Commercial building construction general contractors · Illinois

Burling Builders, Inc.

Name: Burling Builders, Inc. Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Chicago, IL · ~31 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

A
Excellent Safety Record: 0.7
Avg TCR: 2.9
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Burling Builders, Inc. runs at 23% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Commercial building construction general contractors workplace, earning a grade A.

Burling Builders, Inc.: 0.7 TCR = 23% of Commercial building construction general contractors BLS 2.9 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Burling Builders, Inc. safety composite

Burling Builders, Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 87% 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).

73/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): B 0.66 per 100 workers

Safer than 87% of industry peers
DART rate: C 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 73% 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%).

Burling Builders, Inc. held a steady TCR band

Burling Builders, Inc.'s TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2017 at 3.9 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=0.0 · 2017=3.9 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade A · TCR 0.7 · 23% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #29/169
PHOTO 1000 - BELFOR Birmin…
BOOK 6y book
INJ 1 inj
SIZE ~31 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 1000 - BELFOR Birmingham MI (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Burling Builders, Inc. averages 0.7 TCR (23% of the Commercial building construction general contractors BLS benchmark).

Burling Builders, Inc. TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=3.9 · 2018=0 · 2019=0 · 2020=0 · 2021=0 · BLS 2.9

Where Burling Builders, Inc. falls in its industry

4,692 Commercial building constructi establishments

Safer than 87% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.3.

Grade A

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #29 safest of 169 Commercial building constructi employers in Illinois.

Burling Builders, Inc. (31 employees, TCR 0.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 2.3

Burling Builders, Inc. has fewer employees than the Commercial building construction general 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
2021	0.0	0.0	0
2020	0.0	0.0	0
2019	0.0	0.0	0
2018	0.0	0.0	0
2017	3.9	3.9	1
2016	0.0	0.0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

236220 · IL · Chicago

4,692 Commercial 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	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	1000 - BELFOR Birmingham MI	BIRMINGHAM, MI	0.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	SBS Construction - Corporate Office	BOERNE, TX	0.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Aztec Services Group, Inc.	CINCINNATI, OH	0.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	O&M Teijin Films	CHESTER, VA	0.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Bear Creek Genetics, LLC.	CARTHAGE	31 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Highland	HIGHLAND	31 FTE
STATE-SIZE	The Maschhoffs, LLC - Pittsfield Office	PITTSFIELD	31 FTE
STATE-SIZE	AMEREN ILLINOIS - Beardstown	BEARDSTOWN	31 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	LANXESS East Hanover	East Hanover, NJ	0.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Dixie - Carlsbad	Carlsbad, NM	0.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	R and D / Engineering : Elkhart Lake	Elkhart Lake, WI	0.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Corporate	Midlothian, TX	0.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Central State Distributors	Middletown, PA	31 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Canopy by Hilton Atlanta Midtown	Atlanta, GA	31 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Virginia Carolina Wholesale Grocers, Inc.	South Boston, VA	31 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Lake Court - Roseville	Roseville, MI	31 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: 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. 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.