Discount Department Stores · Illinois
3214 - Chicago Lakeview Ashland
Chicago, IL · ~65 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 2.9
- Avg TCR
- 3.4
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
3214 - Chicago Lakeview Ashland runs at 86% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Discount Department Stores workplace, earning a grade C.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 2.9
- avg TCR · per 100 workers
- 3.4
- industry benchmark (BLS)
- 3
- recordable injuries tracked
Grade compares 3214 - Chicago Lakeview Ashland's OSHA Total Case Rate of 2.9 to the Discount Department Stores BLS benchmark of 3.4 (86% of benchmark) across 5 years of Form 300A filings (2016–2024). <a href="/methodology">See methodology</a> for reporting-limitation caveats.
Injury rate over time
3214 - Chicago Lakeview Ashland's yearly Total Case Rate, against the 3.4 industry benchmark.
Where 3214 - Chicago Lakeview Ashland falls in its industry
5,697 Discount Department Stores establishmentsSafer than 63% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.9.
Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #119 safest of 259 Discount Department Stores employers in Illinois.
Trend analysis for 3214 - Chicago Lakeview Ashland
Between 2019 and 2024, 3214 - Chicago Lakeview Ashland's Total Case Rate improved from 2.8 to 2.5 recordable injuries per 100 full-time workers, a 12% decrease across 5 years of OSHA reporting.
The safest year on record was 2023, at a TCR of 0.0, while 2021 saw the highest rate, at 4.7, a spread of 4.7 points between the best and worst reporting years. That's a wide swing relative to the establishment's overall rate, worth checking the year-by-year table below for whether a single severe year is driving the average, rather than a sustained trend.
Summed across those 5 reporting years, 3214 - Chicago Lakeview Ashland recorded 3 total injuries and illnesses, with no fatalities reported in any of those years. Readers comparing establishments should weigh the 5-year trend above alongside establishment size, since a larger workforce naturally accumulates more raw incidents even at a lower per-100-worker rate.
Verify This Employer with OSHA
The 3 injuries, 3 illnesses shown on this page for 3214 - Chicago Lakeview Ashland are sourced from its own 5 years of mandatory OSHA Form 300A summaries. Cross-check the underlying establishment record directly against the federal source, name, NAICS classification, recordable case totals, and inspection history are all searchable on OSHA's Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data system.
Verify on OSHA Establishment SearchSource: U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data. NAICS 452112 - Discount Department Stores.
DART Rate, Transparent Calculation (2024)
What is the DART rate formula?
DART (Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred) is computed by OSHA as incidents × 200,000 ÷ hours worked. The 200,000-hour denominator equals roughly 100 full-time workers, which lets establishments of very different sizes be compared directly.
0 DART incidents × 200,000 ÷ 80,911 hours worked = 0.00 DART
Methodology: 29 CFR 1904, OSHA Form 300A recordkeeping
Cross-Validating Context, Establishment vs Industry vs State
| Benchmark | TCR | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 3214 - Chicago Lakeview Ashland (this establishment) | 2.93 | OSHA ITA Form 300A, 5-year avg |
| Department stores, discount industry avg | 3.40 | BLS IIF, NAICS 452112 |
| Illinois state avg (all industries) | 4.73 | OSHA ITA, state-level rollup |
Industry benchmarks: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities (IIF) program
Reportable Incident Timeline
Year-by-year reportable incidents (recordable injuries + illnesses + fatalities) submitted by 3214 - Chicago Lakeview Ashland to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application. Each row anchors to OSHA's inspection records search where you can pull the underlying inspection case numbers and citations for that establishment-year.
- 2024: 1 reportable incidents · 1 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2023: 0 reportable incidents · 0 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2022: 2 reportable incidents · 1 injuries, 1 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2021: 2 reportable incidents · 0 injuries, 2 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2019: 1 reportable incidents · 1 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
Source: OSHA Inspection Information System (IMIS) - inspection case-number records
Year-by-Year Safety Data
| Year | TCR | DART | Injuries | Illnesses | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 4.6 | 2.3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2021 | 4.7 | 2.4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2019 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
What this grade means for you
Use this grade as a relative read on 3214 - Chicago Lakeview Ashland's reported OSHA injury record, strong versus its Discount Department Stores peers, but not a guarantee about any single site today.
- At 86% of the Discount Department Stores benchmark, 3214 - Chicago Lakeview Ashland reports fewer injuries than typical peers, still worth asking how safety is managed day to day. Know your rights
- Judge this record against the wider Discount Department Stores sector, where injury rates vary widely, before comparing it in isolation. See the industry
- Grades reflect 2016–2024 filings; check the latest establishment record straight from OSHA, or look up a different employer. Look up another
Safety grades reflect employers' self-reported OSHA Form 300A filings from 2016 to 2024 and can lag current conditions. A grade is not a guarantee that any specific workplace is safe or unsafe today. See our methodology and disclaimer.
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Every figure and grade on PlainSafetyScore is computed directly from OSHA's published Injury Tracking Application data and BLS industry benchmarks, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these safety grades, or report a data error. Data current as of 2016-2024 OSHA ITA release.