Book stores, used · Illinois

Thrift Books Global, LLC (Chicago, IL)

Aurora, IL · ~173 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
10.3
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Thrift Books Global, LLC (Chicago, IL) runs at 302% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Book stores, used workplace, earning a grade F.

Thrift Books Global, LLC (Chicago, IL): 10.3 TCR = 302% of Book stores, used BLS 3.4 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Thrift Books Global, LLC (Chicago, IL) safety composite

Thrift Books Global, LLC (Chicago, IL) scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 56% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 18%), 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

39/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 10.28 per 100 workers

Safer than 18% of industry peers

DART rate
C 1.9 per 100 workers

Safer than 56% 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

−11.8

2017→2020

Thrift Books Global, LLC (Chicago, IL) injury rate improved

Thrift Books Global, LLC (Chicago, IL)'s TCR fell 11.8 from 15.6 in 2017 to 3.8 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2017 at 15.6 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0.18× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=15.6 · 2018=11.4 · 2020=3.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 453310 · Aurora, IL ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 10.3 · 302% of ind

  • DART 1.9 DART
  • RANK #57/62
  • PHOTO Sahara Store
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 30 inj
  • SIZE ~173 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Sahara Store (0.0 TCR gap)

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Thrift Books Global, LLC (Chicago, IL) in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Thrift Books Global, LLC (Chicago, IL) averages 10.3 TCR (302% of the Book stores, used BLS benchmark).

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

Thrift Books Global, LLC (Chicago, IL) TCR series: 2017=15.6 · 2018=11.4 · 2020=3.8 · BLS 3.4

Where Thrift Books Global, LLC (Chicago, IL) falls in its industry

1,556 Book stores, used establishments

Safer than 18% 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 #57 safest of 62 Book stores, used employers in Illinois.

Thrift Books Global, LLC (Chicago, IL) (173 employees, TCR 10.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 36 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 05001,0001,5002,000 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Thrift Books Global, LLC (Chicago, IL)
Thrift Books Global, LLC (Chicago, IL) (173 employees, TCR 10.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 36 employees and a TCR of 5.3

Thrift Books Global, LLC (Chicago, IL) has more employees than the Book stores, used 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
2020 3.8 1.9 4 2 0
2018 11.4 10.7 16 0 0
2017 15.6 12.5 10 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

453310 · IL · Aurora

1,556 Book stores, used employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 325 employers in Aurora, 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 Sahara Store 10.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR 1520 Fife DC 10.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR McKellips Store 10.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Fairhope Store 10.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE NTI National Technologies 173 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hill & Valley, Inc. 173 FTE
STATE-SIZE Lake County Press 173 FTE
STATE-SIZE Knight Plastics 173 FTE
CITY-NEAR Indian Prairie School District 204 3,309 FTE
CITY-NEAR Factor Aurora 2,167 FTE
CITY-NEAR Rush Copley Medical Center, Inc. 2,163 FTE
CITY-NEAR ANDY FRAIN SERVICES INC 2,100 FTE
NAT-TCR 100755 - OKC-Oklahoma City DIS 10.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Dominion Senior Living of Frankfort 10.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Patrick Millwork, Inc. 10.3 TCR
NAT-TCR 1520 Fife DC 10.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Architectural System Inc- Monett 173 FTE
NAT-SIZE MRC McKercher 173 FTE
NAT-SIZE Tecomet Kenosha 173 FTE
NAT-SIZE Danbury MFG (EF,IND) 173 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: 2020, 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.