Building cleaning services, janitorial · Illinois

City of Chicago

Alsip, IL · ~127 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
6.6
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

City of Chicago runs at 147% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Building cleaning services, janitorial workplace, earning a grade D.

City of Chicago: 6.6 TCR = 147% of Building cleaning services, janitorial BLS 4.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

City of Chicago safety composite

City of Chicago scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 19%), 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

38/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.63 per 100 workers

Safer than 19% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.03 per 100 workers

Safer than 50% 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

−3.0

2023→2024

City of Chicago injury rate improved

City of Chicago's TCR fell 3.0 from 8.1 in 2023 to 5.1 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 8.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.16× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2023=8.1 · 2024=5.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 561720 · Alsip, IL ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 6.6 · 147% of ind

  • DART 1.0 DART
  • RANK #151/189
  • PHOTO BMS CAT of Northern …
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 13 inj
  • SIZE ~127 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: BMS CAT of Northern California LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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City of Chicago in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows City of Chicago averages 6.6 TCR (147% of the Building cleaning services, janitorial BLS benchmark).

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

City of Chicago TCR series: 2023=8.1 · 2024=5.1 · BLS 4.5

Where City of Chicago falls in its industry

4,064 Building cleaning services, ja establishments

Safer than 19% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #151 safest of 189 Building cleaning services, ja employers in Illinois.

City of Chicago (127 employees, TCR 6.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 3.2 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 02004006008001,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate City of Chicago
City of Chicago (127 employees, TCR 6.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 3.2

City of Chicago has more employees than the Building cleaning services, janitorial median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.2. 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
2024 5.1 1.0 5 0 0
2023 8.1 6.3 8 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

561720 · IL · Alsip

4,064 Building cleaning services, janitorial employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 117 employers in Alsip, 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 BMS CAT of Northern California LLC 6.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Atkins Inc Jefferson City 6.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR BBB 15750 6.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR F S PROPERTY MAINTENANCE, INC. 6.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Pipe Strong, LLC 127 FTE
STATE-SIZE Pershing 127 FTE
STATE-SIZE Readycare Waukegan 127 FTE
STATE-SIZE PLZ Corp 127 FTE
CITY-NEAR Menasha Packaging Company - Alsip 783 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1005 - Alsip 594 FTE
CITY-NEAR Alsip 388 FTE
CITY-NEAR Griffith Foods - Alsip 380 FTE
NAT-TCR Rbs - Naples 6.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Greenway Equipment Charleston 6.6 TCR
NAT-TCR wellbridge of novi 6.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Heather Hill Healthcare Center 6.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Quality Aluminum Forge 127 FTE
NAT-SIZE USA Dallas 2424 E 38th Ave 127 FTE
NAT-SIZE Aspire Physical Recovery Center of West Alabama, LLC 127 FTE
NAT-SIZE Village Healthcare & Rehabilitation 127 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: 2024, 2023. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.