Painting and wallpapering · Illinois

Ascher Brothers Painting

Name: Ascher Brothers Painting Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Chicago, IL · ~223 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

A
Excellent Safety Record: 1.3
Avg TCR: 2.8
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Ascher Brothers Painting runs at 46% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Painting and wallpapering workplace, earning a grade A.

Ascher Brothers Painting: 1.3 TCR = 46% of Painting and wallpapering BLS 2.8 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Ascher Brothers Painting safety composite

Ascher Brothers Painting scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 76% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).

70/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): B 1.28 per 100 workers

Safer than 76% of industry peers
DART rate: B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 76% 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

−3.4

2016→2019

Ascher Brothers Painting injury rate improved

Ascher Brothers Painting's TCR fell 3.4 from 3.4 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2016 at 3.4 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=3.4 · 2018=0.4 · 2019=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238320 · Chicago, IL AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 1.3 · 46% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #4/17
PHOTO PAINTech
BOOK 3y book
INJ 7 inj
SIZE ~223 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: PAINTech (0.0 TCR gap)

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1.3
PAINTech

1.3
Raleigh

1.3
Shamrock Paint

1.3
Proclaim Paint

1.3

What this shows Ascher Brothers Painting averages 1.3 TCR (46% of the Painting and wallpapering BLS benchmark).

Ascher Brothers Painting TCR series: 2016=3.4 · 2018=0.4 · 2019=0 · BLS 2.8

Where Ascher Brothers Painting falls in its industry

582 Painting and wallpapering establishments

Safer than 76% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.8.

Grade A

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 17 Painting and wallpapering employers in Illinois.

Ascher Brothers Painting (223 employees, TCR 1.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 48 employees and a TCR of 2.8

Ascher Brothers Painting has more employees than the Painting and wallpapering median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.8. 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
2019	0.0	0.0	0
2018	0.4	0.4	1
2016	3.4	2.3	6

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238320 · IL · Chicago

582 Painting and wallpapering 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	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	PAINTech	CONSHOHOCKEN, PA	1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Raleigh	RALIEGH, NC	1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Shamrock Painting	DENVER, CO	1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Proclaim Painting, LLC	CLEVELAND, OH	1.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE	LLF EGV	ELK GROVE VILLAGE	223 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Metalex - North	LIBERTYVILLE	223 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Deublin Company	WAUKEGAN	223 FTE
STATE-SIZE	GSI Paris	PARIS	223 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Chicago Public Schools	Chicago	49,500 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Chicago/Corporate	Chicago	18,831 FTE
CITY-NEAR	University of Illinois at Chicago	Chicago	13,092 FTE
CITY-NEAR	University Health Service UIC UIC Campus	Chicago	12,732 FTE
NAT-TCR	Archer Western/Herzog, a Joint Venture - Tex Rail	North Richland Hills, TX	1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	AMB197 Raleigh	Raleigh, NC	1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Merrick, Inc. Charitable Gambling	Vadnais Heights, MN	1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Briggs Tampa	Tampa, FL	1.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE	426 E. 1St St.	South Boston, MA	223 FTE
NAT-SIZE	1525 75th St Sw	Everett, WA	223 FTE
NAT-SIZE	3077 Comcast Pl	Livermore, CA	223 FTE
NAT-SIZE	TreeHouse Foods, Dothan	Dothan, AL	223 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: 2019, 2018, 2016. 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.