Industial Gas Distribution · Illinois

West Chicago

West Chicago, IL · ~86 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
5.2
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

West Chicago runs at 237% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Industial Gas Distribution workplace, earning a grade F.

West Chicago: 5.2 TCR = 237% of Industial Gas Distribution BLS 2.2 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

West Chicago safety composite

West Chicago scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 70% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 13%), 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

42/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 5.21 per 100 workers

Safer than 13% 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

−0.8

2016→2024

West Chicago injury rate improved

West Chicago's TCR fell 0.8 from 0.8 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 12.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=0.8 · 2017=11.5 · 2018=7.9 · 2019=12.9 · 2020=1.3 · 2021=5.5 · 2022=1.5 · 2023=5.5 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 424690 · West Chicago, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 5.2 · 237% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #34/38
  • PHOTO nexAir McLean
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 46 inj
  • SIZE ~86 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: nexAir McLean (0.0 TCR gap)

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West Chicago in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows West Chicago averages 5.2 TCR (237% of the Industial Gas Distribution BLS benchmark).

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

West Chicago TCR series: 2016=0.8 · 2017=11.5 · 2018=7.9 · 2019=12.9 · 2020=1.3 · 2021=5.5 · 2022=1.5 · 2023=5.5 · 2024=0 · BLS 2.2

Where West Chicago falls in its industry

766 Industial Gas Distribution establishments

Safer than 13% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #34 safest of 38 Industial Gas Distribution employers in Illinois.

West Chicago (86 employees, TCR 5.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 38 employees and a TCR of 1.9 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 050100150200 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate West Chicago
West Chicago (86 employees, TCR 5.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 38 employees and a TCR of 1.9

West Chicago has more employees than the Industial Gas Distribution median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.9. 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
2024 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 5.5 3.6 3 0 0
2022 1.5 1.5 1 0 0
2021 5.5 3.3 5 0 0
2020 1.3 1.3 1 0 0
2019 12.9 9.0 10 0 0
2018 7.9 5.3 9 0 0
2017 11.5 7.9 16 0 0
2016 0.8 0.8 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

424690 · IL · West Chicago

766 Industial Gas Distribution employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 123 employers in West 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 nexAir McLean 5.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Tewksbury 5.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Employees Joliet 5.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Toll Company HQ 5.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Germantown Egg Farm 86 FTE
STATE-SIZE Corteva Agriscience PRI1 Princeton,IL 86 FTE
STATE-SIZE Illinois Gas Company 86 FTE
STATE-SIZE Homeway Homes Facility 86 FTE
CITY-NEAR The Jel Sert Company 830 FTE
CITY-NEAR BALL HORTICULTURAL COMPANY 713 FTE
CITY-NEAR Amazon.com Services LLC - SIL3 351 FTE
CITY-NEAR Siemens West Chicago 342 FTE
NAT-TCR Western State Design, Inc. 5.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Parkview Center School 5.2 TCR
NAT-TCR FARMINGTON 5.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Union Storage & Transfer 5.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE EI072 - New Ulm Headquarters 86 FTE
NAT-SIZE Lincoln Elementary 86 FTE
NAT-SIZE T&G Constructors 86 FTE
NAT-SIZE Fresno County 86 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: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. 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.