Auto salvage yards (i.e., retailing used auto parts) · Illinois

Aero Auto Parts

Chicago, IL · ~19 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.7
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Aero Auto Parts runs at 79% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Auto salvage yards (i.e., retailing used auto parts) workplace, earning a grade B.

Aero Auto Parts: 2.7 TCR = 79% of Auto salvage yards (i.e., retailing used auto parts) BLS 3.4 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Aero Auto Parts safety composite

Aero Auto Parts scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 75% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 9%), 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)
B 2.67 per 100 workers

Safer than 75% of industry peers

DART rate
F 9.2 per 100 workers

Safer than 9% 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

Aero Auto Parts: 5.3 → 9.2 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 9.2 TCR · DART/TCR 3.45× in 2024

Aero Auto Parts's TCR rose 3.9 from 5.3 in 2017 to 9.2 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 3.45× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 441310 · Chicago, IL AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.7 · 79% of ind

  • DART 9.2 DART
  • RANK #21/56
  • PHOTO Store 4237 - Staples…
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~19 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Store 4237 - Staples Mills Rd (0.0 TCR gap)

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Aero Auto Parts in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Aero Auto Parts averages 2.7 TCR (79% of the Auto salvage yards (i.e., retailing used auto parts) BLS benchmark).

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

Aero Auto Parts TCR series: 2017=5.3 · 2018=0 · 2019=0 · 2020=0 · 2022=4.1 · 2023=0 · 2024=9.2 · BLS 3.4

Where Aero Auto Parts falls in its industry

1,258 Auto salvage yards (i.e., reta establishments

Safer than 75% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #21 safest of 56 Auto salvage yards (i.e., reta employers in Illinois.

Aero Auto Parts (19 employees, TCR 2.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 30 employees and a TCR of 4.4 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 Aero Auto Parts
Aero Auto Parts (19 employees, TCR 2.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 30 employees and a TCR of 4.4

Aero Auto Parts has fewer employees than the Auto salvage yards (i.e., retailing used median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.4. 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
2024 9.2 9.2 2 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 4.1 4.1 1 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 5.3 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

441310 · IL · Chicago

1,258 Auto salvage yards (i.e., retailing used auto parts) 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. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel Establishment Metric
NAICS-TCR Store 4237 - Staples Mills Rd 2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Store 4945 - Millbrook Rd NC 2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Westbay Auto Parts #4 2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR PBY PA Lindbergh 2.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Gingerich Farms Partnerships 19 FTE
STATE-SIZE Tolono Research 19 FTE
STATE-SIZE PharmaCann Hillcrest 19 FTE
STATE-SIZE South Morgan Acres, LLC. 19 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 Harvey M. Harper Company 2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Braga Ranch, Inc. Soledad 2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Rotary Forms Press Inc 2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR C &T's Bargain Market 2.7 TCR

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, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017. 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.