Parks and recreation commission, government · Illinois

Des Plaines Park District

Des Plaines, IL · ~309 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.9
Avg TCR
3.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Des Plaines Park District runs at 184% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Parks and recreation commission, government workplace, earning a grade D.

Des Plaines Park District: 5.9 TCR = 184% of Parks and recreation commission, government BLS 3.2 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Des Plaines Park District safety composite

Des Plaines Park District scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 53% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 41%), 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

48/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 5.9 per 100 workers

Safer than 41% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.38 per 100 workers

Safer than 53% 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

−6.2

2017→2024

Des Plaines Park District injury rate improved

Des Plaines Park District's TCR fell 6.2 from 9.7 in 2017 to 3.5 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 10.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.23× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=9.7 · 2018=7.5 · 2019=10.2 · 2020=5.6 · 2021=2.5 · 2022=4.7 · 2023=3.5 · 2024=3.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 924120 · Des Plaines, IL ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 5.9 · 184% of ind

  • DART 1.4 DART
  • RANK #38/63
  • PHOTO Town of Zionsville P…
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 45 inj
  • SIZE ~309 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Town of Zionsville Parks and Recreation (0.0 TCR gap)

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Des Plaines Park District in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Des Plaines Park District averages 5.9 TCR (184% of the Parks and recreation commission, government BLS benchmark).

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

Des Plaines Park District TCR series: 2017=9.7 · 2018=7.5 · 2019=10.2 · 2020=5.6 · 2021=2.5 · 2022=4.7 · 2023=3.5 · 2024=3.5 · BLS 3.2

Where Des Plaines Park District falls in its industry

413 Parks and recreation commissio establishments

Safer than 41% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #38 safest of 63 Parks and recreation commissio employers in Illinois.

Des Plaines Park District (309 employees, TCR 5.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 69 employees and a TCR of 5.0 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 0200400600800 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Des Plaines Park District
Des Plaines Park District (309 employees, TCR 5.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 69 employees and a TCR of 5.0

Des Plaines Park District has more employees than the Parks and recreation commission, governm median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.0. 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
2024 3.5 1.4 3 2 0
2023 3.5 2.1 4 1 0
2022 4.7 3.9 6 0 0
2021 2.5 0.8 2 1 0
2020 5.6 3.4 4 1 0
2019 10.2 6.0 7 5 0
2018 7.5 4.2 7 2 0
2017 9.7 4.8 12 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

924120 · IL · Des Plaines

413 Parks and recreation commission, government employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 174 employers in Des Plaines, 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 Town of Zionsville Parks and Recreation 5.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Dept. of Fish & Game (7) 5.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR District 1 - Manoa Complex 5.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Lord House, Ortley Beach Lifeguard Station 6.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE KNEAD DOUGH BAKING COMPANY 309 FTE
STATE-SIZE Geneva 309 FTE
STATE-SIZE AJR Filtration, Inc. 309 FTE
STATE-SIZE WM 4323 309 FTE
CITY-NEAR Illinois Bone & Joint Institute 2,172 FTE
CITY-NEAR Rivers Casino 1,705 FTE
CITY-NEAR Des Plaines Campus 1,245 FTE
CITY-NEAR Des Plaines (IL36) 1,200 FTE
NAT-TCR Mike Alexander Dies, Inc 5.9 TCR
NAT-TCR PBV-Garner 5.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Polkton 5.9 TCR
NAT-TCR 1210 LKQ A&R Auto Parts 5.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Lakes Regional Healthcare 309 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hartnell Packing 309 FTE
NAT-SIZE Bancker Construction Corp. 309 FTE
NAT-SIZE Division of Flood Management 309 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: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.