453310 Used Merchandise Stores · Illinois

Chicago Processing Center

Name: Chicago Processing Center Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Aurora, IL · ~243 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

B
Good Safety Record: 2.5
Avg TCR: 3.4
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Chicago Processing Center runs at 72% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical 453310 Used Merchandise Stores workplace, earning a grade B.

Chicago Processing Center: 2.5 TCR = 72% of 453310 Used Merchandise Stores BLS 3.4 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Chicago Processing Center safety composite

Chicago Processing Center scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 83% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 47%), 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).

62/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): B 2.45 per 100 workers

Safer than 83% of industry peers
DART rate: D 3.63 per 100 workers

Safer than 47% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Chicago Processing Center: 1.7 → 3.6 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 3.6 TCR · DART/TCR 1.48× in 2024

Chicago Processing Center's TCR rose 1.9 from 1.7 in 2021 to 3.6 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1.48× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 453310 · Aurora, IL AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 2.5 · 72% of ind

DART 3.6 DART
RANK #11/62
PHOTO GIUMSC
BOOK 4y book
INJ 18 inj
SIZE ~243 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: GIUMSC (0.0 TCR gap)

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2.5
GIUMSC

2.5
Goodwill Indus

2.5
Store # 8 High

2.5
Lincolnton Sto

2.4

What this shows Chicago Processing Center averages 2.5 TCR (72% of the 453310 Used Merchandise Stores BLS benchmark).

Chicago Processing Center TCR series: 2021=1.7 · 2022=2.9 · 2023=1.6 · 2024=3.6 · BLS 3.4

Where Chicago Processing Center falls in its industry

1,556 453310 Used Merchandise Stores establishments

Safer than 83% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.3.

Grade B

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #11 safest of 62 453310 Used Merchandise Stores employers in Illinois.

Chicago Processing Center (243 employees, TCR 2.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 36 employees and a TCR of 5.3

Chicago Processing Center has more employees than the 453310 Used Merchandise Stores median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.3. 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
2024	3.6	3.6	7
2023	1.6	1.6	3
2022	2.9	1.7	5
2021	1.7	1.7	3

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

453310 · IL · Aurora

1,556 453310 Used Merchandise Stores 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	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	GIUMSC	GREENVILLE, SC	2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Goodwill Industries of Central NC - #033 & #211	BURLINGTON, NC	2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Store # 8 High St	COLUMBUS, OH	2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Lincolnton Store	LINCOLNTON, NC	2.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Meade Electric Company, Inc.	WILLOWBROOK	243 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Lorig Construction Company	DES PLAINES	243 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Pork King Packing, Inc.	MARENGO	243 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Mennie Machine	MARK	243 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Indian Prairie School District 204	Aurora	3,309 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Factor Aurora	Aurora	2,167 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Rush Copley Medical Center, Inc.	Aurora	2,163 FTE
CITY-NEAR	ANDY FRAIN SERVICES INC	Aurora	2,100 FTE
NAT-TCR	Air Systems Service & Construction	Sacramento, CA	2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Colonial Electronic Manufacturers, Inc.	Nashua, NH	2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	052 - East Lansing	East Lansing, MI	2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	105 - 23 Mile Rd Chesterfield	Chesterfield, MI	2.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE	231 - Southfield	Southfield, MI	243 FTE
NAT-SIZE	286 - Grand River Ave-Detroit	Detroit, MI	243 FTE
NAT-SIZE	306 - Warren MI Schoenherr	Warren, MI	243 FTE
NAT-SIZE	310 - Fremont MI	Fremont, MI	243 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.