Sign erection, highway, roads street or bridge · Illinois
City of Chicago - CDOT, Sign Management
Chicago, IL · ~43 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 5.6
- Avg TCR
- 2.8
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
City of Chicago - CDOT, Sign Management runs at 200% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Sign erection, highway, roads street or bridge workplace, earning a grade D.
City of Chicago - CDOT, Sign Management: 5.6 TCR = 200% of Sign erection, highway, roads street or bridge BLS 2.8 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)
City of Chicago - CDOT, Sign Management safety composite
City of Chicago - CDOT, Sign Management scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 53% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 6%), 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).
25/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 5.59 per 100 workers
Safer than 25% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 8.94 per 100 workers
Safer than 6% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- D 0
Safer than 53% 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, Sign Management: 2.2 → 8.9 TCR
Peak year 2021 @ 8.9 TCR · DART/TCR 1.6× in 2021
City of Chicago - CDOT, Sign Management's TCR rose 6.7 from 2.2 in 2020 to 8.9 in 2021. In 2021, DART was 1.6× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 237310 · Chicago, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade D · TCR 5.6 · 200% of ind
- DART 8.9 DART
- RANK #131/266
- PHOTO Covington AHQ
- BOOK 2y book
- INJ 5 inj
- SIZE ~43 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Covington AHQ (0.0 TCR gap)
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City of Chicago - CDOT, Sign Management in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
City of Chicago - CDOT, Sign Management
5.6 TCR
- Covington AHQ
Covington AHQ
5.6 TCR
- Ottawa County
Ottawa County Road Commission
5.6 TCR
- Haines & Kibbl
Haines & Kibblehouse, Inc.
5.6 TCR
- Operations Bui
Operations Building
5.6 TCR
What this shows City of Chicago - CDOT, Sign Management averages 5.6 TCR (200% of the Sign erection, highway, roads street or bridge BLS benchmark).
City of Chicago - CDOT, Sign Management TCR series: 2020=2.2 · 2021=8.9 · BLS 2.8
Where City of Chicago - CDOT, Sign Management falls in its industry
4,078 Sign erection, highway, roads establishmentsSafer than 25% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.
Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #131 safest of 266 Sign erection, highway, roads employers in Illinois.
City of Chicago - CDOT, Sign Management has fewer employees than the Sign erection, highway, roads street or median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.0. 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 | 8.9 | 8.9 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
237310 · IL · Chicago
4,078 Sign erection, highway, roads street or bridge 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 | Covington AHQ | 5.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Ottawa County Road Commission | 5.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Haines & Kibblehouse, Inc. | 5.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Operations Building | 5.6 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Illinois | 43 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Stratum Reservoir, LLC - Champaign | 43 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | AMEREN ILLINOIS - East St. Louis | 43 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Manlove Storage Field | 43 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 | Main Location | 5.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | NEX Transport (ELP) | 5.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | NEX Transport (MAP) | 5.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | MMK Brea | 5.6 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Symbii Salt Lake | 43 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Lifesprk at Summit Place Senior Campus | 43 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Avnatara Clark City | 43 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Fountains at Hidden Lakes | 43 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
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