Motor vehicle towing services · Illinois

Department of Streets & Sanitation - Bureau of Traffic Services

Chicago, IL · ~177 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.7
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Department of Streets & Sanitation - Bureau of Traffic Services runs at 127% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Motor vehicle towing services workplace, earning a grade D.

Department of Streets & Sanitation - Bureau of Traffic Services: 5.7 TCR = 127% of Motor vehicle towing services BLS 4.5 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Department of Streets & Sanitation - Bureau of Traffic Services safety composite

Department of Streets & Sanitation - Bureau of Traffic Services scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 45%), 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

47/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 5.73 per 100 workers

Safer than 45% of industry peers

DART rate
D 3.39 per 100 workers

Safer than 47% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 52% 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

−9.6

2018→2023

Department of Streets & Sanitation - Bureau of Traffic Services injury rate improved

Department of Streets & Sanitation - Bureau of Traffic Services's TCR fell 9.6 from 13.5 in 2018 to 4.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2018 at 13.5 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.59× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=13.5 · 2019=2.6 · 2020=5.8 · 2022=2.8 · 2023=4.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 488410 · Chicago, IL ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 5.7 · 127% of ind

  • DART 3.4 DART
  • RANK P45
  • PHOTO Allied Gardens Towin…
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 43 inj
  • SIZE ~177 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Allied Gardens Towing, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Department of Streets & Sanitation - Bureau of Traffic Services in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Department of Streets & Sanitation - Bureau of Traffic Services averages 5.7 TCR (127% of the Motor vehicle towing services BLS benchmark).

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

Department of Streets & Sanitation - Bureau of Traffic Services TCR series: 2018=13.5 · 2019=2.6 · 2020=5.8 · 2022=2.8 · 2023=4 · BLS 4.5

Where Department of Streets & Sanitation - Bureau of Traffic Services falls in its industry

157 Motor vehicle towing services establishments

Safer than 45% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Department of Streets & Sanitation - Bureau of Traffic Services (177 employees, TCR 5.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 40 employees and a TCR of 5.3 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 050100150200 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Department of Streets & Sanitation - Bureau of Traffic Services
Department of Streets & Sanitation - Bureau of Traffic Services (177 employees, TCR 5.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 40 employees and a TCR of 5.3

Department of Streets & Sanitation - Bureau of Traffic Services has more employees than the Motor vehicle towing services median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.3. 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
2023 4.0 3.4 7 0 0
2022 2.8 2.8 5 0 0
2020 5.8 4.0 7 3 0
2019 2.6 1.3 4 0 0
2018 13.5 10.1 20 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

488410 · IL · Chicago

157 Motor vehicle towing services 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 Allied Gardens Towing, Inc. 5.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Donald Moss Corp. 5.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR TJS Automotive Services Inc 5.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Serco - Baton Rouge,LA 5.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE ADM Decatur Illinois 177 FTE
STATE-SIZE All-Tech Decorating Co 177 FTE
STATE-SIZE Teasdale Latin Foods (Hoopeston, IL) 177 FTE
STATE-SIZE 40th/ Exchange 177 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 Cappelli Property Services, DE 5.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Military Affairs - Camp Ripley Training Center 5.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Kalamazoo - 09 5.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Boise Consumer Cooperative 5.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE C411 Charleston 177 FTE
NAT-SIZE Apple Rehab Farmington Valley 177 FTE
NAT-SIZE 10380 Medford (WO) 177 FTE
NAT-SIZE Boxley Materials Company 177 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: 2023, 2022, 2020, 2019, 2018. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.