Supermarkets and Other Grocery Except Convenience Stores · Illinois

531-00541

Des Plaines, IL · ~200 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

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

531-00541 runs at 99% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Supermarkets and Other Grocery Except Convenience Stores workplace, earning a grade C.

531-00541: 3.4 TCR = 99% of Supermarkets and Other Grocery Except Convenience Stores BLS 3.4 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

531-00541 safety composite

531-00541 scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 74% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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).

C

67/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 3.36 per 100 workers

Safer than 71% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0.76 per 100 workers

Safer than 74% 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

−5.3

2017→2024

531-00541 injury rate improved

531-00541's TCR fell 5.3 from 6.8 in 2017 to 1.5 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 7.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.23× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=6.8 · 2018=2.0 · 2019=2.9 · 2020=2.7 · 2021=2.1 · 2022=7.1 · 2023=1.6 · 2024=1.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 445110 · Des Plaines, IL AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 3.4 · 99% of ind

  • DART 0.8 DART
  • RANK #278/1293
  • PHOTO 6400-SWY 0027 0548
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 34 inj
  • SIZE ~200 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 6400-SWY 0027 0548 (0.0 TCR gap)

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531-00541 in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows 531-00541 averages 3.4 TCR (99% of the Supermarkets and Other Grocery Except Convenience Stores BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-09-26

531-00541 TCR series: 2017=6.8 · 2018=2 · 2019=2.9 · 2020=2.7 · 2021=2.1 · 2022=7.1 · 2023=1.6 · 2024=1.5 · BLS 3.4

Where 531-00541 falls in its industry

30,654 Supermarkets and Other Grocery establishments

Safer than 71% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #278 safest of 1293 Supermarkets and Other Grocery employers in Illinois.

531-00541 (200 employees, TCR 3.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 99 employees and a TCR of 4.7 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 050100150200250 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate 531-00541
531-00541 (200 employees, TCR 3.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 99 employees and a TCR of 4.7

531-00541 has more employees than the Supermarkets and Other Grocery Except Co median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.7. 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 1.5 0.8 2 0 0
2023 1.6 1.6 2 0 0
2022 7.1 6.3 6 3 0
2021 2.1 2.1 2 1 0
2020 2.7 2.7 4 0 0
2019 2.9 2.2 4 0 0
2018 2.0 0.0 3 0 0
2017 6.8 5.0 11 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

445110 · IL · Des Plaines

30,654 Supermarkets and Other Grocery Except Convenience Stores employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 174 employers in Des Plaines, 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 6400-SWY 0027 0548 3.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR 1808-00000103-500 3.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Piggly Wiggly (#308) 3.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR 10596 Fayetteville 3.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Allure Lake Storey LLC 200 FTE
STATE-SIZE Elevate Care Niles 200 FTE
STATE-SIZE Smith Crossing 200 FTE
STATE-SIZE Wabash Christian Village 200 FTE
CITY-NEAR Illinois Bone & Joint Institute 2,172 FTE
CITY-NEAR Rivers Casino 1,705 FTE
CITY-NEAR Des Plaines Campus 1,245 FTE
CITY-NEAR Des Plaines (IL36) 1,200 FTE
NAT-TCR Phoenix Houses of California. Inc. - ISP 3.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Wild Horse Pass Resort & Casino 3.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Hartford Finishing Inc. 3.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Colonial Country Club 3.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE E & R Erectors Inc 200 FTE
NAT-SIZE Flexco Grand Rapids-Walker 200 FTE
NAT-SIZE Tucker Mechanical, Inc. 200 FTE
NAT-SIZE Action Safety Supply Co., LLC 200 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, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017. 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.