General public administration · Illinois

City of Benton

Benton, IL · ~44 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
18.8
Avg TCR
3.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

City of Benton runs at 586% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical General public administration workplace, earning a grade F.

City of Benton: 18.8 TCR = 586% of General public administration BLS 3.2 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

City of Benton safety composite

City of Benton scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 2%), 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 18.75 per 100 workers

Safer than 2% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.24 per 100 workers

Safer than 44% 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%).

Rising injury rate

City of Benton: 10.7 → 15.7 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 29.9 TCR · DART/TCR 0.12× in 2021

City of Benton's TCR rose 5.0 from 10.7 in 2017 to 15.7 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2018 at 29.9 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.12× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 921190 · Benton, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 18.8 · 586% of ind

  • DART 2.2 DART
  • RANK #207/213
  • PHOTO Public Works Solid W…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 25 inj
  • SIZE ~44 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Public Works Solid Waste and Recycling (0.0 TCR gap)

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City of Benton in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows City of Benton averages 18.8 TCR (586% of the General public administration BLS benchmark).

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

City of Benton TCR series: 2017=10.7 · 2018=29.9 · 2021=15.7 · BLS 3.2

Where City of Benton falls in its industry

1,496 General public administration establishments

Safer than 2% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #207 safest of 213 General public administration employers in Illinois.

City of Benton (44 employees, TCR 18.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 93 employees and a TCR of 4.6 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 010203040 Average employees Total Case Rate City of Benton
City of Benton (44 employees, TCR 18.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 93 employees and a TCR of 4.6

City of Benton has fewer employees than the General public administration median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.6. 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
2021 15.7 2.2 7 0 0
2018 29.9 4.3 13 1 0
2017 10.7 2.1 5 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

921190 · IL · Benton

1,496 General public administration employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 22 employers in Benton, 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 Public Works Solid Waste and Recycling 18.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR City of San Marino 18.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Village of Northbrook - Public Works 18.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Public Works 18.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Main Office 44 FTE
STATE-SIZE 2570-Thomasboro, IL (Monsanto Co.) 44 FTE
STATE-SIZE Eastern Illini Electric Cooperative Paxton Headquarters 44 FTE
STATE-SIZE Eastern Illini Elec. Coop. Paxton Heaquarters 44 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 262 300 FTE
CITY-NEAR 262 293 FTE
CITY-NEAR Benton Rehab and Health Care Center 84 FTE
CITY-NEAR Rend Lake Conservancy District 76 FTE
NAT-TCR Avamere Health Services of Rogue Valley 18.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Trader Joe's 0038 Redondo Bch 18.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Falls Run Nursing & Rehab. 18.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Trader Joe's 0610 Clifton 18.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Anderson Foam Fab 44 FTE
NAT-SIZE crest haven care centre 44 FTE
NAT-SIZE Harris Printing Company, Inc 44 FTE
NAT-SIZE Tucson 44 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: 2021, 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.