Convention Services · Illinois

48130009-Freeman Expo Chicago Midwest

Mccook, IL · ~567 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.1
Avg TCR
2.6
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

48130009-Freeman Expo Chicago Midwest runs at 156% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Convention Services workplace, earning a grade D.

48130009-Freeman Expo Chicago Midwest: 4.1 TCR = 156% of Convention Services BLS 2.6 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

48130009-Freeman Expo Chicago Midwest safety composite

48130009-Freeman Expo Chicago Midwest scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 54% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 41%), 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

48/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 4.06 per 100 workers

Safer than 41% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.75 per 100 workers

Safer than 54% 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

−2.3

2023→2024

48130009-Freeman Expo Chicago Midwest injury rate improved

48130009-Freeman Expo Chicago Midwest's TCR fell 2.3 from 5.2 in 2023 to 2.9 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 5.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.43× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2023=5.2 · 2024=2.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 561920 · Mccook, IL ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 4.1 · 156% of ind

  • DART 1.8 DART
  • RANK #4/4
  • PHOTO Duluth Entertainment…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 36 inj
  • SIZE ~567 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Duluth Entertainment Convention Center (0.0 TCR gap)

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48130009-Freeman Expo Chicago Midwest in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows 48130009-Freeman Expo Chicago Midwest averages 4.1 TCR (156% of the Convention Services BLS benchmark).

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

48130009-Freeman Expo Chicago Midwest TCR series: 2023=5.2 · 2024=2.9 · BLS 2.6

Where 48130009-Freeman Expo Chicago Midwest falls in its industry

64 Convention Services establishments

Safer than 41% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 4 Convention Services employers in Illinois.

48130009-Freeman Expo Chicago Midwest (567 employees, TCR 4.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 234 employees and a TCR of 3.7 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 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate 48130009-Freeman Expo Chicago Midwest
48130009-Freeman Expo Chicago Midwest (567 employees, TCR 4.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 234 employees and a TCR of 3.7

48130009-Freeman Expo Chicago Midwest has more employees than the Convention Services median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.7. 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 2.9 1.8 14 1 0
2023 5.2 4.1 22 2 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

561920 · IL · Mccook

64 Convention Services employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 37 employers in Mccook, 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 Duluth Entertainment Convention Center 4.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR 4813-48130009-FREEMAN EXPO DENVER 4.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Lynnwood Convention Center 3.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR 48130009-FREEMAN EXPO ORLANDO SOUTHEAST 4.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Dakkota Integrated Systems 567 FTE
STATE-SIZE 1953-1171 567 FTE
STATE-SIZE American NTN Bearing MFG Corporation 566 FTE
STATE-SIZE Flex N Gate Chicago 568 FTE
CITY-NEAR 4813-48130009-FREEMAN EXPO CHICAGO 882 FTE
CITY-NEAR Assemblers at McCook 457 FTE
CITY-NEAR Fontanini Foods 445 FTE
CITY-NEAR Holland - CH 281 FTE
NAT-TCR DA Osborne 4.1 TCR
NAT-TCR City of Barnesville 4.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Norcross Supply Co. 4.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Blue Springs Service Center 4.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Janssen Pharmaceutical RandD San Diego 567 FTE
NAT-SIZE Strive Health 567 FTE
NAT-SIZE Metropolitan Edison Company 567 FTE
NAT-SIZE Honolulu Board of Water Supply 567 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.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.