Other Airport Operations · Illinois

Ord United Ground Express-Ord

Chicago, IL · ~799 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
8.9
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Ord United Ground Express-Ord runs at 198% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Other Airport Operations workplace, earning a grade D.

Ord United Ground Express-Ord: 8.9 TCR = 198% of Other Airport Operations BLS 4.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Ord United Ground Express-Ord safety composite

Ord United Ground Express-Ord scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 18%), 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 8.9 per 100 workers

Safer than 18% of industry peers

DART rate
F 6.5 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%).

TCR Δ

−3.4

2023→2024

Ord United Ground Express-Ord injury rate improved

Ord United Ground Express-Ord's TCR fell 3.4 from 10.6 in 2023 to 7.2 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 10.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.73× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2023=10.6 · 2024=7.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 488119 · Chicago, IL ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 8.9 · 198% of ind

  • DART 6.5 DART
  • RANK #53/61
  • PHOTO 4765-CIDPW9667
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 95 inj
  • SIZE ~799 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 4765-CIDPW9667 (0.0 TCR gap)

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Ord United Ground Express-Ord in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Ord United Ground Express-Ord averages 8.9 TCR (198% of the Other Airport Operations BLS benchmark).

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

Ord United Ground Express-Ord TCR series: 2023=10.6 · 2024=7.2 · BLS 4.5

Where Ord United Ground Express-Ord falls in its industry

1,555 Other Airport Operations establishments

Safer than 18% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #53 safest of 61 Other Airport Operations employers in Illinois.

Ord United Ground Express-Ord (799 employees, TCR 8.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 65 employees and a TCR of 4.5 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 02004006008001,000 0102030 Average employees Total Case Rate Ord United Ground Express-Ord
Ord United Ground Express-Ord (799 employees, TCR 8.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 65 employees and a TCR of 4.5

Ord United Ground Express-Ord has more employees than the Other Airport Operations median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.5. 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 7.2 6.5 41 0 0
2023 10.6 9.5 54 3 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

488119 · IL · Chicago

1,555 Other Airport Operations 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 4765-CIDPW9667 8.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR 4765-PITCW9820 8.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR 9123-PDX-PRIMEFLIGHT AVIATION SERVICES, INC. 8.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR 9123-TPA-PRIMEFLIGHT AVIATION SERVICES, INC. 8.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE ILFRA - FRANKLIN PARK HUB 799 FTE
STATE-SIZE Fresh Express - Streamwood 798 FTE
STATE-SIZE Flex Buffalo Grove - 700 Building 798 FTE
STATE-SIZE US041: Allied - Harvey 800 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 Mapit - Pittsfield 8.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Gaalb - Albany Center 8.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Incas - Castleton 8.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Pulaski 8.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Salute Mission Critical, LLC 799 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sturm Foods Inc. 799 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sales and Service : Cleveland CORP 799 FTE
NAT-SIZE Virtua Willingboro Hospital 799 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. 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.