General warehousing and storage · Illinois

PetSmart DC-36

Ottawa, IL · ~395 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
3.4
Avg TCR
5.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

PetSmart DC-36 runs at 58% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical General warehousing and storage workplace, earning a grade B.

PetSmart DC-36: 3.4 TCR = 58% of General warehousing and storage BLS 5.8 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

PetSmart DC-36 safety composite

PetSmart DC-36 scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 41%), 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

47/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 3.38 per 100 workers

Safer than 51% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.92 per 100 workers

Safer than 41% 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

−0.9

2016→2019

PetSmart DC-36 injury rate improved

PetSmart DC-36's TCR fell 0.9 from 4.7 in 2016 to 3.8 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2016 at 4.7 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0.86× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=4.7 · 2017=3.0 · 2018=2.1 · 2019=3.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 493110 · Ottawa, IL AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 3.4 · 58% of ind

  • DART 2.9 DART
  • RANK #286/551
  • PHOTO MLW - IND
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 50 inj
  • SIZE ~395 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: MLW - IND (0.0 TCR gap)

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PetSmart DC-36 in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows PetSmart DC-36 averages 3.4 TCR (58% of the General warehousing and storage BLS benchmark).

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

PetSmart DC-36 TCR series: 2016=4.7 · 2017=3 · 2018=2.1 · 2019=3.8 · BLS 5.8

Where PetSmart DC-36 falls in its industry

9,477 General warehousing and storag establishments

Safer than 51% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #286 safest of 551 General warehousing and storag employers in Illinois.

PetSmart DC-36 (395 employees, TCR 3.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 92 employees and a TCR of 3.5 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 01,0002,0003,0004,0005,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate PetSmart DC-36
PetSmart DC-36 (395 employees, TCR 3.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 92 employees and a TCR of 3.5

PetSmart DC-36 has more employees than the General warehousing and storage median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.5. 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
2019 3.8 2.9 13 0 0
2018 2.1 1.8 8 0 0
2017 3.0 2.1 11 0 0
2016 4.7 3.9 18 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

493110 · IL · Ottawa

9,477 General 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 MLW - IND 3.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Parkesburg Warehouse 2 3.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR MLW - Pooler - B 3.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Holman Logistics - GE Commerce 3.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Bway Corporation 395 FTE
STATE-SIZE Aisin Light Metals, LLC 395 FTE
STATE-SIZE 5485 395 FTE
STATE-SIZE Ardagh Glass Inc Dolton 396 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 Mesa Repair Center 3.4 TCR
NAT-TCR 175 - Racine 3.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Advanced Disposal - Jacksonville Commercial Hauling 3.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Moser's Foods #4 3.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Supply Chain : Clearwater, FL 395 FTE
NAT-SIZE U.S. Tsubaki Automotive, LLC - Chicopee, MA 395 FTE
NAT-SIZE i3 Electronics - Endicott 395 FTE
NAT-SIZE Bakery Express Mid Atlantic 395 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.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

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