Elevator/Escalator-Installation, Modernization, Maintenance, Service, and Repair · Illinois

Otis Elevator Company-Chicago South

Chicago, IL · ~98 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.2
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Otis Elevator Company-Chicago South runs at 44% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Elevator/Escalator-Installation, Modernization, Maintenance, Service, and Repair workplace, earning a grade A.

Otis Elevator Company-Chicago South: 1.2 TCR = 44% of Elevator/Escalator-Installation, Modernization, Maintenance, Service, and Repair BLS 2.8 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Otis Elevator Company-Chicago South safety composite

Otis Elevator Company-Chicago South scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 70% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 39%), 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

54/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 1.23 per 100 workers

Safer than 70% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.18 per 100 workers

Safer than 39% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 51% 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%).

Otis Elevator Company-Chicago South held a steady TCR band

Otis Elevator Company-Chicago South's TCR held near 0.2 from 2.5 in 2016 to 2.4 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2016 at 2.5 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0.96× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=2.5 · 2017=0.0 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=2.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238290 · Chicago, IL AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 1.2 · 44% of ind

  • DART 1.2 DART
  • RANK #13/51
  • PHOTO NAV Industrial, Inc.
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~98 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: NAV Industrial, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Otis Elevator Company-Chicago South in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Otis Elevator Company-Chicago South averages 1.2 TCR (44% of the Elevator/Escalator-Installation, Modernization, Maintenance, Service, and Repair BLS benchmark).

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

Otis Elevator Company-Chicago South TCR series: 2016=2.5 · 2017=0 · 2018=0 · 2019=2.4 · BLS 2.8

Where Otis Elevator Company-Chicago South falls in its industry

1,138 Elevator/Escalator-Installatio establishments

Safer than 70% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #13 safest of 51 Elevator/Escalator-Installatio employers in Illinois.

Otis Elevator Company-Chicago South (98 employees, TCR 1.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 52 employees and a TCR of 2.0 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 05001,0001,500 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Otis Elevator Company-Chicago South
Otis Elevator Company-Chicago South (98 employees, TCR 1.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 52 employees and a TCR of 2.0

Otis Elevator Company-Chicago South has more employees than the Elevator/Escalator-Installation, Moderni median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.0. 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
2019 2.4 1.2 2 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 2.5 2.5 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238290 · IL · Chicago

1,138 Elevator/Escalator-Installation, Modernization, Maintenance, Service, and Repair 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 NAV Industrial, Inc. 1.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Overhead Door Company of Washington, DC 1.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR TK Elevator Urbandale 1.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Otis Elevator Company-San Francisco 1.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE EC&R Services, LLC-Wind Chicago 98 FTE
STATE-SIZE AMEREN ILLINOIS - Marion 98 FTE
STATE-SIZE North Shore Water Reclamation District 98 FTE
STATE-SIZE Main Office 98 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 NGMS-A283 1.2 TCR
NAT-TCR WI112 Green Bay Ecosource Recycling 1.2 TCR
NAT-TCR CRTSCAHN 1.2 TCR
NAT-TCR SPOE-MO 1.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Miramar - 11600 Miramar Parkway 98 FTE
NAT-SIZE Fleet Operations Training 98 FTE
NAT-SIZE GLC Fountainview Terrace 98 FTE
NAT-SIZE AR207 Hope Particleboard 98 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: 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. 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.