Employer · Illinois

Univ of Chicago*

Chicago, IL · ~27 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.3
Avg TCR
3.0
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Univ of Chicago* runs at 43% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical industry workplace, earning a grade A.

Univ of Chicago*: 1.3 TCR = 43% of industry BLS 3.0 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Univ of Chicago* safety composite

Univ of Chicago* scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 87% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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).

C

72/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.29 per 100 workers

Safer than 87% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 70% 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

−5.2

2018→2021

Univ of Chicago* injury rate improved

Univ of Chicago*'s TCR fell 5.2 from 5.2 in 2018 to 0.0 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2018 at 5.2 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=5.2 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 722310 · Chicago, IL AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 1.3 · 43% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #37/364
  • PHOTO SODEXO AT JOHN DEERE…
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~27 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: SODEXO AT JOHN DEERE DES MOINES WORKS (0.0 TCR gap)

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Univ of Chicago* in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Univ of Chicago* averages 1.3 TCR (43% of the industry BLS benchmark).

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

Univ of Chicago* TCR series: 2018=5.2 · 2019=0 · 2020=0 · 2021=0 · BLS 3.0

Where Univ of Chicago* falls in its industry

6,952 industry establishments

Safer than 87% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #37 safest of 364 industry employers in Illinois.

Univ of Chicago* (27 employees, TCR 1.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 43 employees and a TCR of 3.5 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 0200400600800 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Univ of Chicago*
Univ of Chicago* (27 employees, TCR 1.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 43 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Univ of Chicago* has fewer employees than the industry median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.5. 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
2023 - - 0 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 5.2 2.6 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

722310 · IL · Chicago

6,952 industry 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 SODEXO AT JOHN DEERE DES MOINES WORKS 1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR SODEXO AT HILTON MCLEAN CAFE 1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR SODEXO AT GULFSTREAM RDC CAFE 1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR SODEXO AT ERC DALLAS OUTPATIENT FOOD 1.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Pizzo Native Plant Nursery, LLC 27 FTE
STATE-SIZE C070 27 FTE
STATE-SIZE Stonington, IL-R&D 27 FTE
STATE-SIZE Bloomington 27 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 Foss Maritime Company LLC - CSR 1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Farm labor contractor 1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Sprague Energy 1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR National Response Corporation - Standby 1.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE SOKA U Bistro 27 FTE
NAT-SIZE Intel RA1 Cafe 27 FTE
NAT-SIZE Croswell-lexington Co* 27 FTE
NAT-SIZE Lake Ridge* 27 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: 2023, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

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