Freight Trucking lTL · Illinois

IL-Chicago Heights-309-YRC Freight

Chicago Heights, IL · ~253 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.6
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

IL-Chicago Heights-309-YRC Freight runs at 58% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Freight Trucking lTL workplace, earning a grade B.

IL-Chicago Heights-309-YRC Freight: 2.6 TCR = 58% of Freight Trucking lTL BLS 4.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

IL-Chicago Heights-309-YRC Freight safety composite

IL-Chicago Heights-309-YRC Freight scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 90% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 52%), 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

79/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 2.61 per 100 workers

Safer than 87% of industry peers

DART rate
A 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 90% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 52% 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

−5.2

2023→2024

IL-Chicago Heights-309-YRC Freight injury rate improved

IL-Chicago Heights-309-YRC Freight's TCR fell 5.2 from 5.2 in 2023 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 5.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2023=5.2 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 484122 · Chicago Heights, IL AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 2.6 · 58% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #19/177
  • PHOTO KNC-ODFL
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 24 inj
  • SIZE ~253 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: KNC-ODFL (0.0 TCR gap)

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IL-Chicago Heights-309-YRC Freight in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows IL-Chicago Heights-309-YRC Freight averages 2.6 TCR (58% of the Freight Trucking lTL BLS benchmark).

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

IL-Chicago Heights-309-YRC Freight TCR series: 2023=5.2 · 2024=0 · BLS 4.5

Where IL-Chicago Heights-309-YRC Freight falls in its industry

3,020 Freight Trucking lTL establishments

Safer than 87% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #19 safest of 177 Freight Trucking lTL employers in Illinois.

IL-Chicago Heights-309-YRC Freight (253 employees, TCR 2.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 5.6 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 0100200300400 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate IL-Chicago Heights-309-YRC Freight
IL-Chicago Heights-309-YRC Freight (253 employees, TCR 2.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 5.6

IL-Chicago Heights-309-YRC Freight has more employees than the Freight Trucking lTL median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.6. 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 5.2 4.0 24 2 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

484122 · IL · Chicago Heights

3,020 Freight Trucking lTL employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 82 employers in Chicago Heights, 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 KNC-ODFL 2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR XNB 2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR 6284-RX-580 YR 2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR foster 2.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE 09 - Walsh/Shea Constructors 253 FTE
STATE-SIZE Ferrara Candy Company Chicago 31st Street Manufacturing Facility 253 FTE
STATE-SIZE Blommer Chocolate Chicago 253 FTE
STATE-SIZE BRETT ANTHONY FOODS 253 FTE
CITY-NEAR 309 CHICAGO 1,341 FTE
CITY-NEAR CHICAGO STMP 1,226 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6284-YR-309 RX 827 FTE
CITY-NEAR CGT 581 FTE
NAT-TCR Brox Industries Inc. - Contracting 2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR USA San Francisco 675 Post St 2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Sidel Inc. Mold Shop 2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR REM Sales LLC 2.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Our House, Inc. 253 FTE
NAT-SIZE FC: Charlotte 253 FTE
NAT-SIZE FC: Ontario 253 FTE
NAT-SIZE Big Flats 253 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: 2024, 2023. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

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