Mixed Mode Transit Systems · Illinois

1342 Brake Shop

Chicago, IL · ~37 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
8.0
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

1342 Brake Shop runs at 177% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Mixed Mode Transit Systems workplace, earning a grade D.

1342 Brake Shop: 8.0 TCR = 177% of Mixed Mode Transit Systems BLS 4.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

1342 Brake Shop safety composite

1342 Brake Shop scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 23%), 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).

F

34/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.98 per 100 workers

Safer than 34% of industry peers

DART rate
F 7.67 per 100 workers

Safer than 23% 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%).

Rising injury rate

1342 Brake Shop: 5.7 → 10.2 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 10.2 TCR · DART/TCR 0.96× in 2024

1342 Brake Shop's TCR rose 4.5 from 5.7 in 2023 to 10.2 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0.96× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 485111 · Chicago, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 8.0 · 177% of ind

  • DART 7.7 DART
  • RANK #69/137
  • PHOTO Center Street Operat…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 6 inj
  • SIZE ~37 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Center Street Operations - Operations (0.0 TCR gap)

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1342 Brake Shop in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows 1342 Brake Shop averages 8.0 TCR (177% of the Mixed Mode Transit Systems BLS benchmark).

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

1342 Brake Shop TCR series: 2023=5.7 · 2024=10.2 · BLS 4.5

Where 1342 Brake Shop falls in its industry

421 Mixed Mode Transit Systems establishments

Safer than 34% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #69 safest of 137 Mixed Mode Transit Systems employers in Illinois.

1342 Brake Shop (37 employees, TCR 8.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 217 employees and a TCR of 5.8 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 05001,0001,500 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate 1342 Brake Shop
1342 Brake Shop (37 employees, TCR 8.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 217 employees and a TCR of 5.8

1342 Brake Shop has fewer employees than the Mixed Mode Transit Systems median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.8. 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 10.2 7.7 4 0 0
2023 5.7 5.7 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

485111 · IL · Chicago

421 Mixed Mode Transit Systems 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 Center Street Operations - Operations 8.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Keolis - 310 8.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ruby Junction 8.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR 1953-2241 8.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Curtis Orchard Ltd 37 FTE
STATE-SIZE Tuscola 37 FTE
STATE-SIZE Lewis Seed Farms, Inc. - Ursa 37 FTE
STATE-SIZE Aurora Fleet Facility 37 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 Avalon Landscapes 8.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Wescott Agri Products, Inc. 8.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Ohfin - Findlay 8.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Idsnd - Sandpoint Center 8.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE NRC Gulf Environmental Services, Inc - FPL 37 FTE
NAT-SIZE Nissei ASB Company 37 FTE
NAT-SIZE TransGro 37 FTE
NAT-SIZE Spartan Directional, LLC 37 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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