Garbage collection services · Illinois
Department of Streets and Sanitation Carts
Chicago, IL · ~38 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 17.2
- Avg TCR
- 2.6
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Department of Streets and Sanitation Carts runs at 661% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Garbage collection services workplace, earning a grade F.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 17.2
- avg TCR · per 100 workers
- 2.6
- industry benchmark (BLS)
- 11
- recordable injuries tracked
Grade compares Department of Streets and Sanitation Carts's OSHA Total Case Rate to the BLS industry benchmark across 2 years of Form 300A filings (2016–2024). This reflects reported recordable injuries, not an independent safety inspection -- underreporting is a known limitation of employer self-recordkeeping.
Injury rate over time
Department of Streets and Sanitation Carts's yearly Total Case Rate, against the 2.6 industry benchmark.
Where Department of Streets and Sanitation Carts falls in its industry
2,506 Garbage collection services establishmentsSafer than 4% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.
Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #152 safest of 152 Garbage collection services employers in Illinois.
Department of Streets and Sanitation Carts has an average TCR of 17.2, which is 661% of the industry average (2.6) for Garbage collection services. This is significantly worse than average.
The letter grade is a transparent derived index PlainSafetyScore computes from public OSHA ITA and BLS benchmark data, not an official OSHA rating or safety certification. Full formula and thresholds: Methodology.
Trend analysis for Department of Streets and Sanitation Carts
Between 2022 and 2023, Department of Streets and Sanitation Carts's Total Case Rate worsened from 12.5 to 21.9 recordable injuries per 100 full-time workers, a 75% increase across 1 year of OSHA reporting.
The safest year on record was 2022, at a TCR of 12.5, while 2023 saw the highest rate, at 21.9, a spread of 9.4 points between the best and worst reporting years. That's a wide swing relative to the establishment's overall rate, worth checking the year-by-year table below for whether a single severe year is driving the average, rather than a sustained trend.
Summed across those 2 reporting years, Department of Streets and Sanitation Carts recorded 11 total injuries and illnesses, with no fatalities reported in any of those years. Readers comparing establishments should weigh the 2-year trend above alongside establishment size, since a larger workforce naturally accumulates more raw incidents even at a lower per-100-worker rate.
Verify This Employer with OSHA
All injury, illness, and fatality figures on this page are sourced from Department of Streets and Sanitation Carts's own mandatory OSHA Form 300A summaries. Cross-check the underlying establishment record directly against the federal source, name, NAICS classification, recordable case totals, and inspection history are all searchable on OSHA's Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data system.
Verify on OSHA Establishment SearchSource: U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data. NAICS 562111 - Garbage collection services.
DART Rate, Transparent Calculation (2023)
DART (Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred) is computed by OSHA as incidents × 200,000 ÷ hours worked. The 200,000-hour denominator equals roughly 100 full-time workers, which lets establishments of very different sizes be compared directly.
7 DART incidents × 200,000 ÷ 64,000 hours worked = 21.88 DART
Methodology: 29 CFR 1904, OSHA Form 300A recordkeeping
Cross-Validating Context, Establishment vs Industry vs State
| Benchmark | TCR | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Department of Streets and Sanitation Carts (this establishment) | 17.19 | OSHA ITA Form 300A, 2-year avg |
| Garbage collection services industry avg | 2.60 | BLS IIF, NAICS 562111 |
| Illinois state avg (all industries) | 4.73 | OSHA ITA, state-level rollup |
Industry benchmarks: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities (IIF) program
Reportable Incident Timeline
Year-by-year reportable incidents (recordable injuries + illnesses + fatalities) submitted by Department of Streets and Sanitation Carts to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application. Each row anchors to OSHA's inspection records search where you can pull the underlying inspection case numbers and citations for that establishment-year.
- 2023: 7 reportable incidents · 7 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2022: 4 reportable incidents · 4 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
Source: OSHA Inspection Information System (IMIS) - inspection case-number records
Year-by-Year Safety Data
| Year | TCR | DART | Injuries | Illnesses | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 21.9 | 21.9 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
What this grade means for you
Use this grade as a relative read on Department of Streets and Sanitation Carts's reported OSHA injury record versus its Garbage collection services peers, not a verdict on whether any single site is safe today.
- At 661% of the Garbage collection services benchmark, Department of Streets and Sanitation Carts reports more injuries than typical peers, ask specifically how the employer is reducing them. Know your rights
- Judge this record against the wider Garbage collection services sector, where injury rates vary widely, before comparing it in isolation. See the industry
- Grades reflect 2016–2024 filings; check the latest establishment record straight from OSHA, or look up a different employer. Look up another
Safety grades reflect employers' self-reported OSHA Form 300A filings from 2016 to 2024 and can lag current conditions. A grade is not a guarantee that any specific workplace is safe or unsafe today. See our methodology and disclaimer.
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