Audio visual equipment rental or leasing · Illinois

4813-48130002-Encore Chicago

Arlington Heights, IL · ~845 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
2.8
Avg TCR
1.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

4813-48130002-Encore Chicago runs at 200% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Audio visual equipment rental or leasing workplace, earning a grade D.

4813-48130002-Encore Chicago: 2.8 TCR = 200% of Audio visual equipment rental or leasing BLS 1.4 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

4813-48130002-Encore Chicago safety composite

4813-48130002-Encore Chicago scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 57% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 30%), 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

46/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.8 per 100 workers

Safer than 57% of industry peers

DART rate
F 2.69 per 100 workers

Safer than 30% 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

4813-48130002-Encore Chicago: 1.6 → 3.1 TCR

Peak year 2017 @ 3.7 TCR · DART/TCR 0.96× in 2018

4813-48130002-Encore Chicago's TCR rose 1.5 from 1.6 in 2016 to 3.1 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2017 at 3.7 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0.96× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 532490 · Arlington Heights, IL ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 2.8 · 200% of ind

  • DART 2.7 DART
  • RANK #3/6
  • PHOTO San Diego Convention…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 76 inj
  • SIZE ~845 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: San Diego Convention Center (0.0 TCR gap)

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4813-48130002-Encore Chicago in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows 4813-48130002-Encore Chicago averages 2.8 TCR (200% of the Audio visual equipment rental or leasing BLS benchmark).

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

4813-48130002-Encore Chicago TCR series: 2016=1.6 · 2017=3.7 · 2018=3.1 · BLS 1.4

Where 4813-48130002-Encore Chicago falls in its industry

120 Audio visual equipment rental establishments

Safer than 57% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 6 Audio visual equipment rental employers in Illinois.

4813-48130002-Encore Chicago (845 employees, TCR 2.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 3.4 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 05001,0001,500 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate 4813-48130002-Encore Chicago
4813-48130002-Encore Chicago (845 employees, TCR 2.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 3.4

4813-48130002-Encore Chicago has more employees than the Audio visual equipment rental or leasing median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.4. 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
2018 3.1 2.7 31 0 0
2017 3.7 2.6 32 0 0
2016 1.6 1.4 13 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

532490 · IL · Arlington Heights

120 Audio visual equipment rental or leasing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 121 employers in Arlington Heights, 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 San Diego Convention Center 2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Bobcat of Austin 2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Forklifts of St. Louis, Inc. 2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Atlanta Office 2.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Keystone Consolidated Industries, Inc., dba Liberty Steel and Wire - Peoria 845 FTE
STATE-SIZE WM 6092 845 FTE
STATE-SIZE Alton Community Unit School District No. 11 845 FTE
STATE-SIZE PALATINE_1441108 844 FTE
CITY-NEAR Northwest Community Hospital 3,365 FTE
CITY-NEAR ARLINGTON HEIGHTS SCHOOL DISTRICT 25 911 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lutheran Home and Serv For The Aged 796 FTE
CITY-NEAR Arlington Heights Park District 593 FTE
NAT-TCR Republic National Distributing Company 24 2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Solar Manufacturing, Inc. 2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Shop 2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR dd's DISCOUNTS Store 5139 2.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Collectors Universe 845 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ho-Chunk Gaming - Wisconsin Dells 845 FTE
NAT-SIZE Pixelle Speciality Solutions LLC 845 FTE
NAT-SIZE Cafre - Fresno Center 845 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.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.