Discount Department Stores · Illinois

2079 - Chicago Peterson Ave

Chicago, IL · ~254 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.8
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

2079 - Chicago Peterson Ave runs at 111% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Discount Department Stores workplace, earning a grade C.

2079 - Chicago Peterson Ave: 3.8 TCR = 111% of Discount Department Stores BLS 3.4 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

2079 - Chicago Peterson Ave safety composite

2079 - Chicago Peterson Ave scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 60% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (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).

D

54/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 3.76 per 100 workers

Safer than 60% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.47 per 100 workers

Safer than 51% 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

−3.6

2019→2024

2079 - Chicago Peterson Ave injury rate improved

2079 - Chicago Peterson Ave's TCR fell 3.6 from 5.0 in 2019 to 1.5 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 7.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.39× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=5.0 · 2021=3.7 · 2022=7.9 · 2023=0.7 · 2024=1.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade C · TCR 3.8 · 111% of ind

  • DART 1.5 DART
  • RANK #104/220
  • PHOTO 3257 - Ballston
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 23 inj
  • SIZE ~254 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 3257 - Ballston (0.0 TCR gap)

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2079 - Chicago Peterson Ave in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows 2079 - Chicago Peterson Ave averages 3.8 TCR (111% of the Discount Department Stores BLS benchmark).

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

2079 - Chicago Peterson Ave TCR series: 2019=5 · 2021=3.7 · 2022=7.9 · 2023=0.7 · 2024=1.5 · BLS 3.4

Where 2079 - Chicago Peterson Ave falls in its industry

4,991 Discount Department Stores establishments

Safer than 60% 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 #104 safest of 220 Discount Department Stores employers in Illinois.

2079 - Chicago Peterson Ave (254 employees, TCR 3.8) 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 2079 - Chicago Peterson Ave
2079 - Chicago Peterson Ave (254 employees, TCR 3.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 99 employees and a TCR of 4.4

2079 - Chicago Peterson Ave 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 1.5 1.5 2 0 0
2023 0.7 0.0 1 0 0
2022 7.9 7.9 6 7 0
2021 3.7 3.1 6 0 0
2019 5.0 3.1 8 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 3257 - Ballston 3.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ross store 1706 3.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ross store 1854 3.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR 323 - Northville 3.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE BT Mount Prospect 254 FTE
STATE-SIZE KONE Center - SBC 254 FTE
STATE-SIZE Solo Cup Company Urbana 254 FTE
STATE-SIZE Custom Aluminum Products Inc 254 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 Martin Brothers Construction 3.8 TCR
NAT-TCR On-Target Supplies & Logistics, Ltd. 3.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Saint Meinrad Archabbey 3.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Grandview Med Ctr 3.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE 2115 - Sacramento Natomas 254 FTE
NAT-SIZE 1519 - Clermont 254 FTE
NAT-SIZE 1501 - Colorado Springs East 254 FTE
NAT-SIZE 2496 - Uwchlan Township 254 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.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.