Special needs transportation · Illinois

237 Dekalb Paratransit

Dekalb, IL · ~40 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.4
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

237 Dekalb Paratransit runs at 31% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Special needs transportation workplace, earning a grade A.

237 Dekalb Paratransit: 1.4 TCR = 31% of Special needs transportation BLS 4.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

237 Dekalb Paratransit safety composite

237 Dekalb Paratransit scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 94% 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).

B

81/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 1.41 per 100 workers

Safer than 94% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 87% 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

−2.8

2023→2024

237 Dekalb Paratransit injury rate improved

237 Dekalb Paratransit's TCR fell 2.8 from 2.8 in 2023 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 2.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2023=2.8 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 485991 · Dekalb, IL AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 1.4 · 31% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #3/13
  • PHOTO 55863 Pittsburgh
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~40 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 55863 Pittsburgh (0.0 TCR gap)

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237 Dekalb Paratransit in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows 237 Dekalb Paratransit averages 1.4 TCR (31% of the Special needs transportation BLS benchmark).

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

237 Dekalb Paratransit TCR series: 2023=2.8 · 2024=0 · BLS 4.5

Where 237 Dekalb Paratransit falls in its industry

251 Special needs transportation establishments

Safer than 94% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 13 Special needs transportation employers in Illinois.

237 Dekalb Paratransit (40 employees, TCR 1.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 63 employees and a TCR of 5.5 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 0100200300400 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate 237 Dekalb Paratransit
237 Dekalb Paratransit (40 employees, TCR 1.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 63 employees and a TCR of 5.5

237 Dekalb Paratransit has fewer employees than the Special needs transportation median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.5. 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
2024 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 2.8 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

485991 · IL · Dekalb

251 Special needs transportation employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 93 employers in Dekalb, 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 55863 Pittsburgh 1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Easton Coach Company - Hazelton 1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR HQ 1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Fulton County Transit Authority 1.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE AMEREN ILLINOIS - Gas Integrity Management 40 FTE
STATE-SIZE NG Bloomington Reporting Center 40 FTE
STATE-SIZE Downers Grove Sanitary District 40 FTE
STATE-SIZE Window Works Addison 40 FTE
CITY-NEAR 3842 - UDC-DeKalb 1,635 FTE
CITY-NEAR 3842 - DeKalb UDC 1,411 FTE
CITY-NEAR Northwestern Medicine Kishwaukee Hospital 1,067 FTE
CITY-NEAR DeKalb Community Unit School District #428 940 FTE
NAT-TCR C & H Construction Services, LLC 1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR DMH Electrical 1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Colonial Heights 1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Styer Transportation Co. 1.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Carter Lumber 255 40 FTE
NAT-SIZE DIALSA-FRMC1-DIALYSIS-SANDUSKY 40 FTE
NAT-SIZE RHCC Sacramento 40 FTE
NAT-SIZE Roadmaster Enterprises LLC dba Sturdy-Lite 40 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. 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.