Shirley Ryan AbilityLab
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CHICAGO, IL | Rehabilitation Hospital
~2,434 avg employees | 5 years of OSHA data
Shirley Ryan AbilityLab has an average TCR of 3.3, which is 87% of the industry average (3.8) for Rehabilitation Hospital. This is better than average.
Safety Insights for Shirley Ryan AbilityLab
Shirley Ryan AbilityLab operates an establishment with approximately 2,434 full-time equivalent workers in CHICAGO, IL, classified under the Rehabilitation Hospital industry (NAICS 622310). Across 5 years of mandatory OSHA Injury Tracking Application (ITA) reporting, this employer has accumulated 294 recordable injuries, 37 occupational illnesses, and 0 workplace fatalities. The average Total Case Rate (TCR) of 3.3 injuries per 100 full-time workers per year provides the anchor metric for the C letter grade (Average Safety Record).
Benchmarked against the Bureau of Labor Statistics industry average of 3.8 for Rehabilitation Hospital, Shirley Ryan AbilityLab's workforce experiences 87% of the typical injury burden. This ratio matters because TCR already normalizes for hours worked — a 200,000-hour exposure base equals roughly 100 full-time workers — so establishments with very different headcounts can be compared directly. A TCR below the benchmark signals that controls, training, or automation may be outperforming peers.
Multi-year trend analysis is the single most reliable signal here: a one-year spike could reflect a single severe event, whereas sustained elevation across 5 reporting cycles points to systemic hazard exposure. Readers evaluating Shirley Ryan AbilityLab as an employer, contractor, investment, or regulatory target should examine the yearly DART rate (days away, restricted, or transferred), the fatality count of 0, and any year-over-year deterioration shown in the table below. All figures come directly from employer-submitted OSHA Form 300A summaries — there is no modeling, estimation, or third-party adjustment layered on top of the government data.
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All injury, illness, and fatality figures on this page are sourced from Shirley Ryan AbilityLab's own mandatory OSHA Form 300A summaries. Cross-check the underlying establishment record directly against the federal source — name, NAICS classification, recordable case totals, and inspection history are all searchable on OSHA's Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data system.
Verify on OSHA Establishment SearchSource: U.S. Department of Labor — OSHA Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data. NAICS 622310 — Rehabilitation Hospital.
DART Rate — Transparent Calculation (2024)
DART (Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred) is computed by OSHA as incidents × 200,000 ÷ hours worked. The 200,000-hour denominator equals roughly 100 full-time workers, which lets establishments of very different sizes be compared directly.
34 DART incidents × 200,000 ÷ 4,082,232 hours worked = 1.67 DART
Methodology: 29 CFR 1904 — OSHA Form 300A recordkeeping
Cross-Validating Context — Establishment vs Industry vs State
| Benchmark | TCR | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Shirley Ryan AbilityLab (this establishment) | 3.29 | OSHA ITA Form 300A, 5-year avg |
| Orthopedic hospitals industry avg | 3.80 | BLS IIF, NAICS 622310 |
| Illinois state avg (all industries) | 10.69 | OSHA ITA, state-level rollup |
Industry benchmarks: Bureau of Labor Statistics — Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities (IIF) program
Reportable Incident Timeline
Year-by-year reportable incidents (recordable injuries + illnesses + fatalities) submitted by Shirley Ryan AbilityLab to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application. Each row anchors to OSHA's inspection records search where you can pull the underlying inspection case numbers and citations for that establishment-year.
- 2024: 111 reportable incidents · 105 injuries, 6 illnesses, 0 fatalities — OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2022: 68 reportable incidents · 59 injuries, 9 illnesses, 0 fatalities — OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2021: 46 reportable incidents · 46 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities — OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2020: 67 reportable incidents · 45 injuries, 22 illnesses, 0 fatalities — OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2019: 39 reportable incidents · 39 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities — OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
Source: OSHA Inspection Information System (IMIS) — inspection case-number records
Year-by-Year Safety Data
| Year | TCR | DART | Injuries | Illnesses | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5.4 | 1.7 | 105 | 6 | 0 |
| 2022 | 3.7 | 2.3 | 59 | 9 | 0 |
| 2021 | 2.5 | 1.4 | 46 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 2.6 | 1.9 | 45 | 22 | 0 |
| 2019 | 2.2 | 1.0 | 39 | 0 | 0 |
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