Other Grocery and Related Products Merchant Wholesalers · Illinois

Chicago Metro (35th St)

Chicago, IL · ~449 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
6.8
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Chicago Metro (35th St) runs at 310% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Other Grocery and Related Products Merchant Wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.

Chicago Metro (35th St): 6.8 TCR = 310% of Other Grocery and Related Products Merchant Wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Chicago Metro (35th St) safety composite

Chicago Metro (35th St) scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 35%), 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).

D

42/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 6.82 per 100 workers

Safer than 43% of industry peers

DART rate
D 5.99 per 100 workers

Safer than 35% 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

−1.7

2016→2023

Chicago Metro (35th St) injury rate improved

Chicago Metro (35th St)'s TCR fell 1.7 from 8.7 in 2016 to 6.9 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2016 at 8.7 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.88× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=8.7 · 2017=4.8 · 2018=6.2 · 2019=7.1 · 2020=6.8 · 2022=7.3 · 2023=6.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 424490 · Chicago, IL ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 6.8 · 310% of ind

  • DART 6.0 DART
  • RANK #24/46
  • PHOTO The New Algae Company
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 230 inj
  • SIZE ~449 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: The New Algae Company (0.0 TCR gap)

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Chicago Metro (35th St) in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Chicago Metro (35th St) averages 6.8 TCR (310% of the Other Grocery and Related Products Merchant Wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

Chicago Metro (35th St) TCR series: 2016=8.7 · 2017=4.8 · 2018=6.2 · 2019=7.1 · 2020=6.8 · 2022=7.3 · 2023=6.9 · BLS 2.2

Where Chicago Metro (35th St) falls in its industry

1,278 Other Grocery and Related Prod establishments

Safer than 43% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #24 safest of 46 Other Grocery and Related Prod employers in Illinois.

Chicago Metro (35th St) (449 employees, TCR 6.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 73 employees and a TCR of 6.0 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 0100200300400500 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Chicago Metro (35th St)
Chicago Metro (35th St) (449 employees, TCR 6.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 73 employees and a TCR of 6.0

Chicago Metro (35th St) has more employees than the Other Grocery and Related Products Merch median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 6.0. 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 6.9 6.0 37 0 0
2022 7.3 6.2 34 0 0
2020 6.8 5.2 29 0 0
2019 7.1 6.7 33 0 0
2018 6.2 5.0 30 0 0
2017 4.8 4.0 23 0 0
2016 8.7 7.7 44 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

424490 · IL · Chicago

1,278 Other Grocery and Related Products Merchant Wholesalers 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 The New Algae Company 6.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR 1031 - Bay City 6.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Lehigh Valley Distribution Center 6.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Del Monte Capitol Meat Company LLC- Brisbane 6.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Kenny Construction Company 449 FTE
STATE-SIZE icon Mechanical LLC 448 FTE
STATE-SIZE RCP Jax West Plant 450 FTE
STATE-SIZE HIGHLAND IL 448 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 Piranha Hose Products 6.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Unit #1217 6.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Store 0165 6.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Big Lots Store #4671 East Haven, CT 6.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE BAE Systems 449 FTE
NAT-SIZE TN - Disney 449 FTE
NAT-SIZE Barton 1792 Distillery 449 FTE
NAT-SIZE PGT Industries - Glass 449 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, 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.