Translation and Interpretation Services · Illinois

VRS Chicago, IL

Chicago, IL · ~28 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
13.3
Avg TCR
0.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

VRS Chicago, IL runs at 2660% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Translation and Interpretation Services workplace, earning a grade F.

VRS Chicago, IL: 13.3 TCR = 2660% of Translation and Interpretation Services BLS 0.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

VRS Chicago, IL safety composite

VRS Chicago, IL scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 60% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 8%), 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

37/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 13.3 per 100 workers

Safer than 8% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 60% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 51% 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

−26.6

2022→2023

VRS Chicago, IL injury rate improved

VRS Chicago, IL's TCR fell 26.6 from 26.6 in 2022 to 0.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2022 at 26.6 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=26.6 · 2023=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 541930 · Chicago, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 13.3 · 2660% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #4/5
  • PHOTO VRS DFW, TX
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~28 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: VRS DFW, TX (1.0 TCR gap)

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VRS Chicago, IL in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows VRS Chicago, IL averages 13.3 TCR (2660% of the Translation and Interpretation Services BLS benchmark).

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

VRS Chicago, IL TCR series: 2022=26.6 · 2023=0 · BLS 0.5

Where VRS Chicago, IL falls in its industry

78 Translation and Interpretation establishments

Safer than 8% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 5 Translation and Interpretation employers in Illinois.

VRS Chicago, IL (28 employees, TCR 13.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 48 employees and a TCR of 2.5 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 0200400600 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate VRS Chicago, IL
VRS Chicago, IL (28 employees, TCR 13.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 48 employees and a TCR of 2.5

VRS Chicago, IL has fewer employees than the Translation and Interpretation Services median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.5. 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 0.0 0 0 0
2022 26.6 13.3 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

541930 · IL · Chicago

78 Translation and Interpretation 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 VRS DFW, TX 12.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR VRS Boise, ID 11.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR VRS St. Augustine, FL 15.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR VRS Atlanta, GA 10.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Elite Growers, Inc. 28 FTE
STATE-SIZE Charles River Avian Roanoke 28 FTE
STATE-SIZE Corteva Agriscience Princeton IL Research-PRI2 28 FTE
STATE-SIZE Tracy Export, Inc. 28 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 Southern States Midlothian Service 13.3 TCR
NAT-TCR LSI - SkyWays 13.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Copper State Plastering Inc 13.3 TCR
NAT-TCR 105 Houston N Freeway 13.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE SSC-CT 28 FTE
NAT-SIZE Turkey Creek Medical Center 28 FTE
NAT-SIZE Southern States Carrboro Service 28 FTE
NAT-SIZE Augusta Petroleum Coop 28 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, 2022. 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.