Highway, street and bridge lighting and electrical signal installation · Illinois
City of Chicago - CDOT, Electrical Operations
Chicago, IL · ~227 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 4.5
- Avg TCR
- 2.8
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
City of Chicago - CDOT, Electrical Operations runs at 159% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Highway, street and bridge lighting and electrical signal installation workplace, earning a grade D.
City of Chicago - CDOT, Electrical Operations: 4.5 TCR = 159% of Highway, street and bridge lighting and electrical signal installation BLS 2.8 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)
City of Chicago - CDOT, Electrical Operations safety composite
City of Chicago - CDOT, Electrical Operations scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 11%), 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).
27/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 4.45 per 100 workers
Safer than 27% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 5.08 per 100 workers
Safer than 11% 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%).
Rising injury rate
City of Chicago - CDOT, Electrical Operations: 3.4 → 5.5 TCR
Peak year 2021 @ 5.5 TCR · DART/TCR 1.14× in 2021
City of Chicago - CDOT, Electrical Operations's TCR rose 2.1 from 3.4 in 2020 to 5.5 in 2021. In 2021, DART was 1.14× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 238210 · Chicago, IL ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade D · TCR 4.5 · 159% of ind
- DART 5.1 DART
- RANK #122/152
- PHOTO South Shore Electric…
- BOOK 2y book
- INJ 20 inj
- SIZE ~227 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: South Shore Electric, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)
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City of Chicago - CDOT, Electrical Operations in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
City of Chicago - CDOT, Electrical Operations
4.5 TCR
- South Shore El
South Shore Electric, Inc.
4.5 TCR
- A C & E Electr
A C & E Electric Company, LLC
4.5 TCR
- Clearwing Syst
Clearwing Systems Integration, LLC
4.5 TCR
- Fisk Electric
Fisk Electric Company - Seattle, WA
4.5 TCR
What this shows City of Chicago - CDOT, Electrical Operations averages 4.5 TCR (159% of the Highway, street and bridge lighting and electrical signal installation BLS benchmark).
City of Chicago - CDOT, Electrical Operations TCR series: 2020=3.4 · 2021=5.5 · BLS 2.8
Where City of Chicago - CDOT, Electrical Operations falls in its industry
4,550 Highway, street and bridge lig establishmentsSafer than 27% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.
Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #122 safest of 152 Highway, street and bridge lig employers in Illinois.
City of Chicago - CDOT, Electrical Operations has more employees than the Highway, street and bridge lighting and median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.5. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 5.5 | 5.1 | 12 | 1 | 0 |
| 2020 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
238210 · IL · Chicago
4,550 Highway, street and bridge lighting and electrical signal installation 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 | South Shore Electric, Inc. | 4.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | A C & E Electric Company, LLC | 4.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Clearwing Systems Integration, LLC | 4.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Fisk Electric Company - Seattle, WA | 4.5 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | PCI Chicago Interior (573) | 227 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | MacLean Fogg Fastener Components | 227 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | ARRIS 9 | 227 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Niles | 227 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 | Blind Ambitions Tam #738 | 4.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Sodexo at Lubbock Isd-Custodial | 4.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Hendersonville (TN), Elmcroft of | 4.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Blitz Builders, Inc. | 4.5 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | 1855-WIAPP007 | 227 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Grande Lakes Orlando | 227 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Quietflex Manufacturing Company, L.P.-FL | 227 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | WTPS - Houston Material Handling | 227 FTE |
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.