Collection, treatment, and disposal of waste through a sewer system · Illinois

Downers Grove Sanitary District

Downers Grove, IL · ~40 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
12.6
Avg TCR
1.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Downers Grove Sanitary District runs at 1047% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Collection, treatment, and disposal of waste through a sewer system workplace, earning a grade F.

Downers Grove Sanitary District: 12.6 TCR = 1047% of Collection, treatment, and disposal of waste through a sewer system BLS 1.2 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Downers Grove Sanitary District safety composite

Downers Grove Sanitary District scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 8%), 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 12.56 per 100 workers

Safer than 8% of industry peers

DART rate
F 6.42 per 100 workers

Safer than 15% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Downers Grove Sanitary District: 6.0 → 16.1 TCR

Peak year 2023 @ 16.1 TCR · DART/TCR 0.51× in 2023

Downers Grove Sanitary District's TCR rose 10.1 from 6.0 in 2017 to 16.1 in 2023. In 2023, DART was 0.51× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 221320 · Downers Grove, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 12.6 · 1047% of ind

  • DART 6.4 DART
  • RANK #43/48
  • PHOTO LASAN - Wastewater C…
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 24 inj
  • SIZE ~40 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: LASAN - Wastewater Collection System Division West Los Angeles Yard (0.1 TCR gap)

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Downers Grove Sanitary District in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Downers Grove Sanitary District averages 12.6 TCR (1047% of the Collection, treatment, and disposal of waste through a sewer system BLS benchmark).

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

Downers Grove Sanitary District TCR series: 2017=6 · 2018=14.4 · 2020=11.6 · 2021=15.4 · 2022=11.9 · 2023=16.1 · BLS 1.2

Where Downers Grove Sanitary District falls in its industry

400 Collection, treatment, and dis establishments

Safer than 8% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #43 safest of 48 Collection, treatment, and dis employers in Illinois.

Downers Grove Sanitary District (40 employees, TCR 12.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 47 employees and a TCR of 4.4 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 0200400600 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Downers Grove Sanitary District
Downers Grove Sanitary District (40 employees, TCR 12.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 47 employees and a TCR of 4.4

Downers Grove Sanitary District has fewer employees than the Collection, treatment, and disposal of w median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.4. 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 16.1 6.4 4 1 0
2022 11.9 6.0 4 0 0
2021 15.4 12.4 5 0 0
2020 11.6 8.7 4 0 0
2018 14.4 8.6 5 0 0
2017 6.0 0.0 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

221320 · IL · Downers Grove

400 Collection, treatment, and disposal of waste through a sewer system employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 139 employers in Downers Grove, 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 LASAN - Wastewater Collection System Division West Los Angeles Yard 12.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR 00001600 1600 - SOLID WASTE 12.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR FRWRD-ADP 12.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Missouri Region 12.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE AMEREN ILLINOIS - Gas Integrity Management 40 FTE
STATE-SIZE NG Bloomington Reporting Center 40 FTE
STATE-SIZE Window Works Addison 40 FTE
STATE-SIZE R T Milord Co 40 FTE
CITY-NEAR Advocate Medical Group 5,319 FTE
CITY-NEAR Advocate Support Centers 2,103 FTE
CITY-NEAR Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital 1,958 FTE
CITY-NEAR ADVOCATE CHILDRENS HOSPITALS 1,734 FTE
NAT-TCR Reno-Virginia St #012 12.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Channel Point Village 12.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Granite Hills Healthcare & Wellness Ctr 12.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Meadow Lakes Senior Living 12.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE New London Specialty Care 40 FTE
NAT-SIZE Electro-Core, Inc. 40 FTE
NAT-SIZE Thomas Supply Inc 40 FTE
NAT-SIZE The Coventry 40 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, 2021, 2020, 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.