Addition, alteration and renovation, commercial and institutional building · Illinois

James McHugh Construction Company

Chicago, IL · ~510 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
6.0
Avg TCR
2.9
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

James McHugh Construction Company runs at 208% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Addition, alteration and renovation, commercial and institutional building workplace, earning a grade F.

James McHugh Construction Company: 6.0 TCR = 208% of Addition, alteration and renovation, commercial and institutional building BLS 2.9 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

James McHugh Construction Company safety composite

James McHugh Construction Company scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 16%), 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).

F

27/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.04 per 100 workers

Safer than 16% of industry peers

DART rate
F 2.66 per 100 workers

Safer than 22% 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

−4.5

2016→2022

James McHugh Construction Company injury rate improved

James McHugh Construction Company's TCR fell 4.5 from 8.9 in 2016 to 4.4 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2016 at 8.9 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0.44× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=8.9 · 2018=6.8 · 2020=5.2 · 2021=4.8 · 2022=4.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 236220 · Chicago, IL ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 6.0 · 208% of ind

  • DART 2.7 DART
  • RANK #157/169
  • PHOTO 1167 - Oakwood Anahe…
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 162 inj
  • SIZE ~510 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 1167 - Oakwood Anaheim CA (0.0 TCR gap)

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James McHugh Construction Company in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows James McHugh Construction Company averages 6.0 TCR (208% of the Addition, alteration and renovation, commercial and institutional building BLS benchmark).

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

James McHugh Construction Company TCR series: 2016=8.9 · 2018=6.8 · 2020=5.2 · 2021=4.8 · 2022=4.4 · BLS 2.9

Where James McHugh Construction Company falls in its industry

4,692 Addition, alteration and renov establishments

Safer than 16% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #157 safest of 169 Addition, alteration and renov employers in Illinois.

James McHugh Construction Company (510 employees, TCR 6.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 2.3 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 0200400600 02468 Average employees Total Case Rate James McHugh Construction Company
James McHugh Construction Company (510 employees, TCR 6.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 2.3

James McHugh Construction Company has more employees than the Addition, alteration and renovation, com median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.3. 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
2022 4.4 2.7 5 0 0
2021 4.8 1.9 18 0 0
2020 5.2 3.5 33 1 0
2018 6.8 5.3 46 0 0
2016 8.9 7.2 60 2 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

236220 · IL · Chicago

4,692 Addition, alteration and renovation, commercial and institutional building 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 1167 - Oakwood Anaheim CA 6.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR White Horse Construction 6.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR M. B. Kahn Specialty Construction Division 6.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Novato 6.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE SPC 510 FTE
STATE-SIZE 1440 LOWE S ROCKFORD IL RDC 510 FTE
STATE-SIZE Roundlake, IL -Drug Delivery 511 FTE
STATE-SIZE MG36 - DOWNTOWN CHICAGO, IL 511 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 Tops #460 6.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Food City Store #820 6.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Corner Home Medical, Inc. 6.0 TCR
NAT-TCR MOAC Mall Holdings LLC 6.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Sabine Pass LNG-L.P., LLC 510 FTE
NAT-SIZE 055099-Customer Care Center - Ca 510 FTE
NAT-SIZE 9277-675 Crested Butte Mtn 510 FTE
NAT-SIZE 2573-MN022 510 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: 2022, 2021, 2020, 2018, 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.