Distribution of natural gas · Illinois

Des Plaines Reporting Center

Des Plaines, IL · ~81 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
4.1
Avg TCR
1.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Des Plaines Reporting Center runs at 341% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Distribution of natural gas workplace, earning a grade F.

Des Plaines Reporting Center: 4.1 TCR = 341% of Distribution of natural gas BLS 1.2 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Des Plaines Reporting Center safety composite

Des Plaines Reporting Center scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (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

35/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 4.09 per 100 workers

Safer than 28% of industry peers

DART rate
F 2.5 per 100 workers

Safer than 33% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 50% 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

−3.4

2019→2021

Des Plaines Reporting Center injury rate improved

Des Plaines Reporting Center's TCR fell 3.4 from 5.9 in 2019 to 2.5 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2019 at 5.9 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.61× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=5.9 · 2020=3.9 · 2021=2.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 221210 · Des Plaines, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 4.1 · 341% of ind

  • DART 2.5 DART
  • RANK #49/72
  • PHOTO Colby
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 10 inj
  • SIZE ~81 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Colby (0.0 TCR gap)

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Des Plaines Reporting Center in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Des Plaines Reporting Center averages 4.1 TCR (341% of the Distribution of natural gas BLS benchmark).

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

Des Plaines Reporting Center TCR series: 2019=5.9 · 2020=3.9 · 2021=2.5 · BLS 1.2

Where Des Plaines Reporting Center falls in its industry

1,153 Distribution of natural gas establishments

Safer than 28% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #49 safest of 72 Distribution of natural gas employers in Illinois.

Des Plaines Reporting Center (81 employees, TCR 4.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 2.6 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 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Des Plaines Reporting Center
Des Plaines Reporting Center (81 employees, TCR 4.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 2.6

Des Plaines Reporting Center has more employees than the Distribution of natural gas median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.6. 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
2021 2.5 2.5 2 0 0
2020 3.9 3.9 3 0 0
2019 5.9 1.2 5 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

221210 · IL · Des Plaines

1,153 Distribution of natural gas 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 Colby 4.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR NG Bloomington Reporting Center 4.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR CENTRAL MASS - WEBSTER-MA09 4.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Cascade Natural Gas Bremerton District Office-Operations-Field 4.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Pioneer Hi-Bred Intl Inc. Utica, IL 81 FTE
STATE-SIZE Edwards Power Station 81 FTE
STATE-SIZE 75E - Western S - IL Electric Ops 81 FTE
STATE-SIZE AMEREN ILLINOIS - Western S - IL Electric Ops 81 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 Hy-Vee, Inc. 4.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Sonoma Winery (Frei Winery) 4.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Holiday Inn Tewksbury Andover 4.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Hudson Valley 4.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Blount - Kronenwetter 81 FTE
NAT-SIZE TT-Poughkeepsie CSC 81 FTE
NAT-SIZE Bimax 81 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sodexo at Buena Vista Univ-Dining Room 81 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: 2021, 2020, 2019. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.