General public administration · Illinois

City of Elmhurst - Public Works

Elmhurst, IL · ~87 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
7.9
Avg TCR
3.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

City of Elmhurst - Public Works runs at 247% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical General public administration workplace, earning a grade F.

City of Elmhurst - Public Works: 7.9 TCR = 247% of General public administration BLS 3.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

City of Elmhurst - Public Works safety composite

City of Elmhurst - Public Works scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 9%), 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

28/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.89 per 100 workers

Safer than 29% of industry peers

DART rate
F 8.94 per 100 workers

Safer than 9% 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 Elmhurst - Public Works: 3.0 → 12.8 TCR

Peak year 2019 @ 12.8 TCR · DART/TCR 1.13× in 2019

City of Elmhurst - Public Works's TCR rose 9.8 from 3.0 in 2018 to 12.8 in 2019. In 2019, DART was 1.13× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 921190 · Elmhurst, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 7.9 · 247% of ind

  • DART 8.9 DART
  • RANK #138/213
  • PHOTO Rowan County Fire/Em…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 12 inj
  • SIZE ~87 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Rowan County Fire/Emergency Services (0.0 TCR gap)

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City of Elmhurst - Public Works in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows City of Elmhurst - Public Works averages 7.9 TCR (247% of the General public administration BLS benchmark).

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

City of Elmhurst - Public Works TCR series: 2018=3 · 2019=12.8 · BLS 3.2

Where City of Elmhurst - Public Works falls in its industry

1,496 General public administration establishments

Safer than 29% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #138 safest of 213 General public administration employers in Illinois.

City of Elmhurst - Public Works (87 employees, TCR 7.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 93 employees and a TCR of 4.6 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 0200400600800 010203040 Average employees Total Case Rate City of Elmhurst - Public Works
City of Elmhurst - Public Works (87 employees, TCR 7.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 93 employees and a TCR of 4.6

City of Elmhurst - Public Works has fewer employees than the General public administration median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.6. 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
2019 12.8 8.9 10 0 0
2018 3.0 3.0 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

921190 · IL · Elmhurst

1,496 General public administration employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 127 employers in Elmhurst, 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 Rowan County Fire/Emergency Services 7.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR City of Rocky Mount 7.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Public Safety 7.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Decatur County 7.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE HI-Grade Egg Producers & Processors - Loda 87 FTE
STATE-SIZE Acciona Energy USA Global 87 FTE
STATE-SIZE AMEREN ILLINOIS - AIC Distribution Operations 87 FTE
STATE-SIZE AMEREN ILLINOIS - Northern N - IL Gas Ops 87 FTE
CITY-NEAR Elmhurst Memorial Hospital 2,864 FTE
CITY-NEAR Superior Air-Ground Ambulance Services Inc. 2,331 FTE
CITY-NEAR Elmhurst , IL - 01 1,612 FTE
CITY-NEAR Elmhurst Community Unit School 205 1,252 FTE
NAT-TCR Green Works Inc. 7.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Havertys Furniture-Daytona Beach 7.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Capstone Ranch 7.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Roanoke River Nursing & Rehabilitation 7.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE TNI - Laredo, TX 87 FTE
NAT-SIZE Moen-Las Vegas 87 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hi-Tech Electric - New Orleans 87 FTE
NAT-SIZE Leitz Farms LLC 87 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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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.