Specialty television (e.g., music, sports, news) cable networks · Illinois

ESPN Chicago

Chicago, IL · ~75 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
0.0
Avg TCR
0.7
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

ESPN Chicago runs at 0% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Specialty television (e.g., music, sports, news) cable networks workplace, earning a grade C.

ESPN Chicago: 0.0 TCR = 0% of Specialty television (e.g., music, sports, news) cable networks BLS 0.7 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

ESPN Chicago safety composite

ESPN Chicago scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 100% 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).

B

83/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 100% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 87% 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%).

ESPN Chicago held a steady TCR band

ESPN Chicago's TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2016 at 0.0 TCR.

2016=0.0 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 515210 · Chicago, IL AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 0.0 · 0% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #0/41
  • PHOTO ESPN New York
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 0 inj
  • SIZE ~75 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: ESPN New York (0.0 TCR gap)

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ESPN Chicago in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows ESPN Chicago averages 0.0 TCR (0% of the Specialty television (e.g., music, sports, news) cable networks BLS benchmark).

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

ESPN Chicago TCR series: 2016=0 · 2018=0 · 2019=0 · 2020=0 · BLS 0.7

Where ESPN Chicago falls in its industry

611 Specialty television (e.g., mu establishments

Safer than 100% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #0 safest of 41 Specialty television (e.g., mu employers in Illinois.

ESPN Chicago (75 employees, TCR 0.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 89 employees and a TCR of 4.0 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 0100200300400500 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate ESPN Chicago
ESPN Chicago (75 employees, TCR 0.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 89 employees and a TCR of 4.0

ESPN Chicago has fewer employees than the Specialty television (e.g., music, sport median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.0. 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
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

515210 · IL · Chicago

611 Specialty television (e.g., music, sports, news) cable networks 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 ESPN New York 0.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR FL 15800 SW 25th Street Miramar 0.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR ESPN Charlotte 0.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR 1717 Arch St Fl 42 0.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Kankakee Nursery Co. 75 FTE
STATE-SIZE Greenhouse 75 FTE
STATE-SIZE Illinois American Water (Chicago Metro) 75 FTE
STATE-SIZE Haier Plumbing & Heating, Inc. 75 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 CA-Solmetric 0.0 TCR
NAT-TCR HI-02 0.0 TCR
NAT-TCR NY-03 0.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Meijer 0.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Ergon Construction Group, Inc., EMS 75 FTE
NAT-SIZE City of Anaheim, Public Works Fleet and Facility Services 75 FTE
NAT-SIZE Shaker 75 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sedgewood Commons 75 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: 2020, 2019, 2018, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.