Rubbish (i.e., nonhazardous solid waste) hauling, local · Illinois

Department of Streets & Sanitation - Bureau of Street Operations

Chicago, IL · ~288 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
6.0
Avg TCR
2.6
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Department of Streets & Sanitation - Bureau of Street Operations runs at 230% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Rubbish (i.e., nonhazardous solid waste) hauling, local workplace, earning a grade F.

Department of Streets & Sanitation - Bureau of Street Operations: 6.0 TCR = 230% of Rubbish (i.e., nonhazardous solid waste) hauling, local BLS 2.6 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Department of Streets & Sanitation - Bureau of Street Operations safety composite

Department of Streets & Sanitation - Bureau of Street Operations scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 28%), 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

39/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 5.99 per 100 workers

Safer than 40% of industry peers

DART rate
F 5.54 per 100 workers

Safer than 28% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Department of Streets & Sanitation - Bureau of Street Operations: 4.4 → 5.9 TCR

Peak year 2019 @ 10.7 TCR · DART/TCR 0.92× in 2023

Department of Streets & Sanitation - Bureau of Street Operations's TCR rose 1.5 from 4.4 in 2018 to 5.9 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2019 at 10.7 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.92× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade F · TCR 6.0 · 230% of ind

  • DART 5.5 DART
  • RANK #78/143
  • PHOTO AWS - Bullhead City
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 80 inj
  • SIZE ~288 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: AWS - Bullhead City (0.0 TCR gap)

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Department of Streets & Sanitation - Bureau of Street Operations 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 Street Operations averages 6.0 TCR (230% of the Rubbish (i.e., nonhazardous solid waste) hauling, local 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 Street Operations TCR series: 2018=4.4 · 2019=10.7 · 2020=3.7 · 2022=5.2 · 2023=5.9 · BLS 2.6

Where Department of Streets & Sanitation - Bureau of Street Operations falls in its industry

2,322 Rubbish (i.e., nonhazardous so establishments

Safer than 40% 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 #78 safest of 143 Rubbish (i.e., nonhazardous so employers in Illinois.

Department of Streets & Sanitation - Bureau of Street Operations (288 employees, TCR 6.0) 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 Street Operations
Department of Streets & Sanitation - Bureau of Street Operations (288 employees, TCR 6.0) 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 Street Operations has more employees than the Rubbish (i.e., nonhazardous solid waste) 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 5.9 5.5 16 0 0
2022 5.2 4.4 14 0 0
2020 3.7 2.7 10 4 0
2019 10.7 7.0 29 0 0
2018 4.4 2.8 11 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562111 · IL · Chicago

2,322 Rubbish (i.e., nonhazardous solid waste) hauling, local 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 AWS - Bullhead City 6.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR S05590 - WM of W Boylston 6.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Randy's Sanitation Inc. - Burnsville 6.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Princeton Hauling 6.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Central Shop 288 FTE
STATE-SIZE BRIDGEVIEW IL (QUAKER) 288 FTE
STATE-SIZE Proven Partners Manufacturing 288 FTE
STATE-SIZE VISCOFAN USA INC 288 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 EatStreet 6.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Embassy Suites (Jacksonville FL) 6.0 TCR
NAT-TCR American Red Cross - 1860 Hawthorne Ave Ne 6.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Crystal Gateway Marriott 6.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Lenbrook 288 FTE
NAT-SIZE 0823 - Hayward Ca Bus Ctr 288 FTE
NAT-SIZE The Jewish Community Center of Greater Columbus 288 FTE
NAT-SIZE PSE&G NJ Asset Management & Planning 288 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, 2020, 2019, 2018. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.