Parks and recreation commission, government · Illinois

Buffalo Grove Park District

Buffalo Grove, IL · ~297 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.1
Avg TCR
3.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Buffalo Grove Park District runs at 160% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Parks and recreation commission, government workplace, earning a grade D.

Buffalo Grove Park District: 5.1 TCR = 160% of Parks and recreation commission, government BLS 3.2 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Buffalo Grove Park District safety composite

Buffalo Grove Park District scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 48%), 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

49/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 5.13 per 100 workers

Safer than 48% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.87 per 100 workers

Safer than 50% 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

−7.6

2017→2022

Buffalo Grove Park District injury rate improved

Buffalo Grove Park District's TCR fell 7.6 from 9.4 in 2017 to 1.9 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2017 at 9.4 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0.36× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=9.4 · 2018=6.4 · 2019=5.5 · 2020=2.9 · 2021=4.7 · 2022=1.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 924120 · Buffalo Grove, IL ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 5.1 · 160% of ind

  • DART 1.9 DART
  • RANK #32/63
  • PHOTO COM-Parks and Recrea…
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 45 inj
  • SIZE ~297 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: COM-Parks and Recreation (0.0 TCR gap)

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Buffalo Grove Park District in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Buffalo Grove Park District averages 5.1 TCR (160% of the Parks and recreation commission, government BLS benchmark).

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

Buffalo Grove Park District TCR series: 2017=9.4 · 2018=6.4 · 2019=5.5 · 2020=2.9 · 2021=4.7 · 2022=1.9 · BLS 3.2

Where Buffalo Grove Park District falls in its industry

413 Parks and recreation commissio establishments

Safer than 48% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #32 safest of 63 Parks and recreation commissio employers in Illinois.

Buffalo Grove Park District (297 employees, TCR 5.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 69 employees and a TCR of 5.0 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 0200400600800 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Buffalo Grove Park District
Buffalo Grove Park District (297 employees, TCR 5.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 69 employees and a TCR of 5.0

Buffalo Grove Park District has more employees than the Parks and recreation commission, governm median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.0. 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
2022 1.9 1.9 2 0 0
2021 4.7 4.7 5 0 0
2020 2.9 1.9 3 0 0
2019 5.5 4.4 9 1 0
2018 6.4 3.5 10 1 0
2017 9.4 4.7 16 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

924120 · IL · Buffalo Grove

413 Parks and recreation commission, government employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 66 employers in Buffalo Grove, 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 COM-Parks and Recreation 5.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Lanark RC 5.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Washington State Dept of Natural Resources - Equipment Services/Compound 5.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Hickory Knob State Resort Park 5.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE River City Construction LLC 297 FTE
STATE-SIZE Labriola 297 FTE
STATE-SIZE Dakkota Chicago 297 FTE
STATE-SIZE 5403 297 FTE
CITY-NEAR Federal Building Services, Inc. 2,440 FTE
CITY-NEAR Flex - Buffalo Grove 1,217 FTE
CITY-NEAR Flex Buffalo Grove - 700 Building 798 FTE
CITY-NEAR BT Buffalo Grove 760 FTE
NAT-TCR BGB Trucking, Inc 5.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Rexam Beverage Can Phoenix 5.1 TCR
NAT-TCR St. Gabriel's 5.1 TCR
NAT-TCR 058472-Willits Po 5.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE 4186-DC4 297 FTE
NAT-SIZE 2073-SW-20730233-FO 297 FTE
NAT-SIZE Reconn 9009 (Usma) 8025 297 FTE
NAT-SIZE James Hardie Building Prod. 297 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: 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.