Marine cargo handling services · Illinois

WTPS Chicago Ferro

Chicago, IL · ~31 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.9
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

WTPS Chicago Ferro runs at 65% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Marine cargo handling services workplace, earning a grade B.

WTPS Chicago Ferro: 2.9 TCR = 65% of Marine cargo handling services BLS 4.5 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

WTPS Chicago Ferro safety composite

WTPS Chicago Ferro scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 87% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 53%), 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

71/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.94 per 100 workers

Safer than 69% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 87% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 53% 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

−2.2

2017→2024

WTPS Chicago Ferro injury rate improved

WTPS Chicago Ferro's TCR fell 2.2 from 2.2 in 2017 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 10.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=2.2 · 2018=2.1 · 2019=10.0 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=9.2 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 488320 · Chicago, IL AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.9 · 65% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #1/5
  • PHOTO SEAONUS STEVEDORING …
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 8 inj
  • SIZE ~31 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: SEAONUS STEVEDORING - JACKSONVILLE (0.1 TCR gap)

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WTPS Chicago Ferro in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows WTPS Chicago Ferro averages 2.9 TCR (65% of the Marine cargo handling services BLS benchmark).

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

WTPS Chicago Ferro TCR series: 2017=2.2 · 2018=2.1 · 2019=10 · 2020=0 · 2021=9.2 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · 2024=0 · BLS 4.5

Where WTPS Chicago Ferro falls in its industry

391 Marine cargo handling services establishments

Safer than 69% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #1 safest of 5 Marine cargo handling services employers in Illinois.

WTPS Chicago Ferro (31 employees, TCR 2.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 76 employees and a TCR of 4.8 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 05001,0001,500 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate WTPS Chicago Ferro
WTPS Chicago Ferro (31 employees, TCR 2.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 76 employees and a TCR of 4.8

WTPS Chicago Ferro has fewer employees than the Marine cargo handling services median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.8. 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 9.2 9.2 2 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 10.0 5.0 4 0 0
2018 2.1 2.1 1 0 0
2017 2.2 2.2 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

488320 · IL · Chicago

391 Marine cargo handling 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 SEAONUS STEVEDORING - JACKSONVILLE 3.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR SSA Terminals, LLC A90-94 2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR WTPS Ghent 2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR GSM - Port of Corpus Christi 3.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Bear Creek Genetics, LLC. 31 FTE
STATE-SIZE Highland 31 FTE
STATE-SIZE The Maschhoffs, LLC - Pittsfield Office 31 FTE
STATE-SIZE AMEREN ILLINOIS - Beardstown 31 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 Conlan Tire- Orlando 2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Central Transport - 072 2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR CA015 Antioch Gypsum 2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Basalite - Selma 2.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE TPA1 31 FTE
NAT-SIZE Spies Pool Inc. 31 FTE
NAT-SIZE Climate Pros Brooklyn Park 31 FTE
NAT-SIZE Fostoria, Alpha Coatings Whitford 31 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. 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.