Laundry services, linen supply · Illinois

Southeast Linen

Chicago, IL · ~187 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
5.9
Avg TCR
2.1
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Southeast Linen runs at 281% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Laundry services, linen supply workplace, earning a grade F.

Southeast Linen: 5.9 TCR = 281% of Laundry services, linen supply BLS 2.1 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Southeast Linen safety composite

Southeast Linen scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 65% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 42%), 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

52/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 5.9 per 100 workers

Safer than 42% of industry peers

DART rate
C 1.94 per 100 workers

Safer than 65% 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

−1.5

2017→2018

Southeast Linen injury rate improved

Southeast Linen's TCR fell 1.5 from 6.6 in 2017 to 5.2 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2017 at 6.6 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0.33× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=6.6 · 2018=5.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 812331 · Chicago, IL ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 5.9 · 281% of ind

  • DART 1.9 DART
  • RANK #5/10
  • PHOTO Dempsey Uniform and …
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 22 inj
  • SIZE ~187 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Dempsey Uniform and Linen Supply Inc Highspire (0.0 TCR gap)

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Southeast Linen in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Southeast Linen averages 5.9 TCR (281% of the Laundry services, linen supply BLS benchmark).

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

Southeast Linen TCR series: 2017=6.6 · 2018=5.2 · BLS 2.1

Where Southeast Linen falls in its industry

334 Laundry services, linen supply establishments

Safer than 42% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 10 Laundry services, linen supply employers in Illinois.

Southeast Linen (187 employees, TCR 5.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 100 employees and a TCR of 5.3 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 0100200300400 024681012 Average employees Total Case Rate Southeast Linen
Southeast Linen (187 employees, TCR 5.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 100 employees and a TCR of 5.3

Southeast Linen has more employees than the Laundry services, linen supply median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.3. 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
2018 5.2 1.9 8 0 0
2017 6.6 2.8 14 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

812331 · IL · Chicago

334 Laundry services, linen supply 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 Dempsey Uniform and Linen Supply Inc Highspire 5.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR ENTERPRISE LAUNDRY 5.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR 21 Morgan Services Boston 5.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Highland Light Steam Laundry 6.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE 4813-48130011-FREEMAN EXPO CHICAGO 187 FTE
STATE-SIZE Mt Vernon 187 FTE
STATE-SIZE Pregis Ever Tec- Technical Machinery Solutions 187 FTE
STATE-SIZE Clayens CRYSTAL LAKE 187 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 MFH Little Rock Day Treatment 5.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Rodeo Plastics 5.9 TCR
NAT-TCR DLP Services, LLC 5.9 TCR
NAT-TCR 0045 - Salem, or 5.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE AZ.TEMPE.4 - Ricoh Usa, Inc. 187 FTE
NAT-SIZE Mountain Rose Herbs 187 FTE
NAT-SIZE GREENVILLE 187 FTE
NAT-SIZE Life Care Center of Citrus County 187 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: 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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