Sanitation engineering agencies, government · Illinois

Cook County Department of Environment and Sustainability

Chicago, IL · ~30 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.9
Avg TCR
3.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Cook County Department of Environment and Sustainability runs at 153% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Sanitation engineering agencies, government workplace, earning a grade D.

Cook County Department of Environment and Sustainability: 4.9 TCR = 153% of Sanitation engineering agencies, government BLS 3.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Cook County Department of Environment and Sustainability safety composite

Cook County Department of Environment and Sustainability scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 17%), 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

34/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 4.9 per 100 workers

Safer than 39% of industry peers

DART rate
F 6.35 per 100 workers

Safer than 17% 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

Cook County Department of Environment and Sustainability: 3.5 → 6.3 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 6.3 TCR · DART/TCR 1.3× in 2018

Cook County Department of Environment and Sustainability's TCR rose 2.9 from 3.5 in 2017 to 6.3 in 2018. In 2018, DART was 1.3× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 924110 · Chicago, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.9 · 153% of ind

  • DART 6.3 DART
  • RANK #5/8
  • PHOTO Tucson Water
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~30 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Tucson Water (0.1 TCR gap)

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Cook County Department of Environment and Sustainability in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Cook County Department of Environment and Sustainability averages 4.9 TCR (153% of the Sanitation engineering agencies, government BLS benchmark).

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

Cook County Department of Environment and Sustainability TCR series: 2017=3.5 · 2018=6.3 · BLS 3.2

Where Cook County Department of Environment and Sustainability falls in its industry

131 Sanitation engineering agencie establishments

Safer than 39% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 8 Sanitation engineering agencie employers in Illinois.

Cook County Department of Environment and Sustainability (30 employees, TCR 4.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 126 employees and a TCR of 2.5 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 0102030 Average employees Total Case Rate Cook County Department of Environment and Sustainability
Cook County Department of Environment and Sustainability (30 employees, TCR 4.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 126 employees and a TCR of 2.5

Cook County Department of Environment and Sustainability has fewer employees than the Sanitation engineering agencies, governm median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.5. 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
2018 6.3 6.3 2 0 0
2017 3.5 3.5 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

924110 · IL · Chicago

131 Sanitation engineering agencies, government employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 2,934 employers in Chicago, 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 Tucson Water 5.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR City of Yuba City Waste Water Treatment Facility 4.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Bureau of Outdoor Recreation 5.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Public Works 4.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Odell Fire 30 FTE
STATE-SIZE AMEREN ILLINOIS - Northern N - IL Common Ops 30 FTE
STATE-SIZE Chicago Loop Tech 30 FTE
STATE-SIZE Spoon River Electric Cooperative, Inc. 30 FTE
CITY-NEAR Chicago Public Schools 49,500 FTE
CITY-NEAR Chicago/Corporate 18,831 FTE
CITY-NEAR University of Illinois at Chicago 13,092 FTE
CITY-NEAR University Health Service UIC UIC Campus 12,732 FTE
NAT-TCR L&D-Aviation Blvd (Kyhb1) 4.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Penske : 5158-00 Kroger FR-DCC/Kent, WA 4.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Arrow Acquisition, LLC 4.9 TCR
NAT-TCR InfuScience, Inc. - Chantilly, VA 2410 4.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Stevedoring 30 FTE
NAT-SIZE Nexeo Solutions - Denver 30 FTE
NAT-SIZE Nexeo Solutions - Cincinnati 30 FTE
NAT-SIZE Med Life 30 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: 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.