Elementary and secondary schools · Illinois

DeKalb Community Unit School District #428

Name: DeKalb Community Unit School District #428 Workplace Safety Data
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Dekalb, IL · ~940 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

F
Failing Safety Record: 13.9
Avg TCR: 1.4
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

DeKalb Community Unit School District #428 runs at 993% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Elementary and secondary schools workplace, earning a grade F.

DeKalb Community Unit School District #428: 13.9 TCR = 993% of Elementary and secondary schools BLS 1.4 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

DeKalb Community Unit School District #428 safety composite

DeKalb Community Unit School District #428 scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 5%), 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 13.9 per 100 workers

Safer than 5% of industry peers
DART rate: D 1.78 per 100 workers

Safer than 42% 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%).

TCR Δ

−8.5

2017→2018

DeKalb Community Unit School District #428 injury rate improved

DeKalb Community Unit School District #428's TCR fell 8.5 from 18.2 in 2017 to 9.6 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2017 at 18.2 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0.13× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=18.2 · 2018=9.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade F · TCR 13.9 · 993% of ind

DART 1.8 DART
RANK #304/312
PHOTO Central Valley Train…
BOOK 2y book
INJ 149 inj
SIZE ~940 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Central Valley Training Center Stockton East (0.0 TCR gap)

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13.9
Central Valley

13.9
Connersville H

13.9
Pinewood Commu

13.9
BRAHAM AREA HI

13.9

What this shows DeKalb Community Unit School District #428 averages 13.9 TCR (993% of the Elementary and secondary schools BLS benchmark).

DeKalb Community Unit School District #428 TCR series: 2017=18.2 · 2018=9.6 · BLS 1.4

Where DeKalb Community Unit School District #428 falls in its industry

3,374 Elementary and secondary schoo establishments

Safer than 5% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.8.

Grade F

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #304 safest of 312 Elementary and secondary schoo employers in Illinois.

DeKalb Community Unit School District #428 (940 employees, TCR 13.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 76 employees and a TCR of 3.8

DeKalb Community Unit School District #428 has more employees than the Elementary and secondary schools median and a higher 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
2018	9.6	1.8	54	0	0
2017	18.2	3.1	95	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

611110 · IL · Dekalb

3,374 Elementary and secondary schools employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 93 employers in Dekalb, 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	Central Valley Training Center Stockton East	STOCKTON, CA	13.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Connersville High School	CONNERSVILLE, IN	13.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Pinewood Community Elementary School	EAGAN, MN	13.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR	BRAHAM AREA HIGH SCHOOL	BRAHAM, MN	13.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Chicago (HR)	CHICAGO	940 FTE
STATE-SIZE	J. Sterling Morton High School District 201	CICERO	938 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Lincoln Land Community College-Main Campus	SPRINGFIELD	938 FTE
STATE-SIZE	AMD Des Plaines	DES PLAINES	944 FTE
CITY-NEAR	3842 - UDC-DeKalb	Dekalb	1,635 FTE
CITY-NEAR	3842 - DeKalb UDC	Dekalb	1,411 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Northwestern Medicine Kishwaukee Hospital	Dekalb	1,067 FTE
CITY-NEAR	786	Dekalb	391 FTE
NAT-TCR	Osmundson Mfg Co	Perry, IA	13.9 TCR
NAT-TCR	4769-313-Williams Sonoma	Scottsdale, AZ	13.9 TCR
NAT-TCR	Md7017-Bvsl-Bv White Marsh	Nottingham, MD	13.9 TCR
NAT-TCR	Fowler Transfer Station	Fowler, CA	13.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Iowa City North Dodge (ICND)	Iowa City, IA	940 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Crozer Keystone Health System	Springfield, PA	940 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Rheem Manufacturing	Montgomery, AL	940 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Hazard Regional Medical Center	Hazard, KY	940 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.

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