Construction · Illinois

USG Corporation Chicago Construction

Chicago, IL · ~23 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
2.9
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

USG Corporation Chicago Construction runs at 87% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Construction workplace, earning a grade C.

USG Corporation Chicago Construction: 2.9 TCR = 87% of Construction BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

USG Corporation Chicago Construction safety composite

USG Corporation Chicago Construction scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 83% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 37%), 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

56/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 2.86 per 100 workers

Safer than 37% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 83% 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

−3.2

2017→2021

USG Corporation Chicago Construction injury rate improved

USG Corporation Chicago Construction's TCR fell 3.2 from 3.2 in 2017 to 0.0 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2020 at 8.1 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=3.2 · 2018=3.0 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=8.1 · 2021=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 327420 · Chicago, IL AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 2.9 · 87% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK P37
  • PHOTO Palatka Plant
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~23 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Palatka Plant (0.0 TCR gap)

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USG Corporation Chicago Construction in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows USG Corporation Chicago Construction averages 2.9 TCR (87% of the Construction BLS benchmark).

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

USG Corporation Chicago Construction TCR series: 2017=3.2 · 2018=3 · 2019=0 · 2020=8.1 · 2021=0 · BLS 3.3

Where USG Corporation Chicago Construction falls in its industry

123 Construction establishments

Safer than 37% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
USG Corporation Chicago Construction (23 employees, TCR 2.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 87 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 050100150200250300 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate USG Corporation Chicago Construction
USG Corporation Chicago Construction (23 employees, TCR 2.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 87 employees and a TCR of 2.3

USG Corporation Chicago Construction has fewer employees than the Construction 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
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 8.1 4.0 2 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 3.0 0.0 1 0 0
2017 3.2 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

327420 · IL · Chicago

123 Construction 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 Palatka Plant 2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR NGC - Waukegan Plant 2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR US Gypsum Sigurd 2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR CertainTeed Gypsum Manufacturing Inc Carrollton Kentucky 2.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Oak Grove 23 FTE
STATE-SIZE Eagle Point Farms, LLC. 23 FTE
STATE-SIZE Mendota Office 23 FTE
STATE-SIZE Nokomis Area Fire Protection District 23 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 Stone Mountain FS (SSS,SAT) 2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Avivo - 3 2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Global Tungsten and Powders Corp. 2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR VTI Architectural Wood Products Holstein 2.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Harris Rebar - San Diego California 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE TTI- Geismar NTS 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE CSS Farms - Cody 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE Bayamon Betances 23 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: 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017. 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.