General public administration · Illinois

City of Chicago Dept of Transportation - 2451 S Ashland

Chicago, IL · ~235 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.1
Avg TCR
3.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

City of Chicago Dept of Transportation - 2451 S Ashland runs at 128% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical General public administration workplace, earning a grade D.

City of Chicago Dept of Transportation - 2451 S Ashland: 4.1 TCR = 128% of General public administration BLS 3.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

City of Chicago Dept of Transportation - 2451 S Ashland safety composite

City of Chicago Dept of Transportation - 2451 S Ashland scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 54% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 27%), 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

44/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 4.09 per 100 workers

Safer than 54% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.09 per 100 workers

Safer than 27% 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%).

City of Chicago Dept of Transportation - 2451 S Ashland held a steady TCR band

City of Chicago Dept of Transportation - 2451 S Ashland's TCR held near 0.0 from 4.1 in 2017 to 4.1 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2017 at 4.1 TCR. In 2018, DART was 1× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=4.1 · 2018=4.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 921190 · Chicago, IL ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 4.1 · 128% of ind

  • DART 4.1 DART
  • RANK #70/213
  • PHOTO Leisure Services & H…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 20 inj
  • SIZE ~235 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Leisure Services & Human Services (0.0 TCR gap)

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City of Chicago Dept of Transportation - 2451 S Ashland in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows City of Chicago Dept of Transportation - 2451 S Ashland averages 4.1 TCR (128% of the General public administration BLS benchmark).

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

City of Chicago Dept of Transportation - 2451 S Ashland TCR series: 2017=4.1 · 2018=4.1 · BLS 3.2

Where City of Chicago Dept of Transportation - 2451 S Ashland falls in its industry

1,496 General public administration establishments

Safer than 54% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #70 safest of 213 General public administration employers in Illinois.

City of Chicago Dept of Transportation - 2451 S Ashland (235 employees, TCR 4.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 93 employees and a TCR of 4.6 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 0200400600800 010203040 Average employees Total Case Rate City of Chicago Dept of Transportation - 2451 S Ashland
City of Chicago Dept of Transportation - 2451 S Ashland (235 employees, TCR 4.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 93 employees and a TCR of 4.6

City of Chicago Dept of Transportation - 2451 S Ashland has more employees than the General public administration median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.6. 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
2018 4.1 4.1 10 0 0
2017 4.1 4.1 10 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

921190 · IL · Chicago

1,496 General public administration 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 Leisure Services & Human Services 4.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR 950 ZOOLOGICAL DEPARTMENT 4.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Emergency Medical Services / Transit Building 4.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Village of Mount Horeb 4.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE PGL Main Office 235 FTE
STATE-SIZE City of Chicago - Department of Water Management 1040 W 95th St 235 FTE
STATE-SIZE Vision Integrated Graphics 235 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hertzberg New Method, Inc. 235 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 Metal Coaters of California 4.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Lakewest SNF Operations, LLC D/B/A Lakewest Rehabilitation and Skilled Care 4.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Reddy Ice - Orlando (442) 4.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Anchorage Center/Customs Gateway (Akeri) 4.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Schlitterbahn NP Water Resort Management, LLC 235 FTE
NAT-SIZE Trump International Hotel & Tower New York 235 FTE
NAT-SIZE Lockheed Martin Corporation US WA Woodland 1660 Heritage S (5281) 235 FTE
NAT-SIZE Swan Island Center (Orpon) 235 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: 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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