Local Public Transit · Illinois

1953-4111

Chicago, IL · ~135 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.6
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

1953-4111 runs at 124% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Local Public Transit workplace, earning a grade D.

1953-4111: 5.6 TCR = 124% of Local Public Transit BLS 4.5 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

1953-4111 safety composite

1953-4111 scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 64% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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

56/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 5.58 per 100 workers

Safer than 52% of industry peers

DART rate
C 2.82 per 100 workers

Safer than 64% 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

−5.3

2016→2018

1953-4111 injury rate improved

1953-4111's TCR fell 5.3 from 8.8 in 2016 to 3.5 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2016 at 8.8 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0.51× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=8.8 · 2017=4.4 · 2018=3.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade D · TCR 5.6 · 124% of ind

  • DART 2.8 DART
  • RANK #47/137
  • PHOTO West Ox Road Bus Fac…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 23 inj
  • SIZE ~135 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: West Ox Road Bus Facility (0.0 TCR gap)

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1953-4111 in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows 1953-4111 averages 5.6 TCR (124% of the Local Public Transit BLS benchmark).

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

1953-4111 TCR series: 2016=8.8 · 2017=4.4 · 2018=3.5 · BLS 4.5

Where 1953-4111 falls in its industry

421 Local Public Transit establishments

Safer than 52% 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 #47 safest of 137 Local Public Transit employers in Illinois.

1953-4111 (135 employees, TCR 5.6) 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 1953-4111
1953-4111 (135 employees, TCR 5.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 217 employees and a TCR of 5.8

1953-4111 has fewer employees than the Local Public Transit median and a lower 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 3.5 2.8 5 0 0
2017 4.4 3.7 6 0 0
2016 8.8 6.6 12 0 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 West Ox Road Bus Facility 5.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR 1132 74TH WOOD MAINTENANCE 5.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR 1172 NORTH PARK MAINTENANCE 5.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR RydeTrans 5.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE NG Joliet Reporting Center 135 FTE
STATE-SIZE Itasca, IL Office CS 135 FTE
STATE-SIZE Sherman Mechanical, Inc. 135 FTE
STATE-SIZE Chicago Plant 135 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 Copper and Brass Sales - South Bend 5.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Life Care Center of Citrus County 5.6 TCR
NAT-TCR JX Peterbilt - Grand Rapids 5.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Commercial Cabinetry of Georgia, LLC 5.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Liberty Carton - Texas 135 FTE
NAT-SIZE Jennings McCall 135 FTE
NAT-SIZE Manor Care Health Services - Carlisle 135 FTE
NAT-SIZE Commerce City CO (56th Ave) Depot 135 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.