Building cleaning services, janitorial · Illinois
Buck Services
West Chicago, IL · ~268 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 5.8
- Avg TCR
- 4.5
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Buck Services runs at 130% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Building cleaning services, janitorial workplace, earning a grade D.
Buck Services: 5.8 TCR = 130% of Building cleaning services, janitorial BLS 4.5 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Buck Services safety composite
Buck Services scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 24%), 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).
32/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 5.85 per 100 workers
Safer than 24% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 3.11 per 100 workers
Safer than 29% 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
−10.3
2018→2024
Buck Services injury rate improved
Buck Services's TCR fell 10.3 from 13.8 in 2018 to 3.6 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 13.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.53× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2018=13.8 · 2019=10.7 · 2020=3.8 · 2021=2.5 · 2022=3.7 · 2023=2.8 · 2024=3.6
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 561720 · West Chicago, IL ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade D · TCR 5.8 · 130% of ind
- DART 3.1 DART
- RANK #141/189
- PHOTO LaGrange College
- BOOK 7y book
- INJ 68 inj
- SIZE ~268 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: LaGrange College (0.0 TCR gap)
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Buck Services in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Buck Services
5.8 TCR
- LaGrange Colle
LaGrange College
5.8 TCR
- SODEXO AT NIXA
SODEXO AT NIXA R II SCHOOL DISTRICT
5.8 TCR
- Heritage Valle
Heritage Valley Beaver
5.8 TCR
- PSSI - 0413 Ty
PSSI - 0413 Tyson Foods Inc.- South Hutchinson
5.8 TCR
What this shows Buck Services averages 5.8 TCR (130% of the Building cleaning services, janitorial BLS benchmark).
Buck Services TCR series: 2018=13.8 · 2019=10.7 · 2020=3.8 · 2021=2.5 · 2022=3.7 · 2023=2.8 · 2024=3.6 · BLS 4.5
Where Buck Services falls in its industry
4,064 Building cleaning services, ja establishmentsSafer than 24% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.2.
Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #141 safest of 189 Building cleaning services, ja employers in Illinois.
Buck Services has more employees than the Building cleaning services, janitorial median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.2. 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 | 3.6 | 3.1 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 2.8 | 2.3 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 3.7 | 3.3 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| 2021 | 2.5 | 0.6 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 3.8 | 1.9 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 10.7 | 5.7 | 15 | 2 | 0 |
| 2018 | 13.8 | 5.0 | 22 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
561720 · IL · West Chicago
4,064 Building cleaning services, janitorial employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 123 employers in West 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 | LaGrange College | 5.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | SODEXO AT NIXA R II SCHOOL DISTRICT | 5.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Heritage Valley Beaver | 5.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | PSSI - 0413 Tyson Foods Inc.- South Hutchinson | 5.8 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Toluca | 268 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Antunes | 268 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Eby-Brown US Corporate IL | 268 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | EMCO Chemical Distributors, Inc. North Chicago | 268 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | The Jel Sert Company | 830 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | BALL HORTICULTURAL COMPANY | 713 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Amazon.com Services LLC - SIL3 | 351 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Siemens West Chicago | 342 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Nitterhouse Masonry Products | 5.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | North Alabama Electric Cooperative | 5.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Upgrade Installation | 5.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | San Pablo Healthcare and Wellness Center | 5.8 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Encore Concrete Construction, LLC | 268 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | C073 Akron | 268 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | US Gypsum Gypsum | 268 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | 0257 - Valencia | 268 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.