Waste transfer stations, nonhazardous solid · Illinois

California - LRS

Chicago, IL · ~107 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
1.4
Avg TCR
2.6
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

California - LRS runs at 52% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Waste transfer stations, nonhazardous solid workplace, earning a grade B.

California - LRS: 1.4 TCR = 52% of Waste transfer stations, nonhazardous solid BLS 2.6 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

California - LRS safety composite

California - LRS scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 92% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 52%), 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).

C

72/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 1.36 per 100 workers

Safer than 92% of industry peers

DART rate
C 2.16 per 100 workers

Safer than 63% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 52% 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%).

Rising injury rate

California - LRS: 2.0 → 3.2 TCR

Peak year 2020 @ 3.2 TCR · DART/TCR 1.59× in 2020

California - LRS's TCR rose 1.2 from 2.0 in 2016 to 3.2 in 2020. In 2020, DART was 1.59× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 562111 · Chicago, IL AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 1.4 · 52% of ind

  • DART 2.2 DART
  • RANK #10/143
  • PHOTO S04122 - WM Vineland
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 8 inj
  • SIZE ~107 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: S04122 - WM Vineland (0.0 TCR gap)

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California - LRS in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows California - LRS averages 1.4 TCR (52% of the Waste transfer stations, nonhazardous solid BLS benchmark).

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

California - LRS TCR series: 2016=2 · 2017=0 · 2018=0 · 2019=1.5 · 2020=3.2 · BLS 2.6

Where California - LRS falls in its industry

2,322 Waste transfer stations, nonha establishments

Safer than 92% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #10 safest of 143 Waste transfer stations, nonha employers in Illinois.

California - LRS (107 employees, TCR 1.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 5.1 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 0100200300400 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate California - LRS
California - LRS (107 employees, TCR 1.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 5.1

California - LRS has more employees than the Waste transfer stations, nonhazardous so median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.1. 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
2020 3.2 2.2 3 0 0
2019 1.5 0.8 2 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 2.0 2.0 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562111 · IL · Chicago

2,322 Waste transfer stations, nonhazardous solid 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 S04122 - WM Vineland 1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR S07547 - Newberg Hauling 1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Waste Industries of Delaware LLC 2 1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Allied Waste of Jefferson City 1.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Department of Public Utilities - Water 107 FTE
STATE-SIZE City of Lockport Public Works 107 FTE
STATE-SIZE Tiger 107 FTE
STATE-SIZE 6874-68740005 107 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 Southern Colors, Inc. 1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Ross store 978 1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Lata - Oho 1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR 0000000175 Quickchek Food Store 175 1.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Pleasant Valley Nursing and Rehab Center 107 FTE
NAT-SIZE The Home at Taylor's Pointe 107 FTE
NAT-SIZE Brian Center Health & Rehabilitation/Weaverville 107 FTE
NAT-SIZE 10980 Norcom Rd 107 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: 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 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.