Employer · Illinois

Columbus West School

Cicero, IL · ~135 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
1.8
Avg TCR
1.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Columbus West School runs at 125% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical industry workplace, earning a grade D.

Columbus West School: 1.8 TCR = 125% of industry BLS 1.4 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Columbus West School safety composite

Columbus West School scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 81% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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).

C

63/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.75 per 100 workers

Safer than 81% of industry peers

DART rate
D 0.89 per 100 workers

Safer than 53% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 50% 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%).

Columbus West School held a steady TCR band

Columbus West School's TCR held near 0.3 from 3.0 in 2017 to 2.7 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 5.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.51× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=3.0 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=1.4 · 2022=5.6 · 2023=1.3 · 2024=2.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 611110 · Cicero, IL ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 1.8 · 125% of ind

  • DART 0.9 DART
  • RANK #77/312
  • PHOTO Monroe Township Midd…
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 8 inj
  • SIZE ~135 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Monroe Township Middle School (0.0 TCR gap)

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Columbus West School in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Columbus West School averages 1.8 TCR (125% of the industry BLS benchmark).

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

Columbus West School TCR series: 2017=3 · 2018=0 · 2019=0 · 2020=0 · 2021=1.4 · 2022=5.6 · 2023=1.3 · 2024=2.7 · BLS 1.4

Where Columbus West School falls in its industry

3,374 industry establishments

Safer than 81% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #77 safest of 312 industry employers in Illinois.

Columbus West School (135 employees, TCR 1.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 76 employees and a TCR of 3.8 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 02,0004,0006,0008,00010,000 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Columbus West School
Columbus West School (135 employees, TCR 1.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 76 employees and a TCR of 3.8

Columbus West School has more employees than the industry median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.8. 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 2.7 0.9 3 0 0
2023 1.3 0.0 1 0 0
2022 5.6 0.0 1 0 0
2021 1.4 0.0 1 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 3.0 0.0 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

611110 · IL · Cicero

3,374 industry employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 99 employers in Cicero, 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 Monroe Township Middle School 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Coventry High School 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR West St Paul ISD #197-Transportation, Maintenance and Parking 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Glenview Middle School 1.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE NG Joliet Reporting Center 135 FTE
STATE-SIZE Itasca, IL Office CS 135 FTE
STATE-SIZE Sherman Mechanical, Inc. 135 FTE
STATE-SIZE Chicago Plant 135 FTE
CITY-NEAR Breakthru Beverage Illinois, LLC. 1,006 FTE
CITY-NEAR J. Sterling Morton High School District 201 938 FTE
CITY-NEAR Breakthru Beverage Illinois - Cicero 770 FTE
CITY-NEAR ARYZTA - Cicero 765 FTE
NAT-TCR Breck School 1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Clerical and Supervisors 1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR College Association at Delhi, Inc. 1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Mackey Electric, Inc. 1.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE O&M - San Luis Field Division 135 FTE
NAT-SIZE Scotch Plywood Company Beatrice Division 135 FTE
NAT-SIZE Powerhouse Recycling 135 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sun Pacific Shippers LP | Bakersfield Packinghouse 135 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, 2018, 2017. 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.