Variety Stores · Illinois

4186-21940

Chicago, IL · ~23 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.2
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

4186-21940 runs at 95% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Variety Stores workplace, earning a grade C.

4186-21940: 3.2 TCR = 95% of Variety Stores BLS 3.4 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

4186-21940 safety composite

4186-21940 scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 79% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 14%), 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

49/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 3.24 per 100 workers

Safer than 79% of industry peers

DART rate
F 12.95 per 100 workers

Safer than 14% 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%).

Rising injury rate

4186-21940: 0.0 → 12.9 TCR

Peak year 2021 @ 12.9 TCR · DART/TCR 4× in 2021

4186-21940's TCR rose 12.9 from 0.0 in 2017 to 12.9 in 2021. In 2021, DART was 4× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 452319 · Chicago, IL AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 3.2 · 95% of ind

  • DART 12.9 DART
  • RANK #9/47
  • PHOTO 4186-03785
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~23 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 4186-03785 (0.0 TCR gap)

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4186-21940 in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows 4186-21940 averages 3.2 TCR (95% of the Variety Stores BLS benchmark).

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

4186-21940 TCR series: 2017=0 · 2018=0 · 2020=0 · 2021=12.9 · BLS 3.4

Where 4186-21940 falls in its industry

1,513 Variety Stores establishments

Safer than 79% 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 #9 safest of 47 Variety Stores employers in Illinois.

4186-21940 (23 employees, TCR 3.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 24 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 0100200300400 0102030 Average employees Total Case Rate 4186-21940
4186-21940 (23 employees, TCR 3.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 24 employees and a TCR of 5.8

4186-21940 has fewer employees than the Variety Stores 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
2021 12.9 12.9 1 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

452319 · IL · Chicago

1,513 Variety 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 4186-03785 3.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR 4223-M2400 3.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Store 1483 3.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR 4186-01989 3.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Oak Grove 23 FTE
STATE-SIZE Eagle Point Farms, LLC. 23 FTE
STATE-SIZE Mendota Office 23 FTE
STATE-SIZE Nokomis Area Fire Protection District 23 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 49251c - Chico Bin 3.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Kansas City Terminal - DOT 3.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Pheasant Ridge Senior Living 3.2 TCR
NAT-TCR IHA Health Services Corporation 3.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE 4186-TR07 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE American Spirit Mail Solutions 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE Century Construction 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE 140 Riverside Boulevard 23 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: 2021, 2020, 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.