Ballet companies · Illinois

Joffrey Ballet

Chicago, IL · ~125 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
33.2
Avg TCR
3.1
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Joffrey Ballet runs at 1072% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Ballet companies workplace, earning a grade F.

Joffrey Ballet: 33.2 TCR = 1072% of Ballet companies BLS 3.1 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Joffrey Ballet safety composite

Joffrey Ballet scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 0%), 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

28/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 33.24 per 100 workers

Safer than 0% of industry peers

DART rate
D 4.01 per 100 workers

Safer than 45% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Joffrey Ballet: 16.8 → 45.1 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 45.1 TCR · DART/TCR 0.12× in 2024

Joffrey Ballet's TCR rose 28.4 from 16.8 in 2017 to 45.1 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0.12× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 711120 · Chicago, IL ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 33.2 · 1072% of ind

  • DART 4.0 DART
  • RANK P0
  • PHOTO Pacific Northwest Ba…
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 237 inj
  • SIZE ~125 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Pacific Northwest Ballet (5.3 TCR gap)

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Joffrey Ballet in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Joffrey Ballet averages 33.2 TCR (1072% of the Ballet companies BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-09-26

Joffrey Ballet TCR series: 2017=16.8 · 2018=41.3 · 2019=42 · 2020=17.4 · 2021=31.3 · 2022=44.9 · 2023=27.3 · 2024=45.1 · BLS 3.1

Where Joffrey Ballet falls in its industry

10 Ballet companies establishments

Safer than 0% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 9.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Joffrey Ballet (125 employees, TCR 33.2) among 6 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 105 employees and a TCR of 9.7 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 7 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 010203040 Average employees Total Case Rate D. B. Cheerleaders, Inc.Houston Ballet FoundationFort Worth StudioBroadway SacramentoDallas StudioNashville BalletJoffrey Ballet
Joffrey Ballet (125 employees, TCR 33.2) among 6 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 105 employees and a TCR of 9.7

Joffrey Ballet has more employees than the Ballet companies median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 9.7. 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
2024 45.1 4.0 45 0 0
2023 27.3 1.1 26 0 0
2022 44.9 1.1 40 0 0
2021 31.3 1.3 25 0 0
2020 17.4 0.0 14 0 0
2019 42.0 11.0 38 0 0
2018 41.3 10.1 34 7 0
2017 16.8 2.2 15 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

711120 · IL · Chicago

10 Ballet companies 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 Pacific Northwest Ballet 27.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Nashville Ballet 16.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Fort Worth Studio 12.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Broadway Sacramento 12.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Franklin Grove Living & Rehabilitation 125 FTE
STATE-SIZE Buds Ambulance Service 125 FTE
STATE-SIZE 5472-NAI-0032-0032-03481 125 FTE
STATE-SIZE Pete's Fresh Market 95th Corporation 125 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 Governor Juan F. Luis Hospital and Medical Center 30.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Rockland Facility 30.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Kemper Moving Systems 30.0 TCR
NAT-TCR EWR - Ground Ops 30.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Trader Joe's 0049 Sherman Oaks 125 FTE
NAT-SIZE Trader Joe's 0059 Santa Barbara 125 FTE
NAT-SIZE Trader Joe's 0147 Seattle 125 FTE
NAT-SIZE RIX Benicia Ca 125 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, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017. 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.