Building materials, fiberglass (except insulation, roofing, siding), merchant wholesalers · Illinois

Chicago

Joliet, IL · ~24 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
8.2
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Chicago runs at 373% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Building materials, fiberglass (except insulation, roofing, siding), merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.

Chicago: 8.2 TCR = 373% of Building materials, fiberglass (except insulation, roofing, siding), merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Chicago safety composite

Chicago scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 18%), 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

28/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 8.2 per 100 workers

Safer than 18% of industry peers

DART rate
F 5.56 per 100 workers

Safer than 23% 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%).

TCR Δ

−8.3

2021→2023

Chicago injury rate improved

Chicago's TCR fell 8.3 from 13.9 in 2021 to 5.6 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2021 at 13.9 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.68× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=13.9 · 2022=5.2 · 2023=5.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423390 · Joliet, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 8.2 · 373% of ind

  • DART 5.6 DART
  • RANK #4/4
  • PHOTO 552 - RIVIERA BEACH-…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~24 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 552 - RIVIERA BEACH-INT BRANCH (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 8.2 TCR (373% of the Building materials, fiberglass (except insulation, roofing, siding), merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

Chicago TCR series: 2021=13.9 · 2022=5.2 · 2023=5.6 · BLS 2.2

Where Chicago falls in its industry

168 Building materials, fiberglass establishments

Safer than 18% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 4 Building materials, fiberglass employers in Illinois.

Chicago (24 employees, TCR 8.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 4.5 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 050100150200250 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Chicago
Chicago (24 employees, TCR 8.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 4.5

Chicago has fewer employees than the Building materials, fiberglass (except i median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.5. 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
2023 5.6 5.6 1 0 0
2022 5.2 5.2 1 0 0
2021 13.9 13.9 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423390 · IL · Joliet

168 Building materials, fiberglass (except insulation, roofing, siding), merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 281 employers in Joliet, 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 552 - RIVIERA BEACH-INT BRANCH 8.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Dallas Flat Glass Distributors, Inc. 8.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR BUILDERS FENCE COMPANY, INC. SACRAMENTO 8.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Architectural Surfaces Tulsa 8.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE C70 24 FTE
STATE-SIZE Nelson Energy Center 24 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hecate Grid LLC 24 FTE
STATE-SIZE NG DeKalb Reporting Center 24 FTE
CITY-NEAR County Of Will 2,500 FTE
CITY-NEAR North America Fulfillment Centers (FCs) : MDW2 2,361 FTE
CITY-NEAR Amazon.com Services LLC - MDW2 2,101 FTE
CITY-NEAR Presence Saint Joseph Medical Center, Joliet 2,089 FTE
NAT-TCR Midlands Contracting, Inc. 8.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Deco Paper Products 8.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Rimnetics Inc. 8.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Eden Meadows 8.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Burch Creek Farms, Inc 24 FTE
NAT-SIZE Pelican Products Ontario Case Center 24 FTE
NAT-SIZE Consolidated Electrical Distributors #5555 24 FTE
NAT-SIZE Electric Motor Sales (Pc1023) 24 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.