Beverages, beer, ale, and malt liquors, manufacturing · Illinois

The Lagunitas Brewing Company - Chicago

Chicago, IL · ~103 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.2
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

The Lagunitas Brewing Company - Chicago runs at 158% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Beverages, beer, ale, and malt liquors, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

The Lagunitas Brewing Company - Chicago: 5.2 TCR = 158% of Beverages, beer, ale, and malt liquors, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

The Lagunitas Brewing Company - Chicago safety composite

The Lagunitas Brewing Company - Chicago scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 30%), 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

38/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 5.22 per 100 workers

Safer than 30% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.28 per 100 workers

Safer than 38% 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

−3.6

2019→2024

The Lagunitas Brewing Company - Chicago injury rate improved

The Lagunitas Brewing Company - Chicago's TCR fell 3.6 from 7.0 in 2019 to 3.4 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 7.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.44× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=7.0 · 2024=3.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 312120 · Chicago, IL ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 5.2 · 158% of ind

  • DART 2.3 DART
  • RANK #10/11
  • PHOTO Buellton CA
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 15 inj
  • SIZE ~103 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Buellton CA (0.0 TCR gap)

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The Lagunitas Brewing Company - Chicago in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows The Lagunitas Brewing Company - Chicago averages 5.2 TCR (158% of the Beverages, beer, ale, and malt liquors, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

The Lagunitas Brewing Company - Chicago TCR series: 2019=7 · 2024=3.4 · BLS 3.3

Where The Lagunitas Brewing Company - Chicago falls in its industry

313 Beverages, beer, ale, and malt establishments

Safer than 30% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #10 safest of 11 Beverages, beer, ale, and malt employers in Illinois.

The Lagunitas Brewing Company - Chicago (103 employees, TCR 5.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 81 employees and a TCR of 3.7 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 02004006008001,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate The Lagunitas Brewing Company - Chicago
The Lagunitas Brewing Company - Chicago (103 employees, TCR 5.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 81 employees and a TCR of 3.7

The Lagunitas Brewing Company - Chicago has more employees than the Beverages, beer, ale, and malt liquors, median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.7. 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
2024 3.4 2.3 3 0 0
2019 7.0 5.8 12 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

312120 · IL · Chicago

313 Beverages, beer, ale, and malt liquors, manufacturing 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 Buellton CA 5.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR New Holland Brewing 5.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Krebs Brewing Co.,Inc 5.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR New Holland Brewing Company - Production 5.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Maywood Tech Center 103 FTE
STATE-SIZE Bellwood Reporting Center 103 FTE
STATE-SIZE Allied Power Services - Exelon, Braidwood Station 103 FTE
STATE-SIZE Western Utility LLC 103 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 215 Bridgeton 5.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Yingling Aviation LLC 5.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Wenger Feeds - Spring Glen Mill 5.2 TCR
NAT-TCR FlavorSum, LLC 5.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Complete Care at Woodlands 103 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hobson Fabricating corp. 103 FTE
NAT-SIZE Chateau Napoleon Caring LLC 103 FTE
NAT-SIZE Dubuque DUB 103 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, 2019. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.