Water distribution (except irrigation) · Illinois

City of Chicago - Department of Water Management - 1424 W Pershing Rd

Chicago, IL · ~229 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
12.0
Avg TCR
1.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

City of Chicago - Department of Water Management - 1424 W Pershing Rd runs at 1000% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Water distribution (except irrigation) workplace, earning a grade F.

City of Chicago - Department of Water Management - 1424 W Pershing Rd: 12.0 TCR = 1000% of Water distribution (except irrigation) BLS 1.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

City of Chicago - Department of Water Management - 1424 W Pershing Rd safety composite

City of Chicago - Department of Water Management - 1424 W Pershing Rd scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 7%), 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

19/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 12 per 100 workers

Safer than 7% of industry peers

DART rate
F 9.33 per 100 workers

Safer than 9% 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

−1.8

2018→2019

City of Chicago - Department of Water Management - 1424 W Pershing Rd injury rate improved

City of Chicago - Department of Water Management - 1424 W Pershing Rd's TCR fell 1.8 from 12.9 in 2018 to 11.1 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2018 at 12.9 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0.78× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=12.9 · 2019=11.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 221310 · Chicago, IL ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 12.0 · 1000% of ind

  • DART 9.3 DART
  • RANK #53/60
  • PHOTO Water & Sewer - Spri…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 54 inj
  • SIZE ~229 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Water & Sewer - Spring St. (0.1 TCR gap)

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City of Chicago - Department of Water Management - 1424 W Pershing Rd in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows City of Chicago - Department of Water Management - 1424 W Pershing Rd averages 12.0 TCR (1000% of the Water distribution (except irrigation) BLS benchmark).

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

City of Chicago - Department of Water Management - 1424 W Pershing Rd TCR series: 2018=12.9 · 2019=11.1 · BLS 1.2

Where City of Chicago - Department of Water Management - 1424 W Pershing Rd falls in its industry

727 Water distribution (except irr establishments

Safer than 7% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #53 safest of 60 Water distribution (except irr employers in Illinois.

City of Chicago - Department of Water Management - 1424 W Pershing Rd (229 employees, TCR 12.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 53 employees and a TCR of 4.2 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 0100200300 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate City of Chicago - Department of Water Management - 1424 W Pershing Rd
City of Chicago - Department of Water Management - 1424 W Pershing Rd (229 employees, TCR 12.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 53 employees and a TCR of 4.2

City of Chicago - Department of Water Management - 1424 W Pershing Rd has more employees than the Water distribution (except irrigation) median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.2. 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
2019 11.1 9.3 24 1 0
2018 12.9 12.0 30 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

221310 · IL · Chicago

727 Water distribution (except irrigation) 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 Water & Sewer - Spring St. 12.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR North Alamo Water Supply Corporation 11.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Soto Street Facility 12.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Darlington County Water & Sewer Authority 12.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Maron Electric Company 229 FTE
STATE-SIZE Advance Mechanical Systems, Inc. 229 FTE
STATE-SIZE ILDIV 229 FTE
STATE-SIZE NOW Foods - Corporate 229 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 International Crating and Assembly Corporation 12.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Ophthalmology Surgery Center of Dallas 12.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Mobile Facility 12.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Isometrics, Inc. - 2 12.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Warminster Service Building 229 FTE
NAT-SIZE GA- Siskorsky 229 FTE
NAT-SIZE 628 - Troy 229 FTE
NAT-SIZE US PA Fredericksburg DSC 229 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: 2019, 2018. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.