Trash collection services · Illinois

LU

Chicago, IL · ~54 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.1
Avg TCR
2.6
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

LU runs at 42% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Trash collection services workplace, earning a grade A.

LU: 1.1 TCR = 42% of Trash collection services BLS 2.6 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

LU safety composite

LU scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 95% 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

82/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 1.1 per 100 workers

Safer than 95% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 88% 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

−1.0

2017→2021

LU injury rate improved

LU's TCR fell 1.0 from 1.0 in 2017 to 0.0 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2018 at 2.3 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=1.0 · 2018=2.3 · 2019=2.1 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 562111 · Chicago, IL AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 1.1 · 42% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #5/143
  • PHOTO S04914 - Fayettevill…
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~54 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: S04914 - Fayetteville Hauling (0.0 TCR gap)

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LU in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows LU averages 1.1 TCR (42% of the Trash collection services BLS benchmark).

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

LU TCR series: 2017=1 · 2018=2.3 · 2019=2.1 · 2020=0 · 2021=0 · BLS 2.6

Where LU falls in its industry

2,322 Trash collection services establishments

Safer than 95% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 143 Trash collection services employers in Illinois.

LU (54 employees, TCR 1.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 5.1 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 LU
LU (54 employees, TCR 1.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 5.1

LU has fewer employees than the Trash collection services median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.1. 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 2.1 2.1 2 0 0
2018 2.3 2.3 2 0 0
2017 1.0 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562111 · IL · Chicago

2,322 Trash collection services 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 S04914 - Fayetteville Hauling 1.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Dayton Weld Shop and Customer Service 1.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Casella Resource Solutions 1.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Advanced Disposal - Tallassee Hauling 1.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Illinois Crop Improvement Association, Inc. 54 FTE
STATE-SIZE Illinois Electric Cooperative 54 FTE
STATE-SIZE Greenlink Energy Solutions, Inc. 54 FTE
STATE-SIZE POINTCORE Construction, LLC 54 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 Jackson Container 1.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Werner Enterprises/SPIOH Terminal 1.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Lettuce 1.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Monrovia Corporate Office 1.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE ADESA Cleveland 54 FTE
NAT-SIZE Henry Farmer's Coop 54 FTE
NAT-SIZE Meadow Ridge Farms Inc. 54 FTE
NAT-SIZE Camp Hill Plant 54 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. 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.