Animal hospitals · Illinois

City of Chicago - Commission on Animal Care and Control

Chicago, IL · ~74 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
11.2
Avg TCR
0.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

City of Chicago - Commission on Animal Care and Control runs at 2236% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Animal hospitals workplace, earning a grade F.

City of Chicago - Commission on Animal Care and Control: 11.2 TCR = 2236% of Animal hospitals BLS 0.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

City of Chicago - Commission on Animal Care and Control safety composite

City of Chicago - Commission on Animal Care and Control scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 54% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 32%), 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

45/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 11.18 per 100 workers

Safer than 54% of industry peers

DART rate
F 2.13 per 100 workers

Safer than 32% 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%).

TCR Δ

−13.8

2019→2020

City of Chicago - Commission on Animal Care and Control injury rate improved

City of Chicago - Commission on Animal Care and Control's TCR fell 13.8 from 18.1 in 2019 to 4.3 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2019 at 18.1 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0.19× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=18.1 · 2020=4.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 541940 · Chicago, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 11.2 · 2236% of ind

  • DART 2.1 DART
  • RANK #3/6
  • PHOTO Lakefield Veterinary…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 21 inj
  • SIZE ~74 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Lakefield Veterinary Group - 170 (0.1 TCR gap)

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City of Chicago - Commission on Animal Care and Control in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows City of Chicago - Commission on Animal Care and Control averages 11.2 TCR (2236% of the Animal hospitals BLS benchmark).

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

City of Chicago - Commission on Animal Care and Control TCR series: 2019=18.1 · 2020=4.3 · BLS 0.5

Where City of Chicago - Commission on Animal Care and Control falls in its industry

261 Animal hospitals establishments

Safer than 54% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 12.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 6 Animal hospitals employers in Illinois.

City of Chicago - Commission on Animal Care and Control (74 employees, TCR 11.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 42 employees and a TCR of 12.0 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 0100200300400 010203040 Average employees Total Case Rate City of Chicago - Commission on Animal Care and Control
City of Chicago - Commission on Animal Care and Control (74 employees, TCR 11.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 42 employees and a TCR of 12.0

City of Chicago - Commission on Animal Care and Control has more employees than the Animal hospitals median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 12.0. 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
2020 4.3 2.1 4 0 0
2019 18.1 17.1 17 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

541940 · IL · Chicago

261 Animal hospitals 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 Lakefield Veterinary Group - 170 11.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Pearson Animal Hospital 11.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Lakefield Veterinary Group - 161 11.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Lakefield Veterinary Group - 139 11.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Corteva Agriscience LLC 74 FTE
STATE-SIZE Public Works- Water & Sewer Dept. 74 FTE
STATE-SIZE Normandy Construction Co. Inc 74 FTE
STATE-SIZE 105652 - Cass County Solar 150 MW AC 74 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 PADNOS Turner Division 11.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Complete Metal Fabrication 11.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Beck Steel Inc. 11.2 TCR
NAT-TCR STA 11.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Grinder, Taber and Grinder, Inc. 74 FTE
NAT-SIZE Holiday Inn Wilkes Barre 74 FTE
NAT-SIZE 3020 - Las Vegas, NV 74 FTE
NAT-SIZE RCN Telecom Services LLC - NY Woodside 74 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: 2020, 2019. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.