General public administration · Illinois

City of Chicago Dept of Transportation - 3458 S Lawndale

Chicago, IL · ~42 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
6.9
Avg TCR
3.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

City of Chicago Dept of Transportation - 3458 S Lawndale runs at 215% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical General public administration workplace, earning a grade F.

City of Chicago Dept of Transportation - 3458 S Lawndale: 6.9 TCR = 215% of General public administration BLS 3.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

City of Chicago Dept of Transportation - 3458 S Lawndale safety composite

City of Chicago Dept of Transportation - 3458 S Lawndale scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 34%), 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

41/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.87 per 100 workers

Safer than 34% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.29 per 100 workers

Safer than 43% 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%).

TCR Δ

−9.2

2017→2018

City of Chicago Dept of Transportation - 3458 S Lawndale injury rate improved

City of Chicago Dept of Transportation - 3458 S Lawndale's TCR fell 9.2 from 11.4 in 2017 to 2.3 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2017 at 11.4 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0.33× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=11.4 · 2018=2.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade F · TCR 6.9 · 215% of ind

  • DART 2.3 DART
  • RANK #122/213
  • PHOTO Correctional Facility
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 6 inj
  • SIZE ~42 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Correctional Facility (0.0 TCR gap)

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City of Chicago Dept of Transportation - 3458 S Lawndale 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 - 3458 S Lawndale averages 6.9 TCR (215% 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 - 3458 S Lawndale TCR series: 2017=11.4 · 2018=2.3 · BLS 3.2

Where City of Chicago Dept of Transportation - 3458 S Lawndale falls in its industry

1,496 General public administration establishments

Safer than 34% 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 #122 safest of 213 General public administration employers in Illinois.

City of Chicago Dept of Transportation - 3458 S Lawndale (42 employees, TCR 6.9) 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 - 3458 S Lawndale
City of Chicago Dept of Transportation - 3458 S Lawndale (42 employees, TCR 6.9) 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 - 3458 S Lawndale has fewer employees than the General public administration median and a higher 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 2.3 2.3 1 0 0
2017 11.4 11.4 5 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 Correctional Facility 6.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR 98140012 POLICE 6.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR General Government 6.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Courthouse 6.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE DAS Pontiac, IL 42 FTE
STATE-SIZE Waterman, IL-R&D 42 FTE
STATE-SIZE Springfield IL 42 FTE
STATE-SIZE Egyptian Electric Cooperative 42 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 Armstrong Services DBA Legend Oaks Northwest Houston 6.9 TCR
NAT-TCR HouseWorks, LLC 6.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Yokohama Tire Manufacturing Virginia, LLC 6.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Peapod S&S Farmingdale, Ny 6.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE KWF Orlando, FL 42 FTE
NAT-SIZE STL - Airport United Airlines Offices 42 FTE
NAT-SIZE Volvo Logistics Christiansburg Operations Center 42 FTE
NAT-SIZE Haverhill Ma 42 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.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.