Local Public Transit · Illinois

1953-1121

Chicago, IL · ~600 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
11.8
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

1953-1121 runs at 262% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Local Public Transit workplace, earning a grade F.

1953-1121: 11.8 TCR = 262% of Local Public Transit BLS 4.5 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

1953-1121 safety composite

1953-1121 scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 6%), 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

20/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 11.81 per 100 workers

Safer than 14% of industry peers

DART rate
F 11.46 per 100 workers

Safer than 6% 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

1953-1121: 9.7 → 12.8 TCR

Peak year 2017 @ 12.9 TCR · DART/TCR 0.97× in 2018

1953-1121's TCR rose 3.1 from 9.7 in 2016 to 12.8 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2017 at 12.9 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0.97× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade F · TCR 11.8 · 262% of ind

  • DART 11.5 DART
  • RANK #112/137
  • PHOTO 2221 RED LINE N SCHE…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 157 inj
  • SIZE ~600 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 2221 RED LINE N SCHEDULED TRANSIT OPERATIONS (0.0 TCR gap)

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1953-1121 in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows 1953-1121 averages 11.8 TCR (262% of the Local Public Transit BLS benchmark).

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

1953-1121 TCR series: 2016=9.7 · 2017=12.9 · 2018=12.8 · BLS 4.5

Where 1953-1121 falls in its industry

421 Local Public Transit establishments

Safer than 14% 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 #112 safest of 137 Local Public Transit employers in Illinois.

1953-1121 (600 employees, TCR 11.8) 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 1953-1121
1953-1121 (600 employees, TCR 11.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 217 employees and a TCR of 5.8

1953-1121 has more employees than the Local Public Transit 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
2018 12.8 11.5 53 13 0
2017 12.9 12.5 61 6 0
2016 9.7 9.3 43 7 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

485111 · IL · Chicago

421 Local Public Transit 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 2221 RED LINE N SCHEDULED TRANSIT OPERATIONS 11.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Streetcar 11.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR 1953-1111 11.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR 4071 SHEET METAL MAINTENANCE 11.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Genesis Medical Center Silvis Campus 600 FTE
STATE-SIZE DuPage County Health Department 600 FTE
STATE-SIZE CDOT-Inhouse Construction | 1501 W. Pershing Rd. 601 FTE
STATE-SIZE True Value Company 599 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 HealthSouth Rehabilitation Hospital of Ocala 11.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Max & Erma's Cranberry 11.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Mckinney (Txmcy) 11.8 TCR
NAT-TCR North America Fulfillment Centers (FCs) : OAK4 11.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Casino and Hotel 600 FTE
NAT-SIZE Water Country USA 600 FTE
NAT-SIZE Tulsa (Oktul) 600 FTE
NAT-SIZE OPS 600 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: 2018, 2017, 2016. 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.