City of Des Plaines - Public Works
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DES PLAINES, IL | Legislative bodies (e.g., federal, local, and state)
~76 avg employees | 6 years of OSHA data
City of Des Plaines - Public Works has an average TCR of 8.7, which is 273% of the industry average (3.2) for Legislative bodies (e.g., federal, local, and state). This is significantly worse than average.
Safety Insights for City of Des Plaines - Public Works
City of Des Plaines - Public Works operates an establishment with approximately 76 full-time equivalent workers in DES PLAINES, IL, classified under the Legislative bodies (e.g., federal, local, and state) industry (NAICS 921120). Across 6 years of mandatory OSHA Injury Tracking Application (ITA) reporting, this employer has accumulated 32 recordable injuries, 0 occupational illnesses, and 0 workplace fatalities. The average Total Case Rate (TCR) of 8.7 injuries per 100 full-time workers per year provides the anchor metric for the F letter grade (Failing Safety Record).
Benchmarked against the Bureau of Labor Statistics industry average of 3.2 for Legislative bodies (e.g., federal, local, and state), City of Des Plaines - Public Works's workforce experiences 273% of the typical injury burden. This ratio matters because TCR already normalizes for hours worked — a 200,000-hour exposure base equals roughly 100 full-time workers — so establishments with very different headcounts can be compared directly. A TCR above the benchmark flags a higher-than-typical risk profile for jobseekers, insurers, and enforcement agencies to examine.
Multi-year trend analysis is the single most reliable signal here: a one-year spike could reflect a single severe event, whereas sustained elevation across 6 reporting cycles points to systemic hazard exposure. Readers evaluating City of Des Plaines - Public Works as an employer, contractor, investment, or regulatory target should examine the yearly DART rate (days away, restricted, or transferred), the fatality count of 0, and any year-over-year deterioration shown in the table below. All figures come directly from employer-submitted OSHA Form 300A summaries — there is no modeling, estimation, or third-party adjustment layered on top of the government data.
Verify This Employer with OSHA
All injury, illness, and fatality figures on this page are sourced from City of Des Plaines - Public Works's own mandatory OSHA Form 300A summaries. Cross-check the underlying establishment record directly against the federal source — name, NAICS classification, recordable case totals, and inspection history are all searchable on OSHA's Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data system.
Verify on OSHA Establishment SearchSource: U.S. Department of Labor — OSHA Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data. NAICS 921120 — Legislative bodies (e.g., federal, local, and state).
DART Rate — Transparent Calculation (2024)
DART (Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred) is computed by OSHA as incidents × 200,000 ÷ hours worked. The 200,000-hour denominator equals roughly 100 full-time workers, which lets establishments of very different sizes be compared directly.
3 DART incidents × 200,000 ÷ 137,867 hours worked = 4.35 DART
Methodology: 29 CFR 1904 — OSHA Form 300A recordkeeping
Cross-Validating Context — Establishment vs Industry vs State
| Benchmark | TCR | Source |
|---|---|---|
| City of Des Plaines - Public Works (this establishment) | 8.73 | OSHA ITA Form 300A, 6-year avg |
| Legislative bodies (e.g., federal, local, and state) industry avg | 3.20 | BLS IIF, NAICS 921120 |
| Illinois state avg (all industries) | 10.69 | OSHA ITA, state-level rollup |
Industry benchmarks: Bureau of Labor Statistics — Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities (IIF) program
Reportable Incident Timeline
Year-by-year reportable incidents (recordable injuries + illnesses + fatalities) submitted by City of Des Plaines - Public Works to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application. Each row anchors to OSHA's inspection records search where you can pull the underlying inspection case numbers and citations for that establishment-year.
- 2024: 3 reportable incidents · 3 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities — OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2023: 14 reportable incidents · 14 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities — OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2022: 5 reportable incidents · 5 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities — OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2021: 3 reportable incidents · 3 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities — OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2020: 4 reportable incidents · 4 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities — OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2019: 3 reportable incidents · 3 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities — OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
Source: OSHA Inspection Information System (IMIS) — inspection case-number records
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 |
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