Used merchandise stores · Illinois

ARC Chicago Store # 21

Chicago, IL · ~48 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.5
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

ARC Chicago Store # 21 runs at 131% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Used merchandise stores workplace, earning a grade D.

ARC Chicago Store # 21: 4.5 TCR = 131% of Used merchandise stores BLS 3.4 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

ARC Chicago Store # 21 safety composite

ARC Chicago Store # 21 scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 80% 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

64/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 4.47 per 100 workers

Safer than 58% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 80% 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

−8.9

2023→2024

ARC Chicago Store # 21 injury rate improved

ARC Chicago Store # 21's TCR fell 8.9 from 8.9 in 2023 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 8.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2023=8.9 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 453310 · Chicago, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.5 · 131% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #37/62
  • PHOTO 160 Kings Highway
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~48 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 160 Kings Highway (0.0 TCR gap)

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ARC Chicago Store # 21 in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows ARC Chicago Store # 21 averages 4.5 TCR (131% of the Used merchandise stores BLS benchmark).

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

ARC Chicago Store # 21 TCR series: 2023=8.9 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.4

Where ARC Chicago Store # 21 falls in its industry

1,556 Used merchandise stores establishments

Safer than 58% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #37 safest of 62 Used merchandise stores employers in Illinois.

ARC Chicago Store # 21 (48 employees, TCR 4.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 36 employees and a TCR of 5.3 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 05001,0001,5002,000 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate ARC Chicago Store # 21
ARC Chicago Store # 21 (48 employees, TCR 4.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 36 employees and a TCR of 5.3

ARC Chicago Store # 21 has more employees than the Used merchandise stores median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.3. 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 8.9 4.5 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

453310 · IL · Chicago

1,556 Used merchandise stores 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 160 Kings Highway 4.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Goodwill Industries of Orange County - Cypress 4.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Amherst Store 4.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR 230028 - Fairborn Store 4.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE City of Marengo - 04WW 48 FTE
STATE-SIZE Kirie Water Reclamation Plant 48 FTE
STATE-SIZE Focus Development, Inc. 48 FTE
STATE-SIZE Lennar Multi-Family - Central (Chicago) 48 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 1A Auto MA FC 4.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Branch 201 4.5 TCR
NAT-TCR 017-FTW 4.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Nci - Liberal 4.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE NKY 48 FTE
NAT-SIZE Transystems LLC - Drayton Project 48 FTE
NAT-SIZE Reding's Gravel & Excavating Co. 48 FTE
NAT-SIZE Anchorage AK Millwork 48 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.

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