General public administration · Illinois

DeKalb County Government

Sycamore, IL · ~583 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.6
Avg TCR
3.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

DeKalb County Government runs at 174% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical General public administration workplace, earning a grade D.

DeKalb County Government: 5.6 TCR = 174% of General public administration BLS 3.2 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

DeKalb County Government safety composite

DeKalb County Government scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 42%), 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).

D

47/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 5.58 per 100 workers

Safer than 42% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.78 per 100 workers

Safer than 49% 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%).

TCR Δ

−7.1

2017→2023

DeKalb County Government injury rate improved

DeKalb County Government's TCR fell 7.1 from 9.9 in 2017 to 2.8 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2017 at 9.9 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.32× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=9.9 · 2018=8.0 · 2019=6.8 · 2020=3.3 · 2021=4.7 · 2022=3.6 · 2023=2.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 921190 · Sycamore, IL ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 5.6 · 174% of ind

  • DART 1.8 DART
  • RANK #105/213
  • PHOTO RECREACION Y DEPORTES
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 134 inj
  • SIZE ~583 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: RECREACION Y DEPORTES (0.0 TCR gap)

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DeKalb County Government in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows DeKalb County Government averages 5.6 TCR (174% of the General public administration BLS benchmark).

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

DeKalb County Government TCR series: 2017=9.9 · 2018=8 · 2019=6.8 · 2020=3.3 · 2021=4.7 · 2022=3.6 · 2023=2.8 · BLS 3.2

Where DeKalb County Government falls in its industry

1,496 General public administration establishments

Safer than 42% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #105 safest of 213 General public administration employers in Illinois.

DeKalb County Government (583 employees, TCR 5.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 93 employees and a TCR of 4.6 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 0200400600800 010203040 Average employees Total Case Rate DeKalb County Government
DeKalb County Government (583 employees, TCR 5.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 93 employees and a TCR of 4.6

DeKalb County Government has more employees than the General public administration median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.6. 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
2023 2.8 1.8 9 2 0
2022 3.6 2.2 15 0 0
2021 4.7 2.7 18 3 0
2020 3.3 1.3 12 3 0
2019 6.8 3.5 20 11 0
2018 8.0 2.6 24 13 0
2017 9.9 2.7 36 11 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

921190 · IL · Sycamore

1,496 General public administration employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 44 employers in Sycamore, 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 RECREACION Y DEPORTES 5.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Facility Management and Construction 5.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Cable TV 5.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR City of Statesville 5.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE General Mills (Belvidere) 583 FTE
STATE-SIZE DB Schenker Logistics 583 FTE
STATE-SIZE Tootsie Roll Industries, LLC 582 FTE
STATE-SIZE Central Region Sales & Office (Naperville, IL) 584 FTE
CITY-NEAR Adient-AS-Sycamore Facility-00209 402 FTE
CITY-NEAR Sycamore 386 FTE
CITY-NEAR The Suter Company, Inc. 335 FTE
CITY-NEAR 313 - Sycamore 244 FTE
NAT-TCR Fiber Innovation Technologies, Inc 5.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Columbia Room 5.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Water Rower 5.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Theisen's of Cedar Rapids SW 5.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE I Chief, LLC dba Jack in the Box 583 FTE
NAT-SIZE D&K Harvesting, Inc 583 FTE
NAT-SIZE Brp Us Inc 583 FTE
NAT-SIZE Double V FLC, INC 583 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: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 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.