Building architectural design services · Illinois

A.Epstein and Sons International, Inc.

Chicago, IL · ~131 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.1
Avg TCR
0.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

A.Epstein and Sons International, Inc. runs at 22% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Building architectural design services workplace, earning a grade A.

A.Epstein and Sons International, Inc.: 0.1 TCR = 22% of Building architectural design services BLS 0.5 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

A.Epstein and Sons International, Inc. safety composite

A.Epstein and Sons International, Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 88% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 53%), 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

70/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 0.11 per 100 workers

Safer than 88% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 62% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 53% 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%).

A.Epstein and Sons International, Inc. held a steady TCR band

A.Epstein and Sons International, Inc.'s TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2020 at 0.7 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=0.0 · 2017=0.0 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=0.7 · 2021=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 541310 · Chicago, IL AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 0.1 · 22% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK P88
  • PHOTO SSOE Inc.
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~131 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: SSOE Inc. (0.1 TCR gap)

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A.Epstein and Sons International, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows A.Epstein and Sons International, Inc. averages 0.1 TCR (22% of the Building architectural design services BLS benchmark).

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

A.Epstein and Sons International, Inc. TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=0 · 2018=0 · 2019=0 · 2020=0.7 · 2021=0 · BLS 0.5

Where A.Epstein and Sons International, Inc. falls in its industry

17 Building architectural design establishments

Safer than 88% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Year-by-Year Safety Data

Year TCR DART Injuries Illnesses Fatalities
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 0.7 0.0 1 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

541310 · IL · Chicago

17 Building architectural design services 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 SSOE Inc. 0.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Beyer Blinder Belle Architects & Planners LLP 0.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Goodwyn, Mills and Cawood, Inc. 0.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Weber Murphy Fox, Inc. 0.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Department of Public Works 131 FTE
STATE-SIZE McHugh Enterprises Inc. 131 FTE
STATE-SIZE Brieser Construction 131 FTE
STATE-SIZE Alliance Glazing Technologies 131 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 Lifeworks Services, Inc #160 0.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Bluestem Brands Corporate Facility 0.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Corporate (and other non-field Business Units) 0.1 TCR
NAT-TCR ZF-Washington-02 0.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Interfor US Inc. Georgetown Division 131 FTE
NAT-SIZE Bel Air Health and Rehabilitation Center 131 FTE
NAT-SIZE JW Powerline LLC 131 FTE
NAT-SIZE Calmet 131 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, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.