Construction machinery and equipment merchant wholesalers · Illinois
Ditch Witch Midwest:West Chicago
West Chicago, IL · ~39 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 4.3
- Avg TCR
- 2.2
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Ditch Witch Midwest:West Chicago runs at 195% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Construction machinery and equipment merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade D.
Ditch Witch Midwest:West Chicago: 4.3 TCR = 195% of Construction machinery and equipment merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Ditch Witch Midwest:West Chicago safety composite
Ditch Witch Midwest:West Chicago scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 76% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 33%), 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).
52/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 4.3 per 100 workers
Safer than 33% of industry peers
- DART rate
- B 0 per 100 workers
Safer than 76% 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
Ditch Witch Midwest:West Chicago: 2.5 → 5.3 TCR
Peak year 2023 @ 8.0 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2024
Ditch Witch Midwest:West Chicago's TCR rose 2.9 from 2.5 in 2019 to 5.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 8.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 423810 · West Chicago, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade D · TCR 4.3 · 195% of ind
- DART 0.0 DART
- RANK #7/14
- PHOTO PTCO San Leandro
- BOOK 6y book
- INJ 10 inj
- SIZE ~39 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: PTCO San Leandro (0.0 TCR gap)
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Ditch Witch Midwest:West Chicago in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Ditch Witch Midwest:West Chicago
4.3 TCR
- PTCO San Leand
PTCO San Leandro
4.3 TCR
- Birkey's Farm
Birkey's Farm Store, Inc. - Mattoon
4.3 TCR
- BMC-Jamestown
BMC-Jamestown
4.3 TCR
- Martin Equipme
Martin Equipment 1
4.3 TCR
What this shows Ditch Witch Midwest:West Chicago averages 4.3 TCR (195% of the Construction machinery and equipment merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).
Ditch Witch Midwest:West Chicago TCR series: 2019=2.5 · 2020=5.1 · 2021=0 · 2022=5 · 2023=8 · 2024=5.3 · BLS 2.2
Where Ditch Witch Midwest:West Chicago falls in its industry
533 Construction machinery and equ establishmentsSafer than 33% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.
Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #7 safest of 14 Construction machinery and equ employers in Illinois.
Ditch Witch Midwest:West Chicago has more employees than the Construction machinery and equipment mer median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.0. 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 | 5.3 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 8.0 | 5.3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 5.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 5.1 | 5.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
423810 · IL · West Chicago
533 Construction machinery and equipment merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 123 employers in West 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 | PTCO San Leandro | 4.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Birkey's Farm Store, Inc. - Mattoon | 4.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | BMC-Jamestown | 4.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Martin Equipment 1 | 4.3 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Beck's El Paso | 39 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Green Glen Nursery, Inc | 39 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | NRG Joliet Generating Station | 39 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | AMEREN ILLINOIS - Bloomington | 39 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | The Jel Sert Company | 830 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | BALL HORTICULTURAL COMPANY | 713 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Amazon.com Services LLC - SIL3 | 351 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Siemens West Chicago | 342 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | C026 La Plata | 4.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | O.C. Jones & Sons, Inc. | 4.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Muscle Foods USA - Biloxi, Ms | 4.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Chelmsford | 4.3 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Mail Haus 1 | 39 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Hydraulic Component Services Inc | 39 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Hilton Garden Inn TH | 39 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Co-Op City, Bronx | 39 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.