Engines and parts, automotive, new, merchant wholesalers · Illinois

Chicago PDC

Aurora, IL · ~84 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
5.2
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Chicago PDC runs at 235% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Engines and parts, automotive, new, merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.

Chicago PDC: 5.2 TCR = 235% of Engines and parts, automotive, new, merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Chicago PDC safety composite

Chicago PDC scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 36%), 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

43/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 5.18 per 100 workers

Safer than 45% of industry peers

DART rate
D 4.48 per 100 workers

Safer than 36% 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

−1.0

2016→2024

Chicago PDC injury rate improved

Chicago PDC's TCR fell 1.0 from 5.5 in 2016 to 4.5 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 11.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.86× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=5.5 · 2017=7.3 · 2018=1.7 · 2019=2.4 · 2020=11.7 · 2021=2.6 · 2022=8.3 · 2023=2.6 · 2024=4.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423120 · Aurora, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 5.2 · 235% of ind

  • DART 4.5 DART
  • RANK #25/39
  • PHOTO IBS North Chicago
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 43 inj
  • SIZE ~84 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: IBS North Chicago (0.0 TCR gap)

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Chicago PDC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Chicago PDC averages 5.2 TCR (235% of the Engines and parts, automotive, new, merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

Chicago PDC TCR series: 2016=5.5 · 2017=7.3 · 2018=1.7 · 2019=2.4 · 2020=11.7 · 2021=2.6 · 2022=8.3 · 2023=2.6 · 2024=4.5 · BLS 2.2

Where Chicago PDC falls in its industry

950 Engines and parts, automotive, establishments

Safer than 45% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #25 safest of 39 Engines and parts, automotive, employers in Illinois.

Chicago PDC (84 employees, TCR 5.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 49 employees and a TCR of 4.7 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 0200400600800 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Chicago PDC
Chicago PDC (84 employees, TCR 5.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 49 employees and a TCR of 4.7

Chicago PDC has more employees than the Engines and parts, automotive, new, merc median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.7. 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
2024 4.5 4.5 5 0 0
2023 2.6 1.7 3 0 0
2022 8.3 6.0 11 0 0
2021 2.6 2.6 3 0 0
2020 11.7 9.1 9 0 0
2019 2.4 1.2 2 0 0
2018 1.7 1.7 1 0 0
2017 7.3 4.4 5 0 0
2016 5.5 1.4 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423120 · IL · Aurora

950 Engines and parts, automotive, new, merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 325 employers in Aurora, 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 IBS North Chicago 5.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Altrom 5.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Stens 5.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Heartthrob Exhaust, Inc 5.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Joliet Station 84 FTE
STATE-SIZE Schomburg & Schomburg Construction Incorporated 84 FTE
STATE-SIZE MEC DE JOINT VENTURE 84 FTE
STATE-SIZE Premium Concrete Inc. 84 FTE
CITY-NEAR Indian Prairie School District 204 3,309 FTE
CITY-NEAR Factor Aurora 2,167 FTE
CITY-NEAR Rush Copley Medical Center, Inc. 2,163 FTE
CITY-NEAR ANDY FRAIN SERVICES INC 2,100 FTE
NAT-TCR Carlie C's IGA #815 5.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Carlie C's IGA #855 5.2 TCR
NAT-TCR IWA 5.2 TCR
NAT-TCR 4283 42F2 42N Enterprise Leasing Company of Florida, LLC, Tampa Division 5.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Dallas PDC 84 FTE
NAT-SIZE Modesto 257 84 FTE
NAT-SIZE J.Daniel & Company 84 FTE
NAT-SIZE Mondelez International Toledo Flour Mill 84 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: 2024, 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.