Water treatment plants · Illinois

Department of Public Works

Geneva, IL · ~131 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
9.6
Avg TCR
1.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Department of Public Works runs at 796% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Water treatment plants workplace, earning a grade F.

Department of Public Works: 9.6 TCR = 796% of Water treatment plants BLS 1.2 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Department of Public Works safety composite

Department of Public Works scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 64% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 13%), 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

40/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 9.55 per 100 workers

Safer than 13% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0.77 per 100 workers

Safer than 64% 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

−2.9

2017→2022

Department of Public Works injury rate improved

Department of Public Works's TCR fell 2.9 from 11.4 in 2017 to 8.5 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2017 at 11.4 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0.08× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=11.4 · 2018=10.6 · 2020=9.7 · 2021=7.6 · 2022=8.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 221310 · Geneva, IL ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 9.6 · 796% of ind

  • DART 0.8 DART
  • RANK #46/60
  • PHOTO West Hartford Filters
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 46 inj
  • SIZE ~131 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: West Hartford Filters (0.0 TCR gap)

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Department of Public Works in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Department of Public Works averages 9.6 TCR (796% of the Water treatment plants BLS benchmark).

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

Department of Public Works TCR series: 2017=11.4 · 2018=10.6 · 2020=9.7 · 2021=7.6 · 2022=8.5 · BLS 1.2

Where Department of Public Works falls in its industry

727 Water treatment plants establishments

Safer than 13% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #46 safest of 60 Water treatment plants employers in Illinois.

Department of Public Works (131 employees, TCR 9.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 53 employees and a TCR of 4.2 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 0100200300 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Department of Public Works
Department of Public Works (131 employees, TCR 9.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 53 employees and a TCR of 4.2

Department of Public Works has more employees than the Water treatment plants median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.2. 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
2022 8.5 0.8 11 0 0
2021 7.6 1.5 10 0 0
2020 9.7 2.4 10 2 0
2018 10.6 6.7 11 0 0
2017 11.4 5.7 4 2 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

221310 · IL · Geneva

727 Water treatment plants employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 79 employers in Geneva, 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 West Hartford Filters 9.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR City of Burbank - Burbank Water and Power - Water Maint./Const. 9.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Water District 9.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Community Water Company of Green Valley 9.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE McHugh Enterprises Inc. 131 FTE
STATE-SIZE Brieser Construction 131 FTE
STATE-SIZE Alliance Glazing Technologies 131 FTE
STATE-SIZE USD LLC 131 FTE
CITY-NEAR Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital 1,706 FTE
CITY-NEAR Kane County 1,278 FTE
CITY-NEAR County Of Kane 1,212 FTE
CITY-NEAR MSI Express - Geneva 330 FTE
NAT-TCR 6400-SWY-0017-0017-00249 9.6 TCR
NAT-TCR 6400-SWY-0005-0005-00137 9.6 TCR
NAT-TCR 6400-SWY-0005-0005-02791 9.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Auto Bolt Company 9.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Triumph Accessory Services Grand Praire 131 FTE
NAT-SIZE Big Y Foods, Inc. Shelton 131 FTE
NAT-SIZE PSI Molded Plastics Inc 131 FTE
NAT-SIZE 4054-ABS-0030-0030-00035 131 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: 2022, 2021, 2020, 2018, 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.