General warehousing and storage · Illinois

Chicago Distribution Center

Elkwood, IL · ~140 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
5.2
Avg TCR
5.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Chicago Distribution Center runs at 89% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical General warehousing and storage workplace, earning a grade C.

Chicago Distribution Center: 5.2 TCR = 89% of General warehousing and storage BLS 5.8 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Chicago Distribution Center safety composite

Chicago Distribution Center scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 27%), 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).

F

34/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 5.16 per 100 workers

Safer than 31% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.43 per 100 workers

Safer than 27% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Chicago Distribution Center: 4.4 → 5.9 TCR

Peak year 2022 @ 5.9 TCR · DART/TCR 0.86× in 2022

Chicago Distribution Center's TCR rose 1.5 from 4.4 in 2021 to 5.9 in 2022. In 2022, DART was 0.86× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 493110 · Elkwood, IL AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 5.2 · 89% of ind

  • DART 4.4 DART
  • RANK #382/551
  • PHOTO Higbee Gak, LP
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 10 inj
  • SIZE ~140 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Higbee Gak, LP (0.0 TCR gap)

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Chicago Distribution Center in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Chicago Distribution Center averages 5.2 TCR (89% of the General warehousing and storage BLS benchmark).

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

Chicago Distribution Center TCR series: 2021=4.4 · 2022=5.9 · BLS 5.8

Where Chicago Distribution Center falls in its industry

9,477 General warehousing and storag establishments

Safer than 31% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #382 safest of 551 General warehousing and storag employers in Illinois.

Chicago Distribution Center (140 employees, TCR 5.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 92 employees and a TCR of 3.5 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 01,0002,0003,0004,0005,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Chicago Distribution Center
Chicago Distribution Center (140 employees, TCR 5.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 92 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Chicago Distribution Center has more employees than the General warehousing and storage median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.5. 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
2022 5.9 4.4 8 0 0
2021 4.4 4.4 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

493110 · IL · Elkwood

9,477 General warehousing and storage employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 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 Higbee Gak, LP 5.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR CA - H and M 5.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR 168 PHOENIX AZ 5.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR 2021 OSHA DC122 5.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE LEM Decatur 140 FTE
STATE-SIZE Mt Carmel Stabilization Group, Inc. 140 FTE
STATE-SIZE A Lamp Concrete Contractors 140 FTE
STATE-SIZE FE Moran Fire Protection Northern Illinois 140 FTE
NAT-TCR 4598-Rtc Orlando Light Meduim Duty 5.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Hillview Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center 5.2 TCR
NAT-TCR 2967-OH07 5.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Rosen Inn at Pointe Orlando 5.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE ABC INOAC Exterior Systems 140 FTE
NAT-SIZE 048 Texas Health Urgent Care 140 FTE
NAT-SIZE Southern Foods 140 FTE
NAT-SIZE EMT International 140 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: 2022, 2021. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.