Employer · Illinois

CHICAGO, IL (container)

Chicago, IL · ~174 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.3
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

CHICAGO, IL (container) runs at 38% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical industry workplace, earning a grade A.

CHICAGO, IL (container): 1.3 TCR = 38% of industry BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

CHICAGO, IL (container) safety composite

CHICAGO, IL (container) scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 78% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 38%), 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

57/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.25 per 100 workers

Safer than 78% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.59 per 100 workers

Safer than 38% 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, IL (container): 0.6 → 2.1 TCR

Peak year 2017 @ 3.5 TCR · DART/TCR 1.27× in 2023

CHICAGO, IL (container)'s TCR rose 1.5 from 0.6 in 2016 to 2.1 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2017 at 3.5 TCR. In 2023, DART was 1.27× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 322211 · Chicago, IL AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 1.3 · 38% of ind

  • DART 1.6 DART
  • RANK #14/86
  • PHOTO White Bear Lake Cont…
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 18 inj
  • SIZE ~174 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: White Bear Lake Container (0.0 TCR gap)

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CHICAGO, IL (container) in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows CHICAGO, IL (container) averages 1.3 TCR (38% of the industry BLS benchmark).

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

CHICAGO, IL (container) TCR series: 2016=0.6 · 2017=3.5 · 2018=0.6 · 2019=0.6 · 2020=0.6 · 2021=0 · 2022=2.2 · 2023=2.1 · BLS 3.3

Where CHICAGO, IL (container) falls in its industry

1,338 industry establishments

Safer than 78% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #14 safest of 86 industry employers in Illinois.

CHICAGO, IL (container) (174 employees, TCR 1.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 102 employees and a TCR of 2.4 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 0100200300 0123456 Average employees Total Case Rate CHICAGO, IL (container)
CHICAGO, IL (container) (174 employees, TCR 1.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 102 employees and a TCR of 2.4

CHICAGO, IL (container) has more employees than the industry median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.4. 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 2.1 1.6 4 0 0
2022 2.2 2.2 4 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 0.6 0.6 1 0 0
2019 0.6 0.6 1 0 0
2018 0.6 0.0 1 0 0
2017 3.5 3.5 6 0 0
2016 0.6 0.6 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

322211 · IL · Chicago

1,338 industry 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 White Bear Lake Container 1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR 5160 Winston-Salem Manufacturing 1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR 4353 Fernandina Container 1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Springhill LA 1.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE 2065-Farmer City, IL (Monsanto Co.) 174 FTE
STATE-SIZE Executive Construction, Inc. 174 FTE
STATE-SIZE El Milagro Inc. 36th 174 FTE
STATE-SIZE Evans Food Group LTD 174 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 Saks L'Avenue Restaurant 1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR FL Int'l Univ GL Starbucks 1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Commercial HVAC Americas : MFG-Columbia, SC-USA 1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Quikrete - Pit 1.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Stonebrook Exterior 174 FTE
NAT-SIZE Parts Authority Norcross 174 FTE
NAT-SIZE Massapequa ShopRite #815 174 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sunny Vista 174 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, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.