Sidewalk, public, construction · Illinois

City of Charleston Public Works Garage

Charleston, IL · ~30 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
15.2
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

City of Charleston Public Works Garage runs at 542% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Sidewalk, public, construction workplace, earning a grade F.

City of Charleston Public Works Garage: 15.2 TCR = 542% of Sidewalk, public, construction BLS 2.8 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

City of Charleston Public Works Garage safety composite

City of Charleston Public Works Garage scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 81% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 4%), 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

43/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 15.18 per 100 workers

Safer than 4% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 81% 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

−14.5

2020→2024

City of Charleston Public Works Garage injury rate improved

City of Charleston Public Works Garage's TCR fell 14.5 from 20.2 in 2020 to 5.7 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 24.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=20.2 · 2021=12.5 · 2022=24.3 · 2023=13.2 · 2024=5.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 237310 · Charleston, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 15.2 · 542% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #224/266
  • PHOTO Village gf Deerfield…
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 20 inj
  • SIZE ~30 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Village gf Deerfield - Public Works (0.0 TCR gap)

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City of Charleston Public Works Garage in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows City of Charleston Public Works Garage averages 15.2 TCR (542% of the Sidewalk, public, construction BLS benchmark).

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

City of Charleston Public Works Garage TCR series: 2020=20.2 · 2021=12.5 · 2022=24.3 · 2023=13.2 · 2024=5.7 · BLS 2.8

Where City of Charleston Public Works Garage falls in its industry

4,078 Sidewalk, public, construction establishments

Safer than 4% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #224 safest of 266 Sidewalk, public, construction employers in Illinois.

City of Charleston Public Works Garage (30 employees, TCR 15.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 69 employees and a TCR of 3.0 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 01,0002,0003,000 0102030 Average employees Total Case Rate City of Charleston Public Works Garage
City of Charleston Public Works Garage (30 employees, TCR 15.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 69 employees and a TCR of 3.0

City of Charleston Public Works Garage has fewer employees than the Sidewalk, public, construction median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.0. 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
2024 5.7 0.0 2 0 0
2023 13.2 6.6 4 0 0
2022 24.3 4.0 6 0 0
2021 12.5 12.5 3 0 0
2020 20.2 16.2 5 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

237310 · IL · Charleston

4,078 Sidewalk, public, construction employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 41 employers in Charleston, 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 Village gf Deerfield - Public Works 15.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Town of East Lyme Public Works 15.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR D4 Peoria West Yard 15.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR LAWSON CONSTRUCTION COMPANY 15.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Odell Fire 30 FTE
STATE-SIZE AMEREN ILLINOIS - Northern N - IL Common Ops 30 FTE
STATE-SIZE Chicago Loop Tech 30 FTE
STATE-SIZE Spoon River Electric Cooperative, Inc. 30 FTE
CITY-NEAR Eastern Illinois University 2,096 FTE
CITY-NEAR Charleston CUSD #1 360 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 612 300 FTE
CITY-NEAR Eastern Illinois Area of Special Education 267 FTE
NAT-TCR Mohr Stamping Inc. 15.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Hollenbeck Maint. 15.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Sea Pines Rehabilitation Hospital, an affiliate of Encompass Health 15.2 TCR
NAT-TCR HWE Sutton Insulation 15.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Precision Vehicle Logistics - Springhill 30 FTE
NAT-SIZE TX-JGD-TEXAS 30 FTE
NAT-SIZE Kent Branch 30 FTE
NAT-SIZE Store 1208 30 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.