Facility Services · Illinois

000006786 - Northwestern University - Facilities Management Evanston

Evanston, IL · ~260 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.5
Avg TCR
2.6
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

000006786 - Northwestern University - Facilities Management Evanston runs at 173% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Facility Services workplace, earning a grade D.

000006786 - Northwestern University - Facilities Management Evanston: 4.5 TCR = 173% of Facility Services BLS 2.6 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

000006786 - Northwestern University - Facilities Management Evanston safety composite

000006786 - Northwestern University - Facilities Management Evanston scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% 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

35/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 4.5 per 100 workers

Safer than 30% of industry peers

DART rate
F 2.42 per 100 workers

Safer than 30% 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

−1.8

2016→2017

000006786 - Northwestern University - Facilities Management Evanston injury rate improved

000006786 - Northwestern University - Facilities Management Evanston's TCR fell 1.8 from 5.4 in 2016 to 3.6 in 2017. Peak filing year was 2016 at 5.4 TCR. In 2017, DART was 0.54× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=5.4 · 2017=3.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 561210 · Evanston, IL ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 4.5 · 173% of ind

  • DART 2.4 DART
  • RANK #34/46
  • PHOTO Lehigh University
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 17 inj
  • SIZE ~260 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Lehigh University (0.0 TCR gap)

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000006786 - Northwestern University - Facilities Management Evanston in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows 000006786 - Northwestern University - Facilities Management Evanston averages 4.5 TCR (173% of the Facility Services BLS benchmark).

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

000006786 - Northwestern University - Facilities Management Evanston TCR series: 2016=5.4 · 2017=3.6 · BLS 2.6

Where 000006786 - Northwestern University - Facilities Management Evanston falls in its industry

757 Facility Services establishments

Safer than 30% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #34 safest of 46 Facility Services employers in Illinois.

000006786 - Northwestern University - Facilities Management Evanston (260 employees, TCR 4.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 2.9 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 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate 000006786 - Northwestern University - Facilities Management Evanston
000006786 - Northwestern University - Facilities Management Evanston (260 employees, TCR 4.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 2.9

000006786 - Northwestern University - Facilities Management Evanston has more employees than the Facility Services median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.9. 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
2017 3.6 2.4 8 1 0
2016 5.4 4.0 9 3 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

561210 · IL · Evanston

757 Facility Services employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 87 employers in Evanston, 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 Lehigh University 4.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR SHELL PENNCHEM - C10 4.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR DMS - WRIGHT PATTERSON #033 4.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR 196 952 - GEO WESTERN REGIONAL OFFICE-ADELANTO EAST 4.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE MPS Woodridge 260 FTE
STATE-SIZE Radiac Abrasives - Salem 260 FTE
STATE-SIZE Lake Cable LLC - Thomas 260 FTE
STATE-SIZE Bloomingdale 260 FTE
CITY-NEAR Northwestern University 13,993 FTE
CITY-NEAR EVANSTON HOSPITAL 3,075 FTE
CITY-NEAR CITY OF EVANSTON 1,062 FTE
CITY-NEAR Citywide 1,020 FTE
NAT-TCR Smithfield - Cudahy Packaged 4.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Lakewood (Njlak) 4.5 TCR
NAT-TCR UGN-Valparaiso 4.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Hyster-Yale Sulligent Plant 4.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Bartlett (Tnbar) 260 FTE
NAT-SIZE Elkhart (Inelk) 260 FTE
NAT-SIZE Mobile Center (Almob) 260 FTE
NAT-SIZE Mountain's Edge Hospital 260 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: 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.