Bulk liquids trucking, long-distance · Illinois

First Choice Logistics, Inc

Name: First Choice Logistics, Inc Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Chicago, IL · ~123 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

A
Excellent Safety Record: 1.0
Avg TCR: 4.5
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

First Choice Logistics, Inc runs at 23% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Bulk liquids trucking, long-distance workplace, earning a grade A.

First Choice Logistics, Inc: 1.0 TCR = 23% of Bulk liquids trucking, long-distance BLS 4.5 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

First Choice Logistics, Inc safety composite

First Choice Logistics, Inc scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 90% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 44%), 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).

65/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): A 1.03 per 100 workers

Safer than 90% of industry peers
DART rate: D 2.44 per 100 workers

Safer than 44% of industry peers
Fatalities: D 0

Safer than 53% 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

First Choice Logistics, Inc: 0.0 → 2.4 TCR

Peak year 2019 @ 2.4 TCR · DART/TCR 2.37× in 2019

First Choice Logistics, Inc's TCR rose 2.4 from 0.0 in 2016 to 2.4 in 2019. In 2019, DART was 2.37× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 484230 · Chicago, IL AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 1.0 · 23% of ind

DART 2.4 DART
RANK #10/56
PHOTO Jack Pedowitz Enterp…
BOOK 3y book
INJ 5 inj
SIZE ~123 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Jack Pedowitz Enterprises, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows First Choice Logistics, Inc averages 1.0 TCR (23% of the Bulk liquids trucking, long-distance BLS benchmark).

First Choice Logistics, Inc TCR series: 2016=0 · 2018=0.7 · 2019=2.4 · BLS 4.5

Where First Choice Logistics, Inc falls in its industry

1,026 Bulk liquids trucking, long-di establishments

Safer than 90% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.2.

Grade A

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #10 safest of 56 Bulk liquids trucking, long-di employers in Illinois.

First Choice Logistics, Inc (123 employees, TCR 1.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 3.2

First Choice Logistics, Inc has more employees than the Bulk liquids trucking, long-distance median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.2. 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
2019	2.4	2.4	4
2018	0.7	0.7	1
2016	0.0	0.0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

484230 · IL · Chicago

1,026 Bulk liquids trucking, long-distance 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	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Jack Pedowitz Enterprises, Inc.	HAUPPAUGE, NY	1.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR	CC Rider	WIGGINS, MS	1.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR	T195	MAGNOLIA, AR	1.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR	84 - Ruther Glen	RUTHER GLEN, VA	1.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE	City of Oak Forest - Public Works	OAK FOREST	123 FTE
STATE-SIZE	D.R. Horton, Inc. - Midwest (Chicago)	SCHAUMBURG	123 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Reyes Group Ltd	MARKHAM	123 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Iroquois Paving Corporation	WATSEKA	123 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Chicago Public Schools	Chicago	49,500 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Chicago/Corporate	Chicago	18,831 FTE
CITY-NEAR	University of Illinois at Chicago	Chicago	13,092 FTE
CITY-NEAR	University Health Service UIC UIC Campus	Chicago	12,732 FTE
NAT-TCR	Washington Penn Plastic Co., Inc. - Arden Division	Washington, PA	1.0 TCR
NAT-TCR	Marietta Ohio	Marietta, OH	1.0 TCR
NAT-TCR	1208 Mar Vista	Mar Vista, CA	1.0 TCR
NAT-TCR	CHRISTUS St. Mary Hospital	Port Arthur, TX	1.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE	6962-Swy 0029 2306	San Luis Obispo, CA	123 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Senior Care of Stonegate	Fort Worth, TX	123 FTE
NAT-SIZE	6962-Swy 0025 2887	Sunnyvale, CA	123 FTE
NAT-SIZE	6962-Swy 0025 1259	Antioch, CA	123 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: 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.