Chemical & allied product merchant wholesalers · Illinois
Chicago
Thorton, IL · ~17 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- A
- Excellent Safety Record
- 0.9
- Avg TCR
- 2.2
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Chicago runs at 40% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Chemical & allied product merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade A.
Chicago: 0.9 TCR = 40% of Chemical & allied product merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Chicago safety composite
Chicago scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 82% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 4%), 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).
47/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- B 0.87 per 100 workers
Safer than 82% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 7.84 per 100 workers
Safer than 4% 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: 0.0 → 7.8 TCR
Peak year 2024 @ 7.8 TCR · DART/TCR 9.01× in 2024
Chicago's TCR rose 7.8 from 0.0 in 2016 to 7.8 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 9.01× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 424690 · Thorton, IL AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL
Grade A · TCR 0.9 · 40% of ind
- DART 7.8 DART
- RANK #6/38
- PHOTO Charlestown Plant
- BOOK 9y book
- INJ 1 inj
- SIZE ~17 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Charlestown Plant (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
- This site
Chicago
0.9 TCR
- Charlestown Pl
Charlestown Plant
0.9 TCR
- Willow Springs
Willow Springs 0077
0.9 TCR
- Fresno FO
Fresno FO
0.9 TCR
- Geismar, LA
Geismar, LA
0.9 TCR
What this shows Chicago averages 0.9 TCR (40% of the Chemical & allied product merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).
Chicago TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=0 · 2018=0 · 2019=0 · 2020=0 · 2021=0 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · 2024=7.8 · BLS 2.2
Where Chicago falls in its industry
766 Chemical & allied product merc establishmentsSafer than 82% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.9.
Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 38 Chemical & allied product merc employers in Illinois.
Chicago has fewer employees than the Chemical & allied product merchant whole median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.9. 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 | 7.8 | 7.8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
424690 · IL · Thorton
766 Chemical & allied product merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.
| Rel | Establishment | Metric |
|---|---|---|
| NAICS-TCR | Charlestown Plant | 0.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Willow Springs 0077 | 0.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Fresno FO | 0.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Geismar, LA | 0.9 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Beck's Neoga | 17 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Plymouth | 17 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Northwest Regional Water Reclamation Facility - NWRWRF - Village of Fox Lake | 17 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Airoom Architect Holdings, LLC | 17 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Central Life Science - Council Bluffs | 0.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | TCCo-CT | 0.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Waseca MN Site | 0.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | M&H Engineering Co., Inc. | 0.9 TCR |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.