Water distribution (except irrigation) · Illinois

City of Chicago - Department of Water Management - 3901 S Ashland Ave

Chicago, IL · ~285 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
10.5
Avg TCR
1.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

City of Chicago - Department of Water Management - 3901 S Ashland Ave runs at 873% 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 - 3901 S Ashland Ave: 10.5 TCR = 873% of Water distribution (except irrigation) BLS 1.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

City of Chicago - Department of Water Management - 3901 S Ashland Ave safety composite

City of Chicago - Department of Water Management - 3901 S Ashland Ave scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 5%), 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 10.48 per 100 workers

Safer than 11% of industry peers

DART rate
F 12.61 per 100 workers

Safer than 5% 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 Chicago - Department of Water Management - 3901 S Ashland Ave: 7.1 → 13.9 TCR

Peak year 2019 @ 13.9 TCR · DART/TCR 1.2× in 2019

City of Chicago - Department of Water Management - 3901 S Ashland Ave's TCR rose 6.9 from 7.1 in 2018 to 13.9 in 2019. In 2019, DART was 1.2× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade F · TCR 10.5 · 873% of ind

  • DART 12.6 DART
  • RANK #48/60
  • PHOTO City of Chicago - De…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 52 inj
  • SIZE ~285 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: City of Chicago - Department of Water Management - 3300 E Cheltenham Pl (0.0 TCR gap)

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City of Chicago - Department of Water Management - 3901 S Ashland Ave 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 - 3901 S Ashland Ave averages 10.5 TCR (873% 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 - 3901 S Ashland Ave TCR series: 2018=7.1 · 2019=13.9 · BLS 1.2

Where City of Chicago - Department of Water Management - 3901 S Ashland Ave falls in its industry

727 Water distribution (except irr establishments

Safer than 11% 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 #48 safest of 60 Water distribution (except irr employers in Illinois.

City of Chicago - Department of Water Management - 3901 S Ashland Ave (285 employees, TCR 10.5) 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 - 3901 S Ashland Ave
City of Chicago - Department of Water Management - 3901 S Ashland Ave (285 employees, TCR 10.5) 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 - 3901 S Ashland Ave 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 13.9 12.6 29 3 0
2018 7.1 5.3 23 1 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 City of Chicago - Department of Water Management - 3300 E Cheltenham Pl 10.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR City of Chicago - Department of Water Management - 4900 W Sunnyside Ave 10.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR 0000000931 WATER/SEWER-WATER FCLTY MAINT 10.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Washington TWP MUA 10.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Flavorchem Downers Grove 285 FTE
STATE-SIZE 237 285 FTE
STATE-SIZE WM 5442 285 FTE
STATE-SIZE 1761 285 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 Water Department 10.5 TCR
NAT-TCR 6400-Swy 0005 2824 10.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Triad Ohio 10.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Shopko Hometown #576 (Alpine, TX) 10.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE 0000000400 Parks/Rec 285 FTE
NAT-SIZE JR Simplot Company, Moses Lake 285 FTE
NAT-SIZE A.P. Plasman 285 FTE
NAT-SIZE Margaret Tietz 285 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.