Utility line (i.e., sewer, water), construction · Illinois

Copenhaver Construction

Name: Copenhaver Construction Workplace Safety Data
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Gilberts, IL · ~80 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

F
Failing Safety Record: 6.5
Avg TCR: 2.8
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Copenhaver Construction runs at 233% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Utility line (i.e., sewer, water), construction workplace, earning a grade F.

Copenhaver Construction: 6.5 TCR = 233% of Utility line (i.e., sewer, water), construction BLS 2.8 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Copenhaver Construction safety composite

Copenhaver Construction scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 16%), 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).

29/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 6.51 per 100 workers

Safer than 16% of industry peers
DART rate: F 2.89 per 100 workers

Safer than 27% of industry peers
Fatalities: D 0

Safer than 52% 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

Copenhaver Construction: 1.7 → 5.8 TCR

Peak year 2019 @ 12.0 TCR · DART/TCR 0.44× in 2020

Copenhaver Construction's TCR rose 4.1 from 1.7 in 2017 to 5.8 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2019 at 12.0 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0.44× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 237110 · Gilberts, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 6.5 · 233% of ind

DART 2.9 DART
RANK #49/58
PHOTO Frontz Drilling, Inc.
BOOK 3y book
INJ 12 inj
SIZE ~80 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Frontz Drilling, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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6.5
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6.5
City of Concor

6.5

What this shows Copenhaver Construction averages 6.5 TCR (233% of the Utility line (i.e., sewer, water), construction BLS benchmark).

Copenhaver Construction TCR series: 2017=1.7 · 2019=12 · 2020=5.8 · BLS 2.8

Where Copenhaver Construction falls in its industry

1,614 Utility line (i.e., sewer, wat establishments

Safer than 16% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.

Grade F

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #49 safest of 58 Utility line (i.e., sewer, wat employers in Illinois.

Copenhaver Construction (80 employees, TCR 6.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 3.0

Copenhaver Construction has more employees than the Utility line (i.e., sewer, water), const median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.0. 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
2020	5.8	2.9	4
2019	12.0	8.6	7
2017	1.7	0.0	1

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

237110 · IL · Gilberts

1,614 Utility line (i.e., sewer, water), construction employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 16 employers in Gilberts, IL · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Frontz Drilling, Inc.	WOOSTER, OH	6.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Layne Christensen 1775 E 69th Avenue	DENVER, CO	6.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	D'Arcy & Harty Construction, Inc	SAN FRANCISCO, CA	6.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	City of Concord Water Services	CONCORD, NC	6.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Rural Electric Convenience Cooperative	AUBURN	80 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Crestwood Reporting Center	CRESTWOOD	80 FTE
STATE-SIZE	AMEREN ILLINOIS - Eastern - IL Gas Ops	URBANA	80 FTE
STATE-SIZE	74G - Eastern - IL Gas Ops	URBANA	80 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Scurto Cement Construction, Ltd.	Gilberts	224 FTE
CITY-NEAR	TURF Design, Inc.	Gilberts	171 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Gilberts Elementary School	Gilberts	79 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Hi-Line Elgin IL 7810	Gilberts	58 FTE
NAT-TCR	Chico	Chico, TX	6.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	5Y - Montgomery Division	Montgomery, AL	6.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Methodist Healthcare South	Jourdanton, TX	6.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Hyatt House Falls Church	Fairfax, VA	6.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Griffiths Corporation	Grapevine, TX	80 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Museum	Seattle, WA	80 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Woodlands Creek Retirement	Clive, IA	80 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Jottan, Inc.	Florence, NJ	80 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: 2020, 2019, 2017. 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.