Exterminating and Pest Control Services · Illinois

REN253 Chicago North

Chicago, IL · ~25 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.9
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

REN253 Chicago North runs at 64% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Exterminating and Pest Control Services workplace, earning a grade B.

REN253 Chicago North: 2.9 TCR = 64% of Exterminating and Pest Control Services BLS 4.5 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

REN253 Chicago North safety composite

REN253 Chicago North scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 75% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 16%), 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

48/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 2.89 per 100 workers

Safer than 75% of industry peers

DART rate
F 7.69 per 100 workers

Safer than 16% 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%).

Rising injury rate

REN253 Chicago North: 0.0 → 7.7 TCR

Peak year 2019 @ 7.7 TCR · DART/TCR 2.66× in 2019

REN253 Chicago North's TCR rose 7.7 from 0.0 in 2016 to 7.7 in 2019. In 2019, DART was 2.66× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 561710 · Chicago, IL AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.9 · 64% of ind

  • DART 7.7 DART
  • RANK #9/39
  • PHOTO TMX2191 - PITTSBUR…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~25 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: TMX2191 - PITTSBURGH COMM`L (0.0 TCR gap)

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REN253 Chicago North in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows REN253 Chicago North averages 2.9 TCR (64% of the Exterminating and Pest Control Services BLS benchmark).

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

REN253 Chicago North TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=3.9 · 2018=0 · 2019=7.7 · BLS 4.5

Where REN253 Chicago North falls in its industry

1,655 Exterminating and Pest Control establishments

Safer than 75% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #9 safest of 39 Exterminating and Pest Control employers in Illinois.

REN253 Chicago North (25 employees, TCR 2.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 30 employees and a TCR of 4.7 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 020406080100120 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate REN253 Chicago North
REN253 Chicago North (25 employees, TCR 2.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 30 employees and a TCR of 4.7

REN253 Chicago North has fewer employees than the Exterminating and Pest Control Services median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.7. 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 7.7 7.7 2 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 3.9 3.9 1 0 0
2016 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

561710 · IL · Chicago

1,655 Exterminating and Pest Control 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 TMX2191 - PITTSBURGH COMM`L 2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR JP McHale Hudson Valley 2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR 2288-0812 2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR 2288-0605 2.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Emerald Mound Lebanon Fire Department 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE Steve Piper and Sons, Inc 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE AMEREN ILLINOIS - IL Meter Services North 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE Headquarters 25 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 Wade Manufacturing Company: Wadesboro Plant 2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Avera Physicians Plaza 2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Stylex Seating 2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR 6400-Swy 0027 1802 2.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE REN158 Oxnard 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE REN455 Aerial District 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE REN042 Syracuse 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE REN037 Frederick 25 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.