Used merchandise stores · Illinois

N. Union Chicago Thrift Store

Chicago, IL · ~31 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
7.9
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

N. Union Chicago Thrift Store runs at 231% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Used merchandise stores workplace, earning a grade F.

N. Union Chicago Thrift Store: 7.9 TCR = 231% of Used merchandise stores BLS 3.4 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

N. Union Chicago Thrift Store safety composite

N. Union Chicago Thrift Store scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 80% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 31%), 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).

D

53/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.86 per 100 workers

Safer than 31% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 80% 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%).

TCR Δ

−18.5

2016→2020

N. Union Chicago Thrift Store injury rate improved

N. Union Chicago Thrift Store's TCR fell 18.5 from 18.5 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2016 at 18.5 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=18.5 · 2017=3.5 · 2018=9.4 · 2020=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 453310 · Chicago, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 7.9 · 231% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #47/62
  • PHOTO ARC St Louis Store #…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 9 inj
  • SIZE ~31 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: ARC St Louis Store # 06 (0.0 TCR gap)

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N. Union Chicago Thrift Store in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows N. Union Chicago Thrift Store averages 7.9 TCR (231% of the Used merchandise stores BLS benchmark).

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

N. Union Chicago Thrift Store TCR series: 2016=18.5 · 2017=3.5 · 2018=9.4 · 2020=0 · BLS 3.4

Where N. Union Chicago Thrift Store falls in its industry

1,556 Used merchandise stores establishments

Safer than 31% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #47 safest of 62 Used merchandise stores employers in Illinois.

N. Union Chicago Thrift Store (31 employees, TCR 7.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 36 employees and a TCR of 5.3 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 05001,0001,5002,000 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate N. Union Chicago Thrift Store
N. Union Chicago Thrift Store (31 employees, TCR 7.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 36 employees and a TCR of 5.3

N. Union Chicago Thrift Store has fewer employees than the Used merchandise stores median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.3. 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
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 9.4 9.4 2 0 0
2017 3.5 3.5 1 0 0
2016 18.5 15.4 6 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

453310 · IL · Chicago

1,556 Used merchandise stores 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 ARC St Louis Store # 06 7.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR 1st and Olive 7.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Goodwill CFL - Rockledge 7.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Outlet 7.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Bear Creek Genetics, LLC. 31 FTE
STATE-SIZE Highland 31 FTE
STATE-SIZE The Maschhoffs, LLC - Pittsfield Office 31 FTE
STATE-SIZE AMEREN ILLINOIS - Beardstown 31 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 Detwiler's University Store 7.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Windsor Gardens Conv Ctr of Hawthorne 7.9 TCR
NAT-TCR J.P. Sicard, Inc. 7.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Southeast Food 7.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Val 37 31 FTE
NAT-SIZE LaGrange College 31 FTE
NAT-SIZE Emerson Clinic 31 FTE
NAT-SIZE Wardell Builders Inc 31 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: 2020, 2018, 2017, 2016. 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.