Food machinery repair and maintenance services · Illinois

Hobart Service, Chicago

Elk Grove, IL · ~47 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
3.1
Avg TCR
2.1
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Hobart Service, Chicago runs at 146% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Food machinery repair and maintenance services workplace, earning a grade D.

Hobart Service, Chicago: 3.1 TCR = 146% of Food machinery repair and maintenance services BLS 2.1 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Hobart Service, Chicago safety composite

Hobart Service, Chicago scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 76% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (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).

C

57/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 3.06 per 100 workers

Safer than 44% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 76% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 51% 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

−1.4

2016→2021

Hobart Service, Chicago injury rate improved

Hobart Service, Chicago's TCR fell 1.4 from 3.3 in 2016 to 1.9 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2017 at 9.5 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=3.3 · 2017=9.5 · 2018=1.7 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=2.0 · 2021=1.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 811310 · Elk Grove, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 3.1 · 146% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #86/153
  • PHOTO Crown Lift Trucks Sh…
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 10 inj
  • SIZE ~47 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Crown Lift Trucks Shreveport (0.0 TCR gap)

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Hobart Service, Chicago in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Hobart Service, Chicago averages 3.1 TCR (146% of the Food machinery repair and maintenance services BLS benchmark).

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

Hobart Service, Chicago TCR series: 2016=3.3 · 2017=9.5 · 2018=1.7 · 2019=0 · 2020=2 · 2021=1.9 · BLS 2.1

Where Hobart Service, Chicago falls in its industry

2,560 Food machinery repair and main establishments

Safer than 44% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #86 safest of 153 Food machinery repair and main employers in Illinois.

Hobart Service, Chicago (47 employees, TCR 3.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 2.7 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 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Hobart Service, Chicago
Hobart Service, Chicago (47 employees, TCR 3.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 2.7

Hobart Service, Chicago has more employees than the Food machinery repair and maintenance se median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.7. 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
2021 1.9 0.0 1 0 0
2020 2.0 2.0 1 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 1.7 0.0 1 0 0
2017 9.5 7.6 5 0 0
2016 3.3 3.3 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

811310 · IL · Elk Grove

2,560 Food machinery repair and maintenance services employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 24 employers in Elk Grove, 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 Crown Lift Trucks Shreveport 3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR PACIFIC REFRIGERATION INC 3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Commercial HVAC Americas : SVC-Upper Midwest : SVC-Madison WI-USA 3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Alta Equipment Company Orland Park 3.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE 1987-Jerseyville, IL (Monsanto Co.) 47 FTE
STATE-SIZE Stonington, IL-Mfg 47 FTE
STATE-SIZE Prairie Power, Inc. 47 FTE
STATE-SIZE AMEREN ILLINOIS - Distribution Operating - Decatur 47 FTE
CITY-NEAR LOCATION 23003 989 FTE
CITY-NEAR MC Machinery Systems, Inc. Headquarters 302 FTE
CITY-NEAR Groot East 217 FTE
CITY-NEAR FPM Heat Treating Elk Grove 149 FTE
NAT-TCR 7001 LE Facility 3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Jefferson Plant 3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Select Specialty Hospital - Dallas, Inc. 3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Home Office 3.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Alpine Insulation-Sheboygan #273A 47 FTE
NAT-SIZE C.Q. Insulation, Inc. #732 47 FTE
NAT-SIZE Chevrolet of Twin Falls 47 FTE
NAT-SIZE McCullough Division 47 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: 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.