Water distribution (except irrigation) · Illinois

City of Chicago - Department of Water Management - 4900 W Sunnyside Ave

Chicago, IL · ~280 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 - 4900 W Sunnyside Ave runs at 875% 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 - 4900 W Sunnyside Ave: 10.5 TCR = 875% of Water distribution (except irrigation) BLS 1.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

City of Chicago - Department of Water Management - 4900 W Sunnyside Ave safety composite

City of Chicago - Department of Water Management - 4900 W Sunnyside Ave scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (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

17/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 10.5 per 100 workers

Safer than 10% of industry peers

DART rate
F 17.73 per 100 workers

Safer than 2% 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 - 4900 W Sunnyside Ave: 2.4 → 18.6 TCR

Peak year 2019 @ 18.6 TCR · DART/TCR 1.69× in 2019

City of Chicago - Department of Water Management - 4900 W Sunnyside Ave's TCR rose 16.3 from 2.4 in 2018 to 18.6 in 2019. In 2019, DART was 1.69× 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 · 875% of ind

  • DART 17.7 DART
  • RANK #50/60
  • PHOTO City of Chicago - De…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 47 inj
  • SIZE ~280 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 - 4900 W Sunnyside 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 - 4900 W Sunnyside Ave averages 10.5 TCR (875% 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 - 4900 W Sunnyside Ave TCR series: 2018=2.4 · 2019=18.6 · BLS 1.2

Where City of Chicago - Department of Water Management - 4900 W Sunnyside Ave falls in its industry

727 Water distribution (except irr establishments

Safer than 10% 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 #50 safest of 60 Water distribution (except irr employers in Illinois.

City of Chicago - Department of Water Management - 4900 W Sunnyside Ave (280 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 - 4900 W Sunnyside Ave
City of Chicago - Department of Water Management - 4900 W Sunnyside Ave (280 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 - 4900 W Sunnyside 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 18.6 17.7 39 2 0
2018 2.4 2.4 8 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 City of Chicago - Department of Water Management - 3300 E Cheltenham Pl 10.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR City of Chicago - Department of Water Management - 3901 S Ashland Ave 10.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Washington TWP MUA 10.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR 0000000931 WATER/SEWER-WATER FCLTY MAINT 10.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE DWM-39th and Iron Central Dispatch New Construction | 1424 W. Pershing Rd. 280 FTE
STATE-SIZE Stark Excavating Inc. 280 FTE
STATE-SIZE Source One Events 280 FTE
STATE-SIZE Sterling Steel Company 280 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 Hunter Truck Sales & Service Inc. - Smithfield 10.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Atlas Metal Parts & Fabricating, Inc. 10.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Piggly Wiggly (#508) 10.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Acadian Millwork & Supply Co., Inc. 10.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Atlantic Housing Management 280 FTE
NAT-SIZE BIC Graphic Bldg 2 280 FTE
NAT-SIZE Miraval Arizona (MV) 280 FTE
NAT-SIZE Mills Pond Nursing & Rehabilitation Center 280 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.

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