Libraries (except motion picture stock footage, motion picture commercial distribution) · Illinois

Decatur Public Library

Decatur, IL · ~31 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
1.4
Avg TCR
0.7
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Decatur Public Library runs at 199% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Libraries (except motion picture stock footage, motion picture commercial distribution) workplace, earning a grade D.

Decatur Public Library: 1.4 TCR = 199% of Libraries (except motion picture stock footage, motion picture commercial distribution) BLS 0.7 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Decatur Public Library safety composite

Decatur Public Library scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 71% 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)
C 1.39 per 100 workers

Safer than 63% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 71% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Decatur Public Library: 0.0 → 3.3 TCR

Peak year 2022 @ 3.7 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2024

Decatur Public Library's TCR rose 3.3 from 0.0 in 2020 to 3.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 3.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 519120 · Decatur, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 1.4 · 199% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #3/5
  • PHOTO Library Administration
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~31 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Library Administration (0.0 TCR gap)

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Decatur Public Library in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Decatur Public Library averages 1.4 TCR (199% of the Libraries (except motion picture stock footage, motion picture commercial distribution) BLS benchmark).

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

Decatur Public Library TCR series: 2020=0 · 2021=0 · 2022=3.7 · 2023=0 · 2024=3.3 · BLS 0.7

Where Decatur Public Library falls in its industry

89 Libraries (except motion pictu establishments

Safer than 63% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 5 Libraries (except motion pictu employers in Illinois.

Decatur Public Library (31 employees, TCR 1.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 46 employees and a TCR of 1.9 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 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Decatur Public Library
Decatur Public Library (31 employees, TCR 1.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 46 employees and a TCR of 1.9

Decatur Public Library has fewer employees than the Libraries (except motion picture stock f median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.9. 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 3.3 0.0 1 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 3.7 0.0 1 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

519120 · IL · Decatur

89 Libraries (except motion picture stock footage, motion picture commercial distribution) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 219 employers in Decatur, 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 Library Administration 1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR PW Public Library System 1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Somerset County Library System of NJ 1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Town of Hamden - Library 1.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Bear Creek Genetics, LLC. 31 FTE
STATE-SIZE Highland 31 FTE
STATE-SIZE The Maschhoffs, LLC - Pittsfield Office 31 FTE
STATE-SIZE AMEREN ILLINOIS - Beardstown 31 FTE
CITY-NEAR Decatur Facility 2,420 FTE
CITY-NEAR Decatur Memorial Hospital 1,982 FTE
CITY-NEAR Decatur Public School District No. 61 1,524 FTE
CITY-NEAR Corporate Staff Offices 1,198 FTE
NAT-TCR Servometer 1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Hajoca 524 1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR 300 Industrial Rd Natchitoches La 1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Hilton Baton Rouge Capitol Center 1.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE CHI Headquarters 31 FTE
NAT-SIZE Store 018 31 FTE
NAT-SIZE Kirila Fire Training Facilities, Inc. 31 FTE
NAT-SIZE 1839 Hin6 31 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.