Blue gas, carbureted, production and distribution · Illinois
South Shop
Chicago, IL · ~294 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 4.9
- Avg TCR
- 1.2
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
South Shop runs at 412% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Blue gas, carbureted, production and distribution workplace, earning a grade F.
South Shop: 4.9 TCR = 412% of Blue gas, carbureted, production and distribution BLS 1.2 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)
South Shop safety composite
South Shop scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 14%), 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).
25/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 4.94 per 100 workers
Safer than 20% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 5.02 per 100 workers
Safer than 14% 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
−2.1
2017→2024
South Shop injury rate improved
South Shop's TCR fell 2.1 from 8.0 in 2017 to 5.9 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2017 at 8.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.02× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2017=8.0 · 2018=5.6 · 2019=5.2 · 2020=3.2 · 2021=5.6 · 2022=1.6 · 2023=4.5 · 2024=5.9
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 221210 · Chicago, IL ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade F · TCR 4.9 · 412% of ind
- DART 5.0 DART
- RANK #61/72
- PHOTO Cascade Natural Gas …
- BOOK 8y book
- INJ 121 inj
- SIZE ~294 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Cascade Natural Gas Mount Vernon-District Office-Operations-Field (0.0 TCR gap)
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South Shop in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Tuscaloosa Ope
Tuscaloosa Operations Center
5 TCR
- This site
South Shop
4.9 TCR
- Cascade Natura
Cascade Natural Gas Mount Vernon-District Office-Operations-Field
4.9 TCR
- CenterPoint En
CenterPoint Energy - Lafayette
4.9 TCR
- ALISO VIEJO BA
ALISO VIEJO BASE - 15
4.9 TCR
What this shows South Shop averages 4.9 TCR (412% of the Blue gas, carbureted, production and distribution BLS benchmark).
South Shop TCR series: 2017=8 · 2018=5.6 · 2019=5.2 · 2020=3.2 · 2021=5.6 · 2022=1.6 · 2023=4.5 · 2024=5.9 · BLS 1.2
Where South Shop falls in its industry
1,153 Blue gas, carbureted, producti establishmentsSafer than 20% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.6.
Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #61 safest of 72 Blue gas, carbureted, producti employers in Illinois.
South Shop has more employees than the Blue gas, carbureted, production and dis median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.6. 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 | 5.9 | 5.0 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 4.5 | 3.7 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 1.6 | 1.2 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 5.6 | 5.6 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 5.2 | 4.3 | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 5.6 | 4.7 | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 8.0 | 6.1 | 29 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
221210 · IL · Chicago
1,153 Blue gas, carbureted, production and distribution 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 | Cascade Natural Gas Mount Vernon-District Office-Operations-Field | 4.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Tuscaloosa Operations Center | 5.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | CenterPoint Energy - Lafayette | 4.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | ALISO VIEJO BASE - 15 | 4.9 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Ferrara Candy | 294 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Hollister-Whitney | 294 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | WM 5157 | 294 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | ILOHA - OHARE | 294 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 | 310GAH | 4.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Assured Aggregates Company, Inc. | 4.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | PCC Network Solutions | 4.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Main Yard | 4.9 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Honea Path | 294 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Banks Chevrolet-Cadillac-Buick-GMC (00310) | 294 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | ShopRite of Parsippany | 294 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Select Specialty Hospital - Nashville, LLC | 294 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.