Industrial garments, men's and boys', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors) · Illinois

NSA Chicago

Chicago, IL · ~245 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.6
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

NSA Chicago runs at 78% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Industrial garments, men's and boys', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors) workplace, earning a grade B.

NSA Chicago: 2.6 TCR = 78% of Industrial garments, men's and boys', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors) BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

NSA Chicago safety composite

NSA Chicago scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 21%), 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

40/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 2.57 per 100 workers

Safer than 50% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.14 per 100 workers

Safer than 21% 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

NSA Chicago: 2.5 → 3.1 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 3.1 TCR · DART/TCR 1.22× in 2024

NSA Chicago's TCR rose 0.7 from 2.5 in 2022 to 3.1 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1.22× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 315220 · Chicago, IL AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 2.6 · 78% of ind

  • DART 3.1 DART
  • RANK P50
  • PHOTO Meca Sportswear Inc
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 16 inj
  • SIZE ~245 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Meca Sportswear Inc (0.1 TCR gap)

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NSA Chicago in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows NSA Chicago averages 2.6 TCR (78% of the Industrial garments, men's and boys', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors) BLS benchmark).

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

NSA Chicago TCR series: 2022=2.5 · 2023=2.1 · 2024=3.1 · BLS 3.3

Where NSA Chicago falls in its industry

46 Industrial garments, men's and establishments

Safer than 50% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
NSA Chicago (245 employees, TCR 2.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 115 employees and a TCR of 2.7 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 0200400600800 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate NSA Chicago
NSA Chicago (245 employees, TCR 2.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 115 employees and a TCR of 2.7

NSA Chicago has more employees than the Industrial garments, men's and boys', cu median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.7. 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 3.1 3.1 7 0 0
2023 2.1 2.1 5 0 0
2022 2.5 2.5 4 2 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

315220 · IL · Chicago

46 Industrial garments, men's and boys', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors) 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 Meca Sportswear Inc 2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR College Concepts Distribution Center 2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Adrian Jules Ltd 2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR AFTCO MANUFACTURING CO INC 2.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Main Office Building 245 FTE
STATE-SIZE K-Five Construction Corporation 245 FTE
STATE-SIZE Fort Dearborn Headquarters 245 FTE
STATE-SIZE ArcelorMittal Corporate - East Chicago (EIN 710871875) 245 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 Mercy Hospital Watonga 2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR 10669 Fort Myers 2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR MO - GM Batteries 2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR MI Windows And Doors LLC 2.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Alabama Goodwill Industries, Inc. 245 FTE
NAT-SIZE Barefoot 245 FTE
NAT-SIZE MSG Training Center 245 FTE
NAT-SIZE W New York Times Square 245 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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