth Baer Supply Co BR 70 | 1.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Schaper LA | 1.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Breeze National Inc | 1.6 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Fighting Jays Solar 20145001 | 249 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Fort Loudoun Medical Center | 249 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | 8027605 Heartland Automotive | 249 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | TCC Corporate | 249 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.