Discount Department Stores · Illinois

1437 - Chicago Mid North

Chicago, IL · ~222 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.4
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

1437 - Chicago Mid North runs at 130% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Discount Department Stores workplace, earning a grade D.

1437 - Chicago Mid North: 4.4 TCR = 130% of Discount Department Stores BLS 3.4 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

1437 - Chicago Mid North safety composite

1437 - Chicago Mid North scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 80% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (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).

C

61/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 4.42 per 100 workers

Safer than 50% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 80% 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

−0.7

2019→2024

1437 - Chicago Mid North injury rate improved

1437 - Chicago Mid North's TCR fell 0.7 from 1.5 in 2019 to 0.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 10.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=1.5 · 2021=10.6 · 2022=6.2 · 2023=3.1 · 2024=0.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 452112 · Chicago, IL ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 4.4 · 130% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #135/220
  • PHOTO 0647 - Altamonte Spr…
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 12 inj
  • SIZE ~222 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 0647 - Altamonte Springs (0.0 TCR gap)

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1437 - Chicago Mid North in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows 1437 - Chicago Mid North averages 4.4 TCR (130% of the Discount Department Stores BLS benchmark).

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

1437 - Chicago Mid North TCR series: 2019=1.5 · 2021=10.6 · 2022=6.2 · 2023=3.1 · 2024=0.8 · BLS 3.4

Where 1437 - Chicago Mid North falls in its industry

4,991 Discount Department Stores establishments

Safer than 50% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #135 safest of 220 Discount Department Stores employers in Illinois.

1437 - Chicago Mid North (222 employees, TCR 4.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 99 employees and a TCR of 4.4 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 0100200300400 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate 1437 - Chicago Mid North
1437 - Chicago Mid North (222 employees, TCR 4.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 99 employees and a TCR of 4.4

1437 - Chicago Mid North has more employees than the Discount Department Stores median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.4. 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 0.8 0.0 1 0 0
2023 3.1 3.1 2 2 0
2022 6.2 6.2 1 8 0
2021 10.6 5.6 6 9 0
2019 1.5 0.7 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

452112 · IL · Chicago

4,991 Discount Department 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 0647 - Altamonte Springs 4.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR 1070 - Waukegan 4.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR 1381 - Mansfield 4.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR 2161 - Bainbridge 4.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Installation Specialists, Inc. 222 FTE
STATE-SIZE Engineered Materials : Woodridge 222 FTE
STATE-SIZE AAF Flanders Momence 222 FTE
STATE-SIZE 17 Oakwood 222 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 1381 - Mansfield 4.4 TCR
NAT-TCR 2161 - Bainbridge 4.4 TCR
NAT-TCR 0647 - Altamonte Springs 4.4 TCR
NAT-TCR 2550 - Wylie 4.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE 1354 - San Antonio North 222 FTE
NAT-SIZE 1750 - Centerville 222 FTE
NAT-SIZE 1328 - Seal Beach 222 FTE
NAT-SIZE 1269 - Plymouth Meeting 222 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, 2019. 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.