Airport baggage handling services · Illinois

Prospect Airport Services MDW

Chicago, IL · ~198 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
3.5
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Prospect Airport Services MDW runs at 78% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Airport baggage handling services workplace, earning a grade B.

Prospect Airport Services MDW: 3.5 TCR = 78% of Airport baggage handling services BLS 4.5 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Prospect Airport Services MDW safety composite

Prospect Airport Services MDW scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 62% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 47%), 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 3.49 per 100 workers

Safer than 62% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.95 per 100 workers

Safer than 47% 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

−1.2

2016→2024

Prospect Airport Services MDW injury rate improved

Prospect Airport Services MDW's TCR fell 1.2 from 4.7 in 2016 to 3.4 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 7.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.85× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=4.7 · 2017=2.9 · 2018=0.6 · 2019=2.5 · 2020=2.7 · 2021=3.6 · 2022=7.9 · 2023=3.0 · 2024=3.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 488119 · Chicago, IL AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 3.5 · 78% of ind

  • DART 3.0 DART
  • RANK #23/61
  • PHOTO Atlantic Aviation - …
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 43 inj
  • SIZE ~198 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Atlantic Aviation - PBI (0.0 TCR gap)

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Prospect Airport Services MDW in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Prospect Airport Services MDW averages 3.5 TCR (78% of the Airport baggage handling services BLS benchmark).

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

Prospect Airport Services MDW TCR series: 2016=4.7 · 2017=2.9 · 2018=0.6 · 2019=2.5 · 2020=2.7 · 2021=3.6 · 2022=7.9 · 2023=3 · 2024=3.4 · BLS 4.5

Where Prospect Airport Services MDW falls in its industry

1,555 Airport baggage handling servi establishments

Safer than 62% 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 #23 safest of 61 Airport baggage handling servi employers in Illinois.

Prospect Airport Services MDW (198 employees, TCR 3.5) 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 0200400600800 0102030 Average employees Total Case Rate Prospect Airport Services MDW
Prospect Airport Services MDW (198 employees, TCR 3.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 65 employees and a TCR of 4.5

Prospect Airport Services MDW has more employees than the Airport baggage handling services median and a lower 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 3.4 3.0 7 0 0
2023 3.0 3.0 6 0 0
2022 7.9 6.6 11 1 0
2021 3.6 1.8 4 0 0
2020 2.7 2.7 2 0 0
2019 2.5 2.5 4 0 0
2018 0.6 0.6 1 0 0
2017 2.9 2.1 3 1 0
2016 4.7 2.8 5 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

488119 · IL · Chicago

1,555 Airport baggage handling services 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 Atlantic Aviation - PBI 3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR 00001085 BUF - 085 BUFFALO NIAGARA INTL AIRPORT 3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR 78040003--ICS-AIRPORT AATC CONSOLIDATED 3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Eulen Aviation DCA Station 3.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE OSI Group 198 FTE
STATE-SIZE J.L.Clark 198 FTE
STATE-SIZE Gerresheimer Glass Inc 198 FTE
STATE-SIZE Bloomingdale (333) 198 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 DePaul Administration 3.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Dirt Cheap #533 3.5 TCR
NAT-TCR The Lighthouse 3.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Northern General Contractors Inc 3.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Precision Associates, Inc. 198 FTE
NAT-SIZE E W Howell Co LLC 198 FTE
NAT-SIZE MAREK Dallas 198 FTE
NAT-SIZE Stolle Machinery - Canton 198 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, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.