Refuse collection services · Illinois

Department of Streets & Sanitation - Bureau of Sanitation District Sanitation Office - D7

Chicago, IL · ~176 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
9.8
Avg TCR
2.6
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Department of Streets & Sanitation - Bureau of Sanitation District Sanitation Office - D7 runs at 376% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Refuse collection services workplace, earning a grade F.

Department of Streets & Sanitation - Bureau of Sanitation District Sanitation Office - D7: 9.8 TCR = 376% of Refuse collection services BLS 2.6 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Department of Streets & Sanitation - Bureau of Sanitation District Sanitation Office - D7 safety composite

Department of Streets & Sanitation - Bureau of Sanitation District Sanitation Office - D7 scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 17%), 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).

F

26/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 9.77 per 100 workers

Safer than 17% of industry peers

DART rate
F 7.47 per 100 workers

Safer than 19% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 52% 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

−4.6

2022→2023

Department of Streets & Sanitation - Bureau of Sanitation District Sanitation Office - D7 injury rate improved

Department of Streets & Sanitation - Bureau of Sanitation District Sanitation Office - D7's TCR fell 4.6 from 12.1 in 2022 to 7.5 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2022 at 12.1 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.76× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=12.1 · 2023=7.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 562111 · Chicago, IL ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 9.8 · 376% of ind

  • DART 7.5 DART
  • RANK #116/143
  • PHOTO Recology Western Ore…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 34 inj
  • SIZE ~176 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Recology Western Oregon (0.0 TCR gap)

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Department of Streets & Sanitation - Bureau of Sanitation District Sanitation Office - D7 in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Department of Streets & Sanitation - Bureau of Sanitation District Sanitation Office - D7 averages 9.8 TCR (376% of the Refuse collection services BLS benchmark).

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

Department of Streets & Sanitation - Bureau of Sanitation District Sanitation Office - D7 TCR series: 2022=12.1 · 2023=7.5 · BLS 2.6

Where Department of Streets & Sanitation - Bureau of Sanitation District Sanitation Office - D7 falls in its industry

2,322 Refuse collection services establishments

Safer than 17% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #116 safest of 143 Refuse collection services employers in Illinois.

Department of Streets & Sanitation - Bureau of Sanitation District Sanitation Office - D7 (176 employees, TCR 9.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 5.1 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 0100200300400 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Department of Streets & Sanitation - Bureau of Sanitation District Sanitation Office - D7
Department of Streets & Sanitation - Bureau of Sanitation District Sanitation Office - D7 (176 employees, TCR 9.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 5.1

Department of Streets & Sanitation - Bureau of Sanitation District Sanitation Office - D7 has more employees than the Refuse collection services median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.1. 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 7.5 7.5 13 0 0
2022 12.1 11.5 21 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562111 · IL · Chicago

2,322 Refuse collection services employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 2,934 employers in Chicago, 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 Recology Western Oregon 9.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Columbus Indiana Operations 9.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Solid Waste and Recycling 9.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR G. Mello Disposal 9.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Chicago/ Rockford, IL HVAC 176 FTE
STATE-SIZE McHenry, IL - Pallet Plant - 337 176 FTE
STATE-SIZE USA IL Chicago Plant 176 FTE
STATE-SIZE Vantage Specialty Chemicals 176 FTE
CITY-NEAR Chicago Public Schools 49,500 FTE
CITY-NEAR Chicago/Corporate 18,831 FTE
CITY-NEAR University of Illinois at Chicago 13,092 FTE
CITY-NEAR University Health Service UIC UIC Campus 12,732 FTE
NAT-TCR Culinary Services of America, Inc. 9.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Ram Forest Products, Inc. 9.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Columbia Landcare LLC 9.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Xo Windows, LLC 9.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Mahle Behr Dayton LLC 176 FTE
NAT-SIZE Culpeper Baptist Retirement Community (dba The Culpeper) 176 FTE
NAT-SIZE Progressive Converting Appleton 176 FTE
NAT-SIZE Mile High Flea Market 176 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.