Security guard services · Illinois

United Security Services Inc. - IL Office

Chicago, IL · ~111 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.2
Avg TCR
2.6
Industry avg
1
Fatality
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The verdict

United Security Services Inc. - IL Office runs at 160% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Security guard services workplace, earning a grade D.

United Security Services Inc. - IL Office: 4.2 TCR = 160% of Security guard services BLS 2.6 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

United Security Services Inc. - IL Office safety composite

United Security Services Inc. - IL Office scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 31% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 3%), 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).

F

15/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 4.17 per 100 workers

Safer than 31% of industry peers

DART rate
F 6.68 per 100 workers

Safer than 5% of industry peers

Fatalities
F 1

Safer than 3% 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%).

Rising injury rate

United Security Services Inc. - IL Office: 3.5 → 10.0 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 10.0 TCR · DART/TCR 1.6× in 2024

United Security Services Inc. - IL Office's TCR rose 6.6 from 3.5 in 2019 to 10.0 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1.6× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 561612 · Chicago, IL ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 4.2 · 160% of ind

  • DART 6.7 DART
  • RANK #3/5
  • PHOTO AX9 Security Inc
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 18 inj
  • SIZE ~111 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: AX9 Security Inc (0.0 TCR gap)

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United Security Services Inc. - IL Office in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows United Security Services Inc. - IL Office averages 4.2 TCR (160% of the Security guard services BLS benchmark).

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

United Security Services Inc. - IL Office TCR series: 2019=3.5 · 2020=1.3 · 2021=0 · 2022=5.2 · 2023=5.1 · 2024=10 · BLS 2.6

Where United Security Services Inc. - IL Office falls in its industry

158 Security guard services establishments

Safer than 31% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 5 Security guard services employers in Illinois.

United Security Services Inc. - IL Office (111 employees, TCR 4.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 176 employees and a TCR of 2.3 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 01,0002,0003,0004,0005,000 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate United Security Services Inc. - IL Office
United Security Services Inc. - IL Office (111 employees, TCR 4.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 176 employees and a TCR of 2.3

United Security Services Inc. - IL Office has fewer employees than the Security guard services median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.3. 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
2024 10.0 6.7 3 0 0
2023 5.1 2.5 2 0 0
2022 5.2 2.6 2 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 1.3 0.6 2 0 0
2019 3.5 1.5 9 0 1

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

561612 · IL · Chicago

158 Security guard services 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 AX9 Security Inc 4.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR National Security Consultants, Inc. 4.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Laredo Sector 4.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Lyons Security Service, Inc. SOCAL 4.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Powerton Station 111 FTE
STATE-SIZE NG Bellwood Reporting Center 111 FTE
STATE-SIZE Contegra Holdings, Inc. and Subsidiaries 111 FTE
STATE-SIZE Stenstrom Excavation and Blacktop Group 111 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 St. Paul Eastside YMCA 4.2 TCR
NAT-TCR El Paso TX FXFE-ELP 4.2 TCR
NAT-TCR lumenomics SEA Facility 4.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Branch #8 Springfield 4.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Household Utilities Inc. 111 FTE
NAT-SIZE Corporate Division 111 FTE
NAT-SIZE Health Dimensions Group 111 FTE
NAT-SIZE Evers Construction Company, Inc 111 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, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 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.