Refrigerated Warehousing and Storage · Illinois

Ottawa Fwd WH

Ottawa, IL · ~121 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
4.2
Avg TCR
5.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Ottawa Fwd WH runs at 73% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Refrigerated Warehousing and Storage workplace, earning a grade B.

Ottawa Fwd WH: 4.2 TCR = 73% of Refrigerated Warehousing and Storage BLS 5.8 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Ottawa Fwd WH safety composite

Ottawa Fwd WH scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 88% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 46%), 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).

C

62/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 4.21 per 100 workers

Safer than 46% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 88% 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%).

TCR Δ

−1.2

2017→2024

Ottawa Fwd WH injury rate improved

Ottawa Fwd WH's TCR fell 1.2 from 1.2 in 2017 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 13.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=1.2 · 2018=2.3 · 2019=4.3 · 2020=4.4 · 2021=13.0 · 2022=8.5 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 493120 · Ottawa, IL AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 4.2 · 73% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #27/50
  • PHOTO Americold Logistics,…
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 15 inj
  • SIZE ~121 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Americold Logistics, LLC: Zumbrota (0.0 TCR gap)

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Ottawa Fwd WH in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Ottawa Fwd WH averages 4.2 TCR (73% of the Refrigerated Warehousing and Storage BLS benchmark).

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

Ottawa Fwd WH TCR series: 2017=1.2 · 2018=2.3 · 2019=4.3 · 2020=4.4 · 2021=13 · 2022=8.5 · 2023=0 · 2024=0 · BLS 5.8

Where Ottawa Fwd WH falls in its industry

1,039 Refrigerated Warehousing and S establishments

Safer than 46% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #27 safest of 50 Refrigerated Warehousing and S employers in Illinois.

Ottawa Fwd WH (121 employees, TCR 4.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 68 employees and a TCR of 3.9 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 Ottawa Fwd WH
Ottawa Fwd WH (121 employees, TCR 4.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 68 employees and a TCR of 3.9

Ottawa Fwd WH has more employees than the Refrigerated Warehousing and Storage median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.9. 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 8.5 6.6 5 4 0
2021 13.0 12.0 3 10 0
2020 4.4 3.3 1 3 0
2019 4.3 3.2 3 1 0
2018 2.3 2.3 2 0 0
2017 1.2 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

493120 · IL · Ottawa

1,039 Refrigerated Warehousing and Storage employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 67 employers in Ottawa, 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 Americold Logistics, LLC: Zumbrota 4.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Burris Logistics - Lakeland 4.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR BGDC Distribution - Salem 4.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR AmCom Food Service 4.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Waterman, IL 121 FTE
STATE-SIZE 1 Lincoln Center 121 FTE
STATE-SIZE Aurora 121 FTE
STATE-SIZE MS - East Peoria, IL - 1EPIL 121 FTE
CITY-NEAR OSF Saint Elizabeth Medical Center 624 FTE
CITY-NEAR Saint Elizabeth Medical Center 581 FTE
CITY-NEAR LaSalle County 500 FTE
CITY-NEAR 00000036 0036 OTTAWA DC 415 FTE
NAT-TCR Marriott City Center 4.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Rocha Transportation 4.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Murphy's Markets Inc. 4.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Roanoke 007 4.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE SA Recycling, Terminal Island 121 FTE
NAT-SIZE Fire Department 121 FTE
NAT-SIZE Lantos Adoption Center 121 FTE
NAT-SIZE Coyote Point Intake Shelter 121 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, 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.