Plumbing and heating contractors · Illinois

Chicago IL South Branch

Calumet City, IL · ~62 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.9
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Chicago IL South Branch runs at 31% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Plumbing and heating contractors workplace, earning a grade A.

Chicago IL South Branch: 0.9 TCR = 31% of Plumbing and heating contractors BLS 2.8 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Chicago IL South Branch safety composite

Chicago IL South Branch scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 90% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 43%), 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

64/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 0.86 per 100 workers

Safer than 90% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.72 per 100 workers

Safer than 43% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Chicago IL South Branch: 0.0 → 1.7 TCR

Peak year 2023 @ 1.7 TCR · DART/TCR 2× in 2023

Chicago IL South Branch's TCR rose 1.7 from 0.0 in 2022 to 1.7 in 2023. In 2023, DART was 2× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238220 · Calumet City, IL AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 0.9 · 31% of ind

  • DART 1.7 DART
  • RANK #41/230
  • PHOTO Brewer Enterprises I…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~62 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Brewer Enterprises Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Chicago IL South Branch in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Chicago IL South Branch averages 0.9 TCR (31% of the Plumbing and heating contractors BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-09-26

Chicago IL South Branch TCR series: 2022=0 · 2023=1.7 · BLS 2.8

Where Chicago IL South Branch falls in its industry

5,793 Plumbing and heating contracto establishments

Safer than 90% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #41 safest of 230 Plumbing and heating contracto employers in Illinois.

Chicago IL South Branch (62 employees, TCR 0.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3 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 050100150200250 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Chicago IL South Branch
Chicago IL South Branch (62 employees, TCR 0.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3

Chicago IL South Branch has more employees than the Plumbing and heating contractors median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.3. 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 1.7 1.7 1 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238220 · IL · Calumet City

5,793 Plumbing and heating contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 41 employers in Calumet City, 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 Brewer Enterprises Inc. 0.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Harris Bay Area, LLC 0.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR LGL Inc. 0.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Main - 002 0.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE FedEx 721 INDUSTRIAL AVE 62 FTE
STATE-SIZE 166099-PARK FOREST PO 62 FTE
STATE-SIZE DeKalb Fire Department 62 FTE
STATE-SIZE Bruiser Trucking LLC Cicero 62 FTE
CITY-NEAR Gareda, LLC 2,135 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1552 CITY OF CALUMET CITY 290 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6489 192 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 6489 190 FTE
NAT-TCR Watco Texas Terminals 0.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Downs at Lehigh Valley 0.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Arnold Oil Company of Houston - Location #1123 0.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Big Lots Store #1963 SAN ANTONIO, TX 0.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Bashas 030 62 FTE
NAT-SIZE VRS Riverside, CA 62 FTE
NAT-SIZE Centralia 62 FTE
NAT-SIZE Medicalodges Goddard 62 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. 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.