Institutional building construction general contractors · Illinois
Berglund Construction Company
Chicago, IL · ~274 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- A
- Excellent Safety Record
- 1.1
- Avg TCR
- 2.9
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Berglund Construction Company runs at 39% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Institutional building construction general contractors workplace, earning a grade A.
Berglund Construction Company: 1.1 TCR = 39% of Institutional building construction general contractors BLS 2.9 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Berglund Construction Company safety composite
Berglund Construction Company scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 74% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 42%), 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).
57/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- C 1.13 per 100 workers
Safer than 74% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 0.59 per 100 workers
Safer than 42% 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
−1.6
2016→2024
Berglund Construction Company injury rate improved
Berglund Construction Company's TCR fell 1.6 from 2.2 in 2016 to 0.6 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 2.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.52× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2016=2.2 · 2017=1.3 · 2018=1.1 · 2019=1.0 · 2020=1.0 · 2021=1.1 · 2022=0.8 · 2024=0.6
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 236220 · Chicago, IL AT/BELOW-IND · MID
Grade A · TCR 1.1 · 39% of ind
- DART 0.6 DART
- RANK #53/169
- PHOTO Elford, Inc.
- BOOK 8y book
- INJ 24 inj
- SIZE ~274 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Elford, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)
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Berglund Construction Company in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Berglund Construction Company
1.1 TCR
- Elford, Inc.
Elford, Inc.
1.1 TCR
- Clark Construc
Clark Construction Company
1.1 TCR
- Alvin H. Butz,
Alvin H. Butz, Inc.
1.1 TCR
- Clancy & Theys
Clancy & Theys Construction Company
1.1 TCR
What this shows Berglund Construction Company averages 1.1 TCR (39% of the Institutional building construction general contractors BLS benchmark).
Berglund Construction Company TCR series: 2016=2.2 · 2017=1.3 · 2018=1.1 · 2019=1 · 2020=1 · 2021=1.1 · 2022=0.8 · 2024=0.6 · BLS 2.9
Where Berglund Construction Company falls in its industry
4,692 Institutional building constru establishmentsSafer than 74% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.3.
Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #53 safest of 169 Institutional building constru employers in Illinois.
Berglund Construction Company has more employees than the Institutional building construction gene 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
236220 · IL · Chicago
4,692 Institutional building construction general contractors 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 | Elford, Inc. | 1.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Clark Construction Company | 1.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Alvin H. Butz, Inc. | 1.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Clancy & Theys Construction Company | 1.1 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Fervalue Ferrara Confections Bloomington IL | 274 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Elkay Plumbing Products Company Savanna | 274 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Nascote Industries - Mockingbird Road | 274 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | 0835 - West Schaumburg | 274 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 | Mountain Terrace Senior Living | 1.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Kane Liquid Fuels Inc | 1.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | USGP | 1.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Downey Ca -9459 Washburn Road | 1.1 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | OTR Wheel Engineering, Inc. | 274 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Robert Bearden Inc. | 274 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Clorox | 274 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Parkdale America LLC Plant 24 | 274 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.