Building board (e.g., fiber, flake, particle) merchant wholesalers · Illinois

Chicago Paxton

Name: Chicago Paxton Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Chicago, IL · ~32 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

C
Average Safety Record: 2.3
Avg TCR: 2.2
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Chicago Paxton runs at 103% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Building board (e.g., fiber, flake, particle) merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade C.

Chicago Paxton: 2.3 TCR = 103% of Building board (e.g., fiber, flake, particle) merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Chicago Paxton safety composite

Chicago Paxton scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 82% 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).

71/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): B 2.27 per 100 workers

Safer than 75% of industry peers
DART rate: B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 82% 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%).

TCR Δ

−3.5

2016→2019

Chicago Paxton injury rate improved

Chicago Paxton's TCR fell 3.5 from 3.5 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2016 at 3.5 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=3.5 · 2017=3.3 · 2019=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423310 · Chicago, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 2.3 · 103% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #8/22
PHOTO Carpet Bonanza
BOOK 3y book
INJ 2 inj
SIZE ~32 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Carpet Bonanza (0.0 TCR gap)

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2.3
Carpet Bonanza

2.3
Puget Sound WA

2.3
Atlantic Plywo

2.3
2301

2.3

What this shows Chicago Paxton averages 2.3 TCR (103% of the Building board (e.g., fiber, flake, particle) merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

Chicago Paxton TCR series: 2016=3.5 · 2017=3.3 · 2019=0 · BLS 2.2

Where Chicago Paxton falls in its industry

1,225 Building board (e.g., fiber, f establishments

Safer than 75% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.2.

Grade C

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #8 safest of 22 Building board (e.g., fiber, f employers in Illinois.

Chicago Paxton (32 employees, TCR 2.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 41 employees and a TCR of 4.2

Chicago Paxton has fewer employees than the Building board (e.g., fiber, flake, part median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.2. 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	Injuries
2019	0.0	0
2017	3.3	1
2016	3.5	1

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423310 · IL · Chicago

1,225 Building board (e.g., fiber, flake, particle) 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	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Carpet Bonanza	ZEELAND, MI	2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Puget Sound WA Windows	ISSAQUAH, WA	2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Atlantic Plywood Corporation	WOBURN, MA	2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	2301	HOUSTON, TX	2.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE	AMEREN ILLINOIS - Eastern	WASHINGTON	32 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Utility Department	PINCKNEYVILLE	32 FTE
STATE-SIZE	AMEREN ILLINOIS - AIC Gas Corrosion	DECATUR	32 FTE
STATE-SIZE	NG Ottawa Reporting Center	OTTAWA	32 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Chicago Public Schools	Chicago	49,500 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Chicago/Corporate	Chicago	18,831 FTE
CITY-NEAR	University of Illinois at Chicago	Chicago	13,092 FTE
CITY-NEAR	University Health Service UIC UIC Campus	Chicago	12,732 FTE
NAT-TCR	Jamb Plant	San Bernardino, CA	2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	348 - Hickory	Hickory, NC	2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	166 - Evans	Evans, GA	2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	20-TTCO-ATLANTA	Forest Park, GA	2.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE	SJC - Provisioning	San Jose, CA	32 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Cooper Standard Auburn Hills North	Auburn Hills, MI	32 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Mervis Plastics - Indy	Indianapolis, in (Us), IN	32 FTE
NAT-SIZE	CMC Rebar Slidell	Slidell, LA	32 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: 2019, 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.