Mixed Mode Transit Systems · Illinois

2226 Howard Maintenance

Chicago, IL · ~53 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.9
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

2226 Howard Maintenance runs at 131% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Mixed Mode Transit Systems workplace, earning a grade D.

2226 Howard Maintenance: 5.9 TCR = 131% of Mixed Mode Transit Systems BLS 4.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

2226 Howard Maintenance safety composite

2226 Howard Maintenance scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 35%), 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

45/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 5.91 per 100 workers

Safer than 49% of industry peers

DART rate
D 5.81 per 100 workers

Safer than 35% 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%).

2226 Howard Maintenance held a steady TCR band

2226 Howard Maintenance's TCR held near 0.2 from 6.0 in 2023 to 5.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 6.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.98× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2023=6.0 · 2024=5.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade D · TCR 5.9 · 131% of ind

  • DART 5.8 DART
  • RANK #52/137
  • PHOTO 4147 UTILITY SERVICE
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~53 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 4147 UTILITY SERVICE (0.0 TCR gap)

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2226 Howard Maintenance in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows 2226 Howard Maintenance averages 5.9 TCR (131% of the Mixed Mode Transit Systems BLS benchmark).

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

2226 Howard Maintenance TCR series: 2023=6 · 2024=5.8 · BLS 4.5

Where 2226 Howard Maintenance falls in its industry

421 Mixed Mode Transit Systems establishments

Safer than 49% 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 #52 safest of 137 Mixed Mode Transit Systems employers in Illinois.

2226 Howard Maintenance (53 employees, TCR 5.9) 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 2226 Howard Maintenance
2226 Howard Maintenance (53 employees, TCR 5.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 217 employees and a TCR of 5.8

2226 Howard Maintenance has fewer employees than the Mixed Mode Transit Systems 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
2024 5.8 5.8 3 0 0
2023 6.0 6.0 2 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

485111 · IL · Chicago

421 Mixed Mode Transit Systems 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 4147 UTILITY SERVICE 5.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR TriMet Center Street Operations Headquarters 5.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Clallam Transit System 6.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR 1182 FOREST GLEN MAINTENANCE 5.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Flamm Orchards Inc 53 FTE
STATE-SIZE DuPont Pioneer Princeton IL Research-PRI2 53 FTE
STATE-SIZE 2505-Mason City, IL 53 FTE
STATE-SIZE Prairie State Generating Company - Corporate Office 53 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 The Morning Star Trucking Company 5.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Builders Insulation- Corona 5.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Gouverneur Hospital 5.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Allred Metal Stamping Works INC. 5.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Auberge at North Ogden 53 FTE
NAT-SIZE Econolite Group, Inc. 53 FTE
NAT-SIZE The Young Industries Inc. 53 FTE
NAT-SIZE Elizabeth NJ TSDF 53 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. 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.