Executive offices, federal, state, and local (e.g., governor, mayor, president) · Illinois
City of Des Plaines - Police Department
Des Plaines, IL · ~128 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 7.6
- Avg TCR
- 3.2
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
City of Des Plaines - Police Department runs at 236% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Executive offices, federal, state, and local (e.g., governor, mayor, president) workplace, earning a grade F.
City of Des Plaines - Police Department: 7.6 TCR = 236% of Executive offices, federal, state, and local (e.g., governor, mayor, president) BLS 3.2 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)
City of Des Plaines - Police Department safety composite
City of Des Plaines - Police Department scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 27%), 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).
34/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 7.56 per 100 workers
Safer than 29% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 3.85 per 100 workers
Safer than 27% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- D 0
Safer than 52% 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 Des Plaines - Police Department: 4.0 → 4.8 TCR
Peak year 2020 @ 26.9 TCR · DART/TCR 0.51× in 2024
City of Des Plaines - Police Department's TCR rose 0.8 from 4.0 in 2019 to 4.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 26.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.51× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 921110 · Des Plaines, IL ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade F · TCR 7.6 · 236% of ind
- DART 3.9 DART
- RANK #69/104
- PHOTO Town of Coventry
- BOOK 6y book
- INJ 23 inj
- SIZE ~128 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Town of Coventry (0.0 TCR gap)
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City of Des Plaines - Police Department in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
City of Des Plaines - Police Department
7.6 TCR
- Town of Amenia
Town of Amenia
7.6 TCR
- Town of Covent
Town of Coventry
7.5 TCR
- Village of Ess
Village of Essex Junction
7.5 TCR
- City of Galesb
City of Galesburg
7.5 TCR
What this shows City of Des Plaines - Police Department averages 7.6 TCR (236% of the Executive offices, federal, state, and local (e.g., governor, mayor, president) BLS benchmark).
City of Des Plaines - Police Department TCR series: 2019=4 · 2020=26.9 · 2021=2.9 · 2022=1.9 · 2023=4.9 · 2024=4.8 · BLS 3.2
Where City of Des Plaines - Police Department falls in its industry
1,010 Executive offices, federal, st establishmentsSafer than 29% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.8.
Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #69 safest of 104 Executive offices, federal, st employers in Illinois.
City of Des Plaines - Police Department has fewer employees than the Executive offices, federal, state, and l median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.8. 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 | 4.8 | 3.9 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 4.9 | 2.9 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 2.9 | 1.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 26.9 | 26.9 | 4 | 22 | 0 |
| 2019 | 4.0 | 3.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
921110 · IL · Des Plaines
1,010 Executive offices, federal, state, and local (e.g., governor, mayor, president) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 174 employers in Des Plaines, 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 | Town of Coventry | 7.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Village of Essex Junction | 7.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Town of Amenia | 7.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | City of Galesburg | 7.5 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Orsted - Chicago | 128 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Henkels & McCoy, Illinois - Salem | 128 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Howell Paving, Inc. | 128 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Arrow Road | 128 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Illinois Bone & Joint Institute | 2,172 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Rivers Casino | 1,705 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Des Plaines Campus | 1,245 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Des Plaines (IL36) | 1,200 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Commerce | 7.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Coreslab Structures (Atlanta), Inc. | 7.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Putsch & Company, Inc. | 7.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Kelena Farms, Inc. | 7.6 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Gardner Heights Health Care Center Apple Rehab | 128 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Kre-Bsl Husky Ridgefield Operation LLC | 128 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Crowne Plaza Seattle Airport | 128 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Ely Concrete Construction | 128 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.