Water filtration plant operation · Illinois

City of Salem Public Works

Salem, IL · ~38 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
14.6
Avg TCR
1.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

City of Salem Public Works runs at 1214% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Water filtration plant operation workplace, earning a grade F.

City of Salem Public Works: 14.6 TCR = 1214% of Water filtration plant operation BLS 1.2 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

City of Salem Public Works safety composite

City of Salem Public Works scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 83% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 4%), 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).

D

43/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 14.57 per 100 workers

Safer than 4% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 83% 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%).

TCR Δ

−20.2

2021→2024

City of Salem Public Works injury rate improved

City of Salem Public Works's TCR fell 20.2 from 26.2 in 2021 to 5.9 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 26.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=26.2 · 2023=11.6 · 2024=5.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 221310 · Salem, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 14.6 · 1214% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #56/60
  • PHOTO Water Pollution Cont…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 8 inj
  • SIZE ~38 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Water Pollution Control Facility (0.0 TCR gap)

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City of Salem Public Works in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows City of Salem Public Works averages 14.6 TCR (1214% of the Water filtration plant operation BLS benchmark).

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

City of Salem Public Works TCR series: 2021=26.2 · 2023=11.6 · 2024=5.9 · BLS 1.2

Where City of Salem Public Works falls in its industry

727 Water filtration plant operati establishments

Safer than 4% 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 #56 safest of 60 Water filtration plant operati employers in Illinois.

City of Salem Public Works (38 employees, TCR 14.6) 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 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate City of Salem Public Works
City of Salem Public Works (38 employees, TCR 14.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 53 employees and a TCR of 4.2

City of Salem Public Works has fewer employees than the Water filtration plant operation 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
2024 5.9 0.0 2 0 0
2023 11.6 0.0 4 0 0
2021 26.2 22.9 2 6 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

221310 · IL · Salem

727 Water filtration plant operation employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 40 employers in Salem, 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 Water Pollution Control Facility 14.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Otter Lake Water Commission 14.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Rio Rancho - OMI 14.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Fresno Water Division 14.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE GDM Seeds, Inc - Gibson City, IL 38 FTE
STATE-SIZE AMEREN ILLINOIS - Distribution Operating - Peoria 38 FTE
STATE-SIZE 629 - Distribution Operating - Peoria 38 FTE
STATE-SIZE Freeport 38 FTE
CITY-NEAR NAL SALEM PLANT 1,133 FTE
CITY-NEAR North American Lighting - Salem 1,039 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 198 280 FTE
CITY-NEAR 198 273 FTE
NAT-TCR The Gables 14.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Mack Reman 14.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Mohawk Laboratories - Greenville 14.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Muskegon Michigan 14.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Field Work 38 FTE
NAT-SIZE Lodge of the Ozarks 38 FTE
NAT-SIZE RTL Development Company 38 FTE
NAT-SIZE Trumbull Foundry and Alloy Federal Street 38 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, 2021. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.