Colleges, universities, and professional schools · Illinois

The University of Chicago

Name: The University of Chicago Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Chicago, IL · ~11,617 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

B
Good Safety Record: 0.8
Avg TCR: 1.4
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

The University of Chicago runs at 58% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Colleges, universities, and professional schools workplace, earning a grade B.

The University of Chicago: 0.8 TCR = 58% of Colleges, universities, and professional schools BLS 1.4 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

The University of Chicago safety composite

The University of Chicago scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 78% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 52%), 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).

66/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): B 0.81 per 100 workers

Safer than 78% of industry peers
DART rate: C 0.25 per 100 workers

Safer than 63% of industry peers
Fatalities: D 0

Safer than 52% 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%).

The University of Chicago held a steady TCR band

The University of Chicago's TCR held near 0.3 from 1.0 in 2016 to 0.6 in 2017. Peak filing year was 2016 at 1.0 TCR. In 2017, DART was 0.31× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=1.0 · 2017=0.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 611310 · Chicago, IL AT/BELOW-IND · LARGE

Grade B · TCR 0.8 · 58% of ind

DART 0.3 DART
RANK #2/17
PHOTO South Central College
BOOK 2y book
INJ 110 inj
SIZE ~11,617 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: South Central College (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows The University of Chicago averages 0.8 TCR (58% of the Colleges, universities, and professional schools BLS benchmark).

The University of Chicago TCR series: 2016=1 · 2017=0.6 · BLS 1.4

Where The University of Chicago falls in its industry

347 Colleges, universities, and pr establishments

Safer than 78% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.5.

Grade B

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #2 safest of 17 Colleges, universities, and pr employers in Illinois.

The University of Chicago (11,617 employees, TCR 0.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 617 employees and a TCR of 1.5

The University of Chicago has more employees than the Colleges, universities, and professional median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.5. 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
2017	0.6	0.3	45	27	0
2016	1.0	0.4	65	48	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

611310 · IL · Chicago

347 Colleges, universities, and professional schools 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	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	South Central College	NORTH MANKATO, MN	0.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Moody Bible Institute	CHICAGO, IL	0.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Mount Vernon Nazarene University	MOUNT VERNON, OH	0.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	College of Southern Nevada	LAS VEGAS, NV	0.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Rush University Medical Center	CHICAGO	12,172 FTE
STATE-SIZE	University Health Service UIC UIC Campus	CHICAGO	12,732 FTE
STATE-SIZE	UChicago Medicine	CHICAGO	10,189 FTE
STATE-SIZE	ORD ORD	CHICAGO	10,177 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Chicago Public Schools	Chicago	49,500 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Chicago/Corporate	Chicago	18,831 FTE
CITY-NEAR	University of Illinois at Chicago	Chicago	13,092 FTE
CITY-NEAR	ORD - Airport United Airlines Offices	Chicago	8,609 FTE
NAT-TCR	Cranial Technologies Corporate & Manufacturing	Tempe, AZ	0.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	HBSHSEFL70	Orlando, FL	0.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Physician Business Services	Pueblo, CO	0.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Koppers Clairton	Clairton, PA	0.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE	SFO - Airport United Airlines Offices	San Francisco, CA	11,622 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Hallmark Cards Mass Channel	Kansas City, MO	11,578 FTE
NAT-SIZE	NYU Langone School of Medicine	New York, NY	11,669 FTE
NAT-SIZE	NC State University	Raleigh, NC	11,491 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: 2017, 2016. 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.