Grocery stores · Illinois

West Lawn Foods, Inc.

Chicago, IL · ~74 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.1
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

West Lawn Foods, Inc. runs at 121% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Grocery stores workplace, earning a grade D.

West Lawn Foods, Inc.: 4.1 TCR = 121% of Grocery stores BLS 3.4 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

West Lawn Foods, Inc. safety composite

West Lawn Foods, Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 58% 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).

D

54/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 4.13 per 100 workers

Safer than 58% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.38 per 100 workers

Safer than 53% 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

−2.2

2019→2023

West Lawn Foods, Inc. injury rate improved

West Lawn Foods, Inc.'s TCR fell 2.2 from 4.6 in 2019 to 2.4 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2020 at 4.8 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.58× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=4.6 · 2020=4.8 · 2021=4.8 · 2023=2.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 445110 · Chicago, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.1 · 121% of ind

  • DART 2.4 DART
  • RANK #426/1293
  • PHOTO ONTARIO
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 8 inj
  • SIZE ~74 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: ONTARIO (0.0 TCR gap)

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West Lawn Foods, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows West Lawn Foods, Inc. averages 4.1 TCR (121% of the Grocery stores BLS benchmark).

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

West Lawn Foods, Inc. TCR series: 2019=4.6 · 2020=4.8 · 2021=4.8 · 2023=2.4 · BLS 3.4

Where West Lawn Foods, Inc. falls in its industry

30,654 Grocery stores establishments

Safer than 58% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #426 safest of 1293 Grocery stores employers in Illinois.

West Lawn Foods, Inc. (74 employees, TCR 4.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 99 employees and a TCR of 4.7 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 050100150200250 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate West Lawn Foods, Inc.
West Lawn Foods, Inc. (74 employees, TCR 4.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 99 employees and a TCR of 4.7

West Lawn Foods, Inc. has fewer employees than the Grocery stores median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.7. 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
2023 2.4 2.4 1 0 0
2021 4.8 4.8 2 0 0
2020 4.8 4.8 2 0 0
2019 4.6 4.6 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

445110 · IL · Chicago

30,654 Grocery stores 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 ONTARIO 4.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Hugo's #5 4.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR KJ's Market #695 4.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Store 1666 4.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Corteva Agriscience LLC 74 FTE
STATE-SIZE Public Works- Water & Sewer Dept. 74 FTE
STATE-SIZE Normandy Construction Co. Inc 74 FTE
STATE-SIZE 105652 - Cass County Solar 150 MW AC 74 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 Spectrum Contracting, Inc. 4.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Unit #2074 4.1 TCR
NAT-TCR RK-056-Tiffin ( RK-056 ) 4.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Dept. of Transportation & Public Facilities (48) 4.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Aztecs Telecom 74 FTE
NAT-SIZE 6501 Jackson W Hesselbein tire Co Inc 74 FTE
NAT-SIZE 315 Digital Drive Morgan Hill, CA 95037 74 FTE
NAT-SIZE Mahwah 74 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, 2021, 2020, 2019. 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.