Legislative bodies (e.g., federal, local, and state) · Illinois

City of Des Plaines - Public Works

Des Plaines, IL · ~76 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
8.7
Avg TCR
3.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

City of Des Plaines - Public Works runs at 273% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Legislative bodies (e.g., federal, local, and state) workplace, earning a grade F.

City of Des Plaines - Public Works: 8.7 TCR = 273% of Legislative bodies (e.g., federal, local, and state) BLS 3.2 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

City of Des Plaines - Public Works safety composite

City of Des Plaines - Public Works scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 53% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 21%), 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

30/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 8.73 per 100 workers

Safer than 21% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.35 per 100 workers

Safer than 25% 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

−0.9

2019→2024

City of Des Plaines - Public Works injury rate improved

City of Des Plaines - Public Works's TCR fell 0.9 from 5.3 in 2019 to 4.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 21.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.5× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=5.3 · 2020=7.4 · 2021=5.1 · 2022=8.5 · 2023=21.8 · 2024=4.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 921120 · Des Plaines, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 8.7 · 273% of ind

  • DART 4.3 DART
  • RANK #12/18
  • PHOTO City of Roswell
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 32 inj
  • SIZE ~76 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: City of Roswell (0.0 TCR gap)

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City of Des Plaines - Public Works in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows City of Des Plaines - Public Works averages 8.7 TCR (273% of the Legislative bodies (e.g., federal, local, and state) BLS benchmark).

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

City of Des Plaines - Public Works TCR series: 2019=5.3 · 2020=7.4 · 2021=5.1 · 2022=8.5 · 2023=21.8 · 2024=4.3 · BLS 3.2

Where City of Des Plaines - Public Works falls in its industry

158 Legislative bodies (e.g., fede establishments

Safer than 21% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #12 safest of 18 Legislative bodies (e.g., fede employers in Illinois.

City of Des Plaines - Public Works (76 employees, TCR 8.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 123 employees and a TCR of 5.6 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 02004006008001,000 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate City of Des Plaines - Public Works
City of Des Plaines - Public Works (76 employees, TCR 8.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 123 employees and a TCR of 5.6

City of Des Plaines - Public Works has fewer employees than the Legislative bodies (e.g., federal, local median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.6. 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 4.3 4.3 3 0 0
2023 21.8 20.2 14 0 0
2022 8.5 6.8 5 0 0
2021 5.1 3.4 3 0 0
2020 7.4 7.4 4 0 0
2019 5.3 1.8 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

921120 · IL · Des Plaines

158 Legislative bodies (e.g., federal, local, and state) 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 City of Roswell 8.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Town of Vernon 8.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR County of Lake 8.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR The Village of Linoclnwood 9.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Rend Lake Conservancy District 76 FTE
STATE-SIZE CORE Construction Services of Illinois, Inc. 76 FTE
STATE-SIZE Greenville Headquarters 76 FTE
STATE-SIZE Keeley & Sons, Inc. 76 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 SB Structures, LLC 8.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Runnings of Montevideo 8.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Barton Solvents, Inc. CB 8.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Fort Pierce 8.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Star of the West Milling Co - Frankenmuth, MI 76 FTE
NAT-SIZE Big Mountain Enterprises, LLC 76 FTE
NAT-SIZE Kre-Bsl Husky Concord Operation LLC 76 FTE
NAT-SIZE Rock Hill 76 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, 2019. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.