General-line groceries merchant wholesalers · Illinois
E A Sween Company-Chicago VAS
Woodridge, IL · ~17 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 4.6
- Avg TCR
- 2.2
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
E A Sween Company-Chicago VAS runs at 209% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical General-line groceries merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 4.6
- avg TCR · per 100 workers
- 2.2
- industry benchmark (BLS)
- 3
- recordable injuries tracked
Grade compares E A Sween Company-Chicago VAS's OSHA Total Case Rate of 4.6 to the General-line groceries merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark of 2.2 (209% of benchmark) across 3 years of Form 300A filings (2016–2024). <a href="/methodology">See methodology</a> for reporting-limitation caveats.
Injury rate over time
E A Sween Company-Chicago VAS's yearly Total Case Rate, against the 2.2 industry benchmark.
Where E A Sween Company-Chicago VAS falls in its industry
1,706 General-line groceries merchan establishmentsSafer than 62% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.9.
Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #35 safest of 78 General-line groceries merchan employers in Illinois.
Trend analysis for E A Sween Company-Chicago VAS
Between 2019 and 2021, E A Sween Company-Chicago VAS's Total Case Rate improved from 3.5 to 0.0 recordable injuries per 100 full-time workers, a 100% decrease across 2 years of OSHA reporting.
The safest year on record was 2021, at a TCR of 0.0, while 2020 saw the highest rate, at 10.3, a spread of 10.3 points between the best and worst reporting years. That's a wide swing relative to the establishment's overall rate, worth checking the year-by-year table below for whether a single severe year is driving the average, rather than a sustained trend.
Summed across those 3 reporting years, E A Sween Company-Chicago VAS recorded 3 total injuries and illnesses, with no fatalities reported in any of those years. Readers comparing establishments should weigh the 3-year trend above alongside establishment size, since a larger workforce naturally accumulates more raw incidents even at a lower per-100-worker rate.
Verify This Employer with OSHA
The 3 injuries shown on this page for E A Sween Company-Chicago VAS are sourced from its own 3 years of mandatory OSHA Form 300A summaries. Cross-check the underlying establishment record directly against the federal source, name, NAICS classification, recordable case totals, and inspection history are all searchable on OSHA's Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data system.
Verify on OSHA Establishment SearchSource: U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data. NAICS 424410 - General-line groceries merchant wholesalers.
DART Rate, Transparent Calculation (2021)
What is the DART rate formula?
DART (Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred) is computed by OSHA as incidents × 200,000 ÷ hours worked. The 200,000-hour denominator equals roughly 100 full-time workers, which lets establishments of very different sizes be compared directly.
0 DART incidents × 200,000 ÷ 26,507 hours worked = 0.00 DART
Methodology: 29 CFR 1904, OSHA Form 300A recordkeeping
Cross-Validating Context, Establishment vs Industry vs State
| Benchmark | TCR | Source |
|---|---|---|
| E A Sween Company-Chicago VAS (this establishment) | 4.59 | OSHA ITA Form 300A, 3-year avg |
| Groceries, general-line, merchant wholesalers industry avg | 2.20 | BLS IIF, NAICS 424410 |
| Illinois state avg (all industries) | 4.73 | OSHA ITA, state-level rollup |
Industry benchmarks: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities (IIF) program
Reportable Incident Timeline
Year-by-year reportable incidents (recordable injuries + illnesses + fatalities) submitted by E A Sween Company-Chicago VAS to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application. Each row anchors to OSHA's inspection records search where you can pull the underlying inspection case numbers and citations for that establishment-year.
- 2021: 0 reportable incidents · 0 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2020: 2 reportable incidents · 2 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2019: 1 reportable incidents · 1 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
Source: OSHA Inspection Information System (IMIS) - inspection case-number records
Year-by-Year Safety Data
| Year | TCR | DART | Injuries | Illnesses | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 10.3 | 10.3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
What this grade means for you
Use this grade as a relative read on E A Sween Company-Chicago VAS's reported OSHA injury record versus its General-line groceries merchant wholesalers peers, not a verdict on whether any single site is safe today.
- At 209% of the General-line groceries merchant wholesalers benchmark, E A Sween Company-Chicago VAS reports more injuries than typical peers, ask specifically how the employer is reducing them. Know your rights
- Judge this record against the wider General-line groceries merchant wholesalers sector, where injury rates vary widely, before comparing it in isolation. See the industry
- Grades reflect 2016–2024 filings; check the latest establishment record straight from OSHA, or look up a different employer. Look up another
Safety grades reflect employers' self-reported OSHA Form 300A filings from 2016 to 2024 and can lag current conditions. A grade is not a guarantee that any specific workplace is safe or unsafe today. See our methodology and disclaimer.
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Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.
Every figure and grade on PlainSafetyScore is computed directly from OSHA's published Injury Tracking Application data and BLS industry benchmarks, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these safety grades, or report a data error. Data current as of 2016-2024 OSHA ITA release.