Sewage treatment plants or facilities · Illinois

Calumet WRP

Chicago, IL · ~265 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
7.6
Avg TCR
1.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Calumet WRP runs at 632% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Sewage treatment plants or facilities workplace, earning a grade F.

Calumet WRP: 7.6 TCR = 632% of Sewage treatment plants or facilities BLS 1.2 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Calumet WRP safety composite

Calumet WRP scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 15%), 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).

F

29/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.58 per 100 workers

Safer than 27% of industry peers

DART rate
F 6.44 per 100 workers

Safer than 15% 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

−1.1

2021→2024

Calumet WRP injury rate improved

Calumet WRP's TCR fell 1.1 from 8.0 in 2021 to 6.9 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 8.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.85× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=8.0 · 2022=7.8 · 2023=7.6 · 2024=6.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 221320 · Chicago, IL ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 7.6 · 632% of ind

  • DART 6.4 DART
  • RANK #29/48
  • PHOTO Sewer Department - E…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 64 inj
  • SIZE ~265 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Sewer Department - East/West Treatment Plants (0.1 TCR gap)

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Calumet WRP in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Calumet WRP averages 7.6 TCR (632% of the Sewage treatment plants or facilities BLS benchmark).

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

Calumet WRP TCR series: 2021=8 · 2022=7.8 · 2023=7.6 · 2024=6.9 · BLS 1.2

Where Calumet WRP falls in its industry

400 Sewage treatment plants or fac establishments

Safer than 27% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #29 safest of 48 Sewage treatment plants or fac employers in Illinois.

Calumet WRP (265 employees, TCR 7.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 47 employees and a TCR of 4.4 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 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Calumet WRP
Calumet WRP (265 employees, TCR 7.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 47 employees and a TCR of 4.4

Calumet WRP has more employees than the Sewage treatment plants or facilities median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.4. 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 6.9 6.4 15 0 0
2023 7.6 5.8 15 2 0
2022 7.8 7.3 17 0 0
2021 8.0 7.5 17 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

221320 · IL · Chicago

400 Sewage treatment plants or facilities 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 Sewer Department - East/West Treatment Plants 7.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Sand Island Wastewater Treatment Plant 7.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Waste Water Treatment Island Facility 7.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR City and County of Honolulu - Department of Environmental Services 7.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Calumet Water Reclamation Plant 265 FTE
STATE-SIZE Mondelez International - Rockford 265 FTE
STATE-SIZE Carol Stream IL 265 FTE
STATE-SIZE Springfield Inc. 265 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 Inova Alexandria Hospital 7.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Rock River Industries LLC 7.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Water Oak Golf 7.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Trinity Underground LLC 7.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Wesley Enhanced Living Main Line 265 FTE
NAT-SIZE EJ Harrison & Sons - Lirio 265 FTE
NAT-SIZE 8027613 Mountaire De 265 FTE
NAT-SIZE LAZ Parking Chicago, LLC 265 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. 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.