Art museums · Illinois
Color Factory Chicago
Chicago, IL · ~60 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- A
- Excellent Safety Record
- 1.5
- Avg TCR
- 3.1
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Color Factory Chicago runs at 49% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Art museums workplace, earning a grade A.
Color Factory Chicago: 1.5 TCR = 49% of Art museums BLS 3.1 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Color Factory Chicago safety composite
Color Factory Chicago scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 81% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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).
73/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- B 1.52 per 100 workers
Safer than 81% of industry peers
- DART rate
- B 0 per 100 workers
Safer than 81% 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%).
Rising injury rate
Color Factory Chicago: 1.4 → 3.1 TCR
Peak year 2024 @ 3.1 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2024
Color Factory Chicago's TCR rose 1.7 from 1.4 in 2022 to 3.1 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 712110 · Chicago, IL AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL
Grade A · TCR 1.5 · 49% of ind
- DART 0.0 DART
- RANK #7/12
- PHOTO 14085 THE FRIENDS OF…
- BOOK 3y book
- INJ 2 inj
- SIZE ~60 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: 14085 THE FRIENDS OF IOLANI PALACE (0.0 TCR gap)
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Color Factory Chicago in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Color Factory Chicago
1.5 TCR
- 14085 THE FRIE
14085 THE FRIENDS OF IOLANI PALACE
1.5 TCR
- American Museu
American Museum of Natural History
1.5 TCR
- McWane Science
McWane Science Center
1.5 TCR
- California Aca
California Academy of Sciences
1.5 TCR
What this shows Color Factory Chicago averages 1.5 TCR (49% of the Art museums BLS benchmark).
Color Factory Chicago TCR series: 2022=1.4 · 2023=0 · 2024=3.1 · BLS 3.1
Where Color Factory Chicago falls in its industry
246 Art museums establishmentsSafer than 81% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.
Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #7 safest of 12 Art museums employers in Illinois.
Color Factory Chicago has fewer employees than the Art museums median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.3. 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 | 3.1 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
712110 · IL · Chicago
246 Art museums 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 | 14085 THE FRIENDS OF IOLANI PALACE | 1.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | American Museum of Natural History | 1.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | McWane Science Center | 1.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | California Academy of Sciences | 1.5 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | DAS Grand Ridge, IL | 60 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | VDF Agriculture Department | 60 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | AEP Energy - Chicago | 60 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Illinois American Water (Champaign) | 60 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 | Pressure Cast Products Corp | 1.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | SA Recycling, Knoxville-National | 1.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Blind Ambitions Tampa | 1.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Location 300 | 1.5 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Superior Cedar Products, Inc. | 60 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | LEARN Central Office | 60 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | River Crossing | 60 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Sl 9 | 60 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.