Botanical gardens · Illinois

Chicago Horticultural Society

Glencoe, IL · ~490 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
11.6
Avg TCR
3.1
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Chicago Horticultural Society runs at 375% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Botanical gardens workplace, earning a grade F.

Chicago Horticultural Society: 11.6 TCR = 375% of Botanical gardens BLS 3.1 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Chicago Horticultural Society safety composite

Chicago Horticultural Society scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 17%), 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

26/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 11.63 per 100 workers

Safer than 17% of industry peers

DART rate
F 6.6 per 100 workers

Safer than 19% 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%).

Chicago Horticultural Society held a steady TCR band

Chicago Horticultural Society's TCR held near 0.1 from 9.4 in 2016 to 9.5 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2019 at 15.9 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.57× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=9.4 · 2017=14.5 · 2018=14.5 · 2019=15.9 · 2020=5.9 · 2023=9.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 712130 · Glencoe, IL ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 11.6 · 375% of ind

  • DART 6.6 DART
  • RANK #6/6
  • PHOTO Mystic Aquarium/Ocea…
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 125 inj
  • SIZE ~490 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Mystic Aquarium/Ocean Blue Catering (0.0 TCR gap)

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Chicago Horticultural Society in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Chicago Horticultural Society averages 11.6 TCR (375% of the Botanical gardens BLS benchmark).

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

Chicago Horticultural Society TCR series: 2016=9.4 · 2017=14.5 · 2018=14.5 · 2019=15.9 · 2020=5.9 · 2023=9.5 · BLS 3.1

Where Chicago Horticultural Society falls in its industry

174 Botanical gardens establishments

Safer than 17% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 6 Botanical gardens employers in Illinois.

Chicago Horticultural Society (490 employees, TCR 11.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 153 employees and a TCR of 6.8 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 0102030 Average employees Total Case Rate Chicago Horticultural Society
Chicago Horticultural Society (490 employees, TCR 11.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 153 employees and a TCR of 6.8

Chicago Horticultural Society has more employees than the Botanical gardens median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 6.8. 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
2023 9.5 6.6 30 9 0
2020 5.9 4.0 7 2 0
2019 15.9 9.9 23 6 0
2018 14.5 13.4 21 4 0
2017 14.5 9.5 25 4 0
2016 9.4 9.4 19 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

712130 · IL · Glencoe

174 Botanical gardens employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 10 employers in Glencoe, 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 Mystic Aquarium/Ocean Blue Catering 11.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Brevard Zoo 11.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Zoo 11.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Santa Barbara Zoo 11.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Federal Signal Corp (University Park) 490 FTE
STATE-SIZE WellBe Senior Medical 490 FTE
STATE-SIZE Molecular Imaging - Hoffman Estates Facility 491 FTE
STATE-SIZE Schenker Inc. (P&G Edwardsville) 491 FTE
CITY-NEAR Glencoe Park District 129 FTE
CITY-NEAR SODEXO AT CHICAGO BOTANIC GARDEN 85 FTE
CITY-NEAR VILLAGE OF GLENCOE 56 FTE
CITY-NEAR VILLAGE OF GLENCOE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT 44 FTE
NAT-TCR Main Door 11.6 TCR
NAT-TCR James Marine Hahnville 11.6 TCR
NAT-TCR 2041-Ucpmc-Lyons Falls Ira 11.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Windsor Court Assisted Living 11.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Don Sanderson Ford Inc 490 FTE
NAT-SIZE 4701-912WBE 490 FTE
NAT-SIZE Goodwill Industries of Southern Arizona 490 FTE
NAT-SIZE Perrigo : Ranir 490 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: 2023, 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.