Discount Department Stores · Illinois
1879 - Chicago South Pulaski
Chicago, IL · ~182 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 6.3
- Avg TCR
- 3.4
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
1879 - Chicago South Pulaski runs at 184% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Discount Department Stores workplace, earning a grade D.
1879 - Chicago South Pulaski: 6.3 TCR = 184% of Discount Department Stores BLS 3.4 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)
1879 - Chicago South Pulaski safety composite
1879 - Chicago South Pulaski scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 57% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 31%), 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).
45/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 6.26 per 100 workers
Safer than 31% of industry peers
- DART rate
- C 0.93 per 100 workers
Safer than 57% 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
−0.8
2019→2024
1879 - Chicago South Pulaski injury rate improved
1879 - Chicago South Pulaski's TCR fell 0.8 from 1.7 in 2019 to 0.9 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 20.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.15× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2019=1.7 · 2021=4.1 · 2022=20.9 · 2023=3.6 · 2024=0.9
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 452112 · Chicago, IL ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade D · TCR 6.3 · 184% of ind
- DART 0.9 DART
- RANK #184/220
- PHOTO 2103 - Dardenne Prai…
- BOOK 5y book
- INJ 14 inj
- SIZE ~182 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: 2103 - Dardenne Prairie (0.0 TCR gap)
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1879 - Chicago South Pulaski in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
1879 - Chicago South Pulaski
6.3 TCR
- 2103 - Dardenn
2103 - Dardenne Prairie
6.3 TCR
- 2448 - Derby
2448 - Derby
6.3 TCR
- Ross store 157
Ross store 157
6.3 TCR
- 0079 - Fort Co
0079 - Fort Collins
6.3 TCR
What this shows 1879 - Chicago South Pulaski averages 6.3 TCR (184% of the Discount Department Stores BLS benchmark).
1879 - Chicago South Pulaski TCR series: 2019=1.7 · 2021=4.1 · 2022=20.9 · 2023=3.6 · 2024=0.9 · BLS 3.4
Where 1879 - Chicago South Pulaski falls in its industry
4,991 Discount Department Stores establishmentsSafer than 31% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.4.
Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #184 safest of 220 Discount Department Stores employers in Illinois.
1879 - Chicago South Pulaski has more employees than the Discount Department Stores median and a higher 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 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 3.6 | 2.7 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 2022 | 20.9 | 20.1 | 6 | 18 | 0 |
| 2021 | 4.1 | 1.6 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| 2019 | 1.7 | 0.9 | 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 | 2103 - Dardenne Prairie | 6.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | 2448 - Derby | 6.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Ross store 157 | 6.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | 0079 - Fort Collins | 6.3 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Oberlander Electric Co | 182 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Oberlander Electric Co. | 182 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Liberty Packaging - Quad Cities, IL | 182 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Kuriyama of America, Inc. | 182 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 | 2103 - Dardenne Prairie | 6.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | 2448 - Derby | 6.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | West TN Healthcare Rehabilitation Hospital Jackson | 6.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | J&W Asphalt, Inc | 6.3 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | 1546 - East Point | 182 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | 2109 - Hialeah | 182 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | 1295 - Greenbelt | 182 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | 1253 - Waterfront | 182 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.