Specialty Gases · Illinois

Chicago

Chicago, IL · ~1,318 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
1.7
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Chicago runs at 50% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Specialty Gases workplace, earning a grade B.

Chicago: 1.7 TCR = 50% of Specialty Gases BLS 3.4 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Chicago safety composite

Chicago scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 95% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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).

B

83/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 1.71 per 100 workers

Safer than 94% of industry peers

DART rate
A 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 95% 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%).

Chicago held a steady TCR band

Chicago's TCR held near 0.1 from 0.1 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 6.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=0.1 · 2017=1.7 · 2018=3.3 · 2019=6.3 · 2020=3.9 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 444110 · Chicago, IL AT/BELOW-IND · LARGE

Grade B · TCR 1.7 · 50% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #15/215
  • PHOTO 1164 LOWE S OF WYTHE…
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 76 inj
  • SIZE ~1,318 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 1164 LOWE S OF WYTHEVILLE VA (0.0 TCR gap)

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Chicago in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Chicago averages 1.7 TCR (50% of the Specialty Gases BLS benchmark).

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

Chicago TCR series: 2016=0.1 · 2017=1.7 · 2018=3.3 · 2019=6.3 · 2020=3.9 · 2021=0 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.4

Where Chicago falls in its industry

6,309 Specialty Gases establishments

Safer than 94% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #15 safest of 215 Specialty Gases employers in Illinois.

Chicago (1,318 employees, TCR 1.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 93 employees and a TCR of 4.7 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
Chicago (1,318 employees, TCR 1.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 93 employees and a TCR of 4.7

Chicago has more employees than the Specialty Gases median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.7. 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
2024 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 3.9 3.6 14 0 0
2019 6.3 4.9 27 0 0
2018 3.3 2.9 23 0 0
2017 1.7 1.7 12 0 0
2016 0.1 0.0 0 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

444110 · IL · Chicago

6,309 Specialty Gases 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 1164 LOWE S OF WYTHEVILLE VA 1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR 1532 LOWE S OF BIXBY OK 1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR 1685 LOWE S OF LADY LAKE FL 1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR 2358 LOWE S OF GAFFNEY SC 1.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE 1855-ILARL04 1,319 FTE
STATE-SIZE Nation Pizza & Foods (Schaumburg) 1,320 FTE
STATE-SIZE Stericycle - Bannockburn,IL-REMOTE 1,316 FTE
STATE-SIZE John Deere North American Parts Distribution Center 1,322 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 Flatout, Inc. 1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR IN-Indianapolis 1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Flint SC 1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Hall Drilling 1.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Amazon.com Services LLC - MCO2 1,318 FTE
NAT-SIZE California Department of Transportation Facility 405 1,319 FTE
NAT-SIZE Lander University 1,317 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hancock Health Fletcher Building 1,319 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: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 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.