Cold storage plant construction · Illinois

Artico Cold Storage Chicago LLC

Chicago, IL · ~155 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.0
Avg TCR
2.9
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Artico Cold Storage Chicago LLC runs at 70% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Cold storage plant construction workplace, earning a grade B.

Artico Cold Storage Chicago LLC: 2.0 TCR = 70% of Cold storage plant construction BLS 2.9 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Artico Cold Storage Chicago LLC safety composite

Artico Cold Storage Chicago LLC scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 55% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 36%), 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

47/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.02 per 100 workers

Safer than 55% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.17 per 100 workers

Safer than 36% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 51% 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

−1.7

2022→2023

Artico Cold Storage Chicago LLC injury rate improved

Artico Cold Storage Chicago LLC's TCR fell 1.7 from 2.9 in 2022 to 1.2 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2022 at 2.9 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.58× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=2.9 · 2023=1.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 236220 · Chicago, IL AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 2.0 · 70% of ind

  • DART 1.2 DART
  • RANK #92/169
  • PHOTO E.W. Burman, Inc.
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~155 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: E.W. Burman, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Artico Cold Storage Chicago LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Artico Cold Storage Chicago LLC averages 2.0 TCR (70% of the Cold storage plant construction BLS benchmark).

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

Artico Cold Storage Chicago LLC TCR series: 2022=2.9 · 2023=1.2 · BLS 2.9

Where Artico Cold Storage Chicago LLC falls in its industry

4,692 Cold storage plant constructio establishments

Safer than 55% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #92 safest of 169 Cold storage plant constructio employers in Illinois.

Artico Cold Storage Chicago LLC (155 employees, TCR 2.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 2.3 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 0100200300400500 02468 Average employees Total Case Rate Artico Cold Storage Chicago LLC
Artico Cold Storage Chicago LLC (155 employees, TCR 2.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 2.3

Artico Cold Storage Chicago LLC has more employees than the Cold storage plant construction median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.3. 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
2023 1.2 1.2 1 0 0
2022 2.9 2.9 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

236220 · IL · Chicago

4,692 Cold storage plant construction 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 E.W. Burman, Inc. 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Kulback's, Inc. 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Bentley Builders LLC 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ironclad Services LLC 2.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Judlau Contracting Inc.- ILL All locations/projects 155 FTE
STATE-SIZE Best Chicago Meat 155 FTE
STATE-SIZE Kerry Melrose Park 155 FTE
STATE-SIZE Evonik 155 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 Unit #2044 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Unit #2873 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Leo Marine Services Los Angeles 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR BFG Supply Co-Harrisonburg 2.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Fiesta # 67 155 FTE
NAT-SIZE 0563 - Las Vegas Nv Bus Ctr 155 FTE
NAT-SIZE 0936 - Tolleson Az (Dry) Depot 155 FTE
NAT-SIZE USM Store #528 (United) 155 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: 2023, 2022. 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.