University of Illinois at Chicago
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CHICAGO, IL | Academies, college or university
~13,092 avg employees | 6 years of OSHA data
University of Illinois at Chicago has an average TCR of 1.5, which is 105% of the industry average (1.4) for Academies, college or university. This is worse than average.
Safety Insights for University of Illinois at Chicago
University of Illinois at Chicago operates an establishment with approximately 13,092 full-time equivalent workers in CHICAGO, IL, classified under the Academies, college or university industry (NAICS 611310). Across 6 years of mandatory OSHA Injury Tracking Application (ITA) reporting, this employer has accumulated 698 recordable injuries, 125 occupational illnesses, and 2 workplace fatalities. The average Total Case Rate (TCR) of 1.5 injuries per 100 full-time workers per year provides the anchor metric for the C letter grade (Average Safety Record).
Benchmarked against the Bureau of Labor Statistics industry average of 1.4 for Academies, college or university, University of Illinois at Chicago's workforce experiences 105% of the typical injury burden. This ratio matters because TCR already normalizes for hours worked — a 200,000-hour exposure base equals roughly 100 full-time workers — so establishments with very different headcounts can be compared directly. A TCR above the benchmark flags a higher-than-typical risk profile for jobseekers, insurers, and enforcement agencies to examine.
Multi-year trend analysis is the single most reliable signal here: a one-year spike could reflect a single severe event, whereas sustained elevation across 6 reporting cycles points to systemic hazard exposure. Readers evaluating University of Illinois at Chicago as an employer, contractor, investment, or regulatory target should examine the yearly DART rate (days away, restricted, or transferred), the fatality count of 2, and any year-over-year deterioration shown in the table below. All figures come directly from employer-submitted OSHA Form 300A summaries — there is no modeling, estimation, or third-party adjustment layered on top of the government data.
Verify This Employer with OSHA
All injury, illness, and fatality figures on this page are sourced from University of Illinois at Chicago's own mandatory OSHA Form 300A summaries. Cross-check the underlying establishment record directly against the federal source — name, NAICS classification, recordable case totals, and inspection history are all searchable on OSHA's Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data system.
Verify on OSHA Establishment SearchSource: U.S. Department of Labor — OSHA Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data. NAICS 611310 — Academies, college or university.
DART Rate — Transparent Calculation (2022)
DART (Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred) is computed by OSHA as incidents × 200,000 ÷ hours worked. The 200,000-hour denominator equals roughly 100 full-time workers, which lets establishments of very different sizes be compared directly.
93 DART incidents × 200,000 ÷ 18,342,204 hours worked = 1.01 DART
Methodology: 29 CFR 1904 — OSHA Form 300A recordkeeping
Cross-Validating Context — Establishment vs Industry vs State
| Benchmark | TCR | Source |
|---|---|---|
| University of Illinois at Chicago (this establishment) | 1.47 | OSHA ITA Form 300A, 6-year avg |
| Universities industry avg | 1.40 | BLS IIF, NAICS 611310 |
| Illinois state avg (all industries) | 10.69 | OSHA ITA, state-level rollup |
Industry benchmarks: Bureau of Labor Statistics — Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities (IIF) program
Reportable Incident Timeline
Year-by-year reportable incidents (recordable injuries + illnesses + fatalities) submitted by University of Illinois at Chicago to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application. Each row anchors to OSHA's inspection records search where you can pull the underlying inspection case numbers and citations for that establishment-year.
- 2022: 127 reportable incidents · 89 injuries, 38 illnesses, 0 fatalities — OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2021: 105 reportable incidents · 100 injuries, 5 illnesses, 0 fatalities — OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2020: 130 reportable incidents · 63 injuries, 66 illnesses, 1 fatality — OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2019: 155 reportable incidents · 150 injuries, 5 illnesses, 0 fatalities — OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2018: 165 reportable incidents · 162 injuries, 2 illnesses, 1 fatality — OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2017: 143 reportable incidents · 134 injuries, 9 illnesses, 0 fatalities — OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
Source: OSHA Inspection Information System (IMIS) — inspection case-number records
Year-by-Year Safety Data
| Year | TCR | DART | Injuries | Illnesses | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1.4 | 1.0 | 89 | 38 | 0 |
| 2021 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 100 | 5 | 0 |
| 2020 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 63 | 66 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1.7 | 1.1 | 150 | 5 | 0 |
| 2018 | 1.9 | 1.1 | 162 | 2 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1.6 | 1.0 | 134 | 9 | 0 |
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