Translation and Interpretation Services · Illinois

VRS Downtown Chicago, IL

Chicago, IL · ~57 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
2.3
Avg TCR
0.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

VRS Downtown Chicago, IL runs at 454% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Translation and Interpretation Services workplace, earning a grade F.

VRS Downtown Chicago, IL: 2.3 TCR = 454% of Translation and Interpretation Services BLS 0.5 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

VRS Downtown Chicago, IL safety composite

VRS Downtown Chicago, IL scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 60% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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

55/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 2.27 per 100 workers

Safer than 53% 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%).

Rising injury rate

VRS Downtown Chicago, IL: 0.0 → 6.8 TCR

Peak year 2020 @ 6.8 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2020

VRS Downtown Chicago, IL's TCR rose 6.8 from 0.0 in 2017 to 6.8 in 2020. In 2020, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade F · TCR 2.3 · 454% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #2/5
  • PHOTO VRS Portland, OR
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 0 inj
  • SIZE ~57 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: VRS Portland, OR (0.1 TCR gap)

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VRS Downtown Chicago, IL in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows VRS Downtown Chicago, IL averages 2.3 TCR (454% 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 Downtown Chicago, IL TCR series: 2017=0 · 2018=0 · 2020=6.8 · BLS 0.5

Where VRS Downtown Chicago, IL falls in its industry

78 Translation and Interpretation establishments

Safer than 53% 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 #2 safest of 5 Translation and Interpretation employers in Illinois.

VRS Downtown Chicago, IL (57 employees, TCR 2.3) 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 Downtown Chicago, IL
VRS Downtown Chicago, IL (57 employees, TCR 2.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 48 employees and a TCR of 2.5

VRS Downtown Chicago, IL has more employees than the Translation and Interpretation Services median and a lower 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
2020 6.8 0.0 0 1 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 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 Portland, OR 2.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR VRS Rochester Hill, MI 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR VRS Rochester, NY (Tech Suprt) 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR VRS Rockford, IL 2.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE AMEREN ILLINOIS - Northern S - IL Gas Ops 57 FTE
STATE-SIZE Eagle Concrete, Inc. 57 FTE
STATE-SIZE Centennial Contractors of the Quad Cities, Inc. 57 FTE
STATE-SIZE Heritage Carpentry, Inc. 57 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 Columbus Cut Products 2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Ross store 999 2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR 827 Brooklyn, Ny 2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Norman NM 2.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE WFS Medley 57 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hps Nj 57 FTE
NAT-SIZE General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. - Grand Forks 57 FTE
NAT-SIZE Advanced Disposal - Eau Claire 57 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: 2020, 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.