underground utility locating · Illinois

Chicago (CHI) 2302

Lombard, IL · ~281 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.1
Avg TCR
2.6
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Chicago (CHI) 2302 runs at 79% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical underground utility locating workplace, earning a grade B.

Chicago (CHI) 2302: 2.1 TCR = 79% of underground utility locating BLS 2.6 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Chicago (CHI) 2302 safety composite

Chicago (CHI) 2302 scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 71% 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

65/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.06 per 100 workers

Safer than 71% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0.61 per 100 workers

Safer than 66% 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%).

TCR Δ

−0.4

2016→2017

Chicago (CHI) 2302 injury rate improved

Chicago (CHI) 2302's TCR fell 0.4 from 2.3 in 2016 to 1.8 in 2017. Peak filing year was 2016 at 2.3 TCR. In 2017, DART was 0.3× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=2.3 · 2017=1.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 561990 · Lombard, IL AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 2.1 · 79% of ind

  • DART 0.6 DART
  • RANK #3/5
  • PHOTO South Carolina (SC) …
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 7 inj
  • SIZE ~281 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: South Carolina (SC) 5001 (0.0 TCR gap)

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Chicago (CHI) 2302 in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Chicago (CHI) 2302 averages 2.1 TCR (79% of the underground utility locating BLS benchmark).

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

Chicago (CHI) 2302 TCR series: 2016=2.3 · 2017=1.8 · BLS 2.6

Where Chicago (CHI) 2302 falls in its industry

208 underground utility locating establishments

Safer than 71% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 5 underground utility locating employers in Illinois.

Chicago (CHI) 2302 (281 employees, TCR 2.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.1 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 05001,0001,500 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Chicago (CHI) 2302
Chicago (CHI) 2302 (281 employees, TCR 2.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.1

Chicago (CHI) 2302 has more employees than the underground utility locating median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.1. 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
2017 1.8 0.6 3 0 0
2016 2.3 1.7 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

561990 · IL · Lombard

208 underground utility locating employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 133 employers in Lombard, 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 South Carolina (SC) 5001 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Caltronics 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Egg Harbor Yard 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR DataScan 2.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Land O Frost - Lansing 281 FTE
STATE-SIZE 531-00515 281 FTE
STATE-SIZE WM 1404 281 FTE
STATE-SIZE Holland - CH 281 FTE
CITY-NEAR XLT Management Services, Inc. 6,590 FTE
CITY-NEAR Program Productions, LLC 5,622 FTE
CITY-NEAR Power Wellness Management 1,430 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lombard Park District 342 FTE
NAT-TCR WI-Green Bay-Glory Office Complex 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR InfuScience, Inc. - Omaha, NE - 2425 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Seattle (Waabu) 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR LGS_FL 2.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Fargo (Ndfar) 281 FTE
NAT-SIZE Coremark Denver 281 FTE
NAT-SIZE Shire: Alewife 281 FTE
NAT-SIZE LaShip LLC 281 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: 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.