Refuse collection services · Illinois

Department of Streets & Sanitation - Bureau of Sanitation District Sanitation Office - D3A

Chicago, IL · ~104 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
14.4
Avg TCR
2.6
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Department of Streets & Sanitation - Bureau of Sanitation District Sanitation Office - D3A runs at 555% 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 - D3A: 14.4 TCR = 555% of Refuse collection services BLS 2.6 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Department of Streets & Sanitation - Bureau of Sanitation District Sanitation Office - D3A safety composite

Department of Streets & Sanitation - Bureau of Sanitation District Sanitation Office - D3A scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 7%), 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

21/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 14.43 per 100 workers

Safer than 7% of industry peers

DART rate
F 8.65 per 100 workers

Safer than 14% 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

−9.6

2022→2023

Department of Streets & Sanitation - Bureau of Sanitation District Sanitation Office - D3A injury rate improved

Department of Streets & Sanitation - Bureau of Sanitation District Sanitation Office - D3A's TCR fell 9.6 from 19.2 in 2022 to 9.6 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2022 at 19.2 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.6× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=19.2 · 2023=9.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade F · TCR 14.4 · 555% of ind

  • DART 8.7 DART
  • RANK #136/143
  • PHOTO Tom Berkowitz Trucki…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 30 inj
  • SIZE ~104 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Tom Berkowitz Trucking, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Department of Streets & Sanitation - Bureau of Sanitation District Sanitation Office - D3A 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 - D3A averages 14.4 TCR (555% 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 - D3A TCR series: 2022=19.2 · 2023=9.6 · BLS 2.6

Where Department of Streets & Sanitation - Bureau of Sanitation District Sanitation Office - D3A falls in its industry

2,322 Refuse collection services establishments

Safer than 7% 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 #136 safest of 143 Refuse collection services employers in Illinois.

Department of Streets & Sanitation - Bureau of Sanitation District Sanitation Office - D3A (104 employees, TCR 14.4) 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 - D3A
Department of Streets & Sanitation - Bureau of Sanitation District Sanitation Office - D3A (104 employees, TCR 14.4) 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 - D3A 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 9.6 8.7 10 0 0
2022 19.2 18.3 20 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 Tom Berkowitz Trucking, Inc. 14.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Meridian Waste Missouri, LLC - Eagle Ridge Landfill 14.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR S05161 - Waste Management of Cedar Rapids 14.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Chestnut Ridge Garage 14.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE 76G - Southern - IL Gas Ops 104 FTE
STATE-SIZE Madison Construction 2016 OSHA 300 & 300A 104 FTE
STATE-SIZE C & L Maintenance inc. 104 FTE
STATE-SIZE Elliot Construction Corporation 104 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 Construction Associates of Spokane Inc 14.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Plant 2 (1077 watson) 14.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Good Samaritan Society 14.4 TCR
NAT-TCR TMT Oklahoma, Inc 14.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Stewart MacDonald Mfg Co 104 FTE
NAT-SIZE Baker Brothers Electric, Inc. 104 FTE
NAT-SIZE Anderson Precision 104 FTE
NAT-SIZE North States Industries 104 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.

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