Water supply systems · Illinois

DuPage Water Commission

Elmhurst, IL · ~35 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
5.8
Avg TCR
1.2
Industry avg
1
Fatality
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The verdict

DuPage Water Commission runs at 479% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Water supply systems workplace, earning a grade F.

DuPage Water Commission: 5.8 TCR = 479% of Water supply systems BLS 1.2 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

DuPage Water Commission safety composite

DuPage Water Commission scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 83% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 1%), 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

44/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 5.75 per 100 workers

Safer than 36% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 83% of industry peers

Fatalities
F 1

Safer than 1% 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

2016→2024

DuPage Water Commission injury rate improved

DuPage Water Commission's TCR fell 3.4 from 6.5 in 2016 to 3.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 12.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=6.5 · 2017=2.8 · 2018=6.1 · 2019=6.0 · 2020=3.0 · 2021=6.0 · 2022=5.8 · 2023=12.6 · 2024=3.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 221310 · Elmhurst, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 5.8 · 479% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #32/60
  • PHOTO Wrenshall City Hall
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 15 inj
  • SIZE ~35 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Wrenshall City Hall (0.0 TCR gap)

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DuPage Water Commission in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows DuPage Water Commission averages 5.8 TCR (479% of the Water supply systems BLS benchmark).

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

DuPage Water Commission TCR series: 2016=6.5 · 2017=2.8 · 2018=6.1 · 2019=6 · 2020=3 · 2021=6 · 2022=5.8 · 2023=12.6 · 2024=3 · BLS 1.2

Where DuPage Water Commission falls in its industry

727 Water supply systems establishments

Safer than 36% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #32 safest of 60 Water supply systems employers in Illinois.

DuPage Water Commission (35 employees, TCR 5.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 53 employees and a TCR of 4.2 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 0100200300 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate DuPage Water Commission
DuPage Water Commission (35 employees, TCR 5.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 53 employees and a TCR of 4.2

DuPage Water Commission has fewer employees than the Water supply systems median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.2. 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 3.0 0.0 1 0 0
2023 12.6 9.4 4 0 0
2022 5.8 5.8 2 0 0
2021 6.0 6.0 2 0 0
2020 3.0 3.0 1 0 0
2019 6.0 0.0 0 2 1
2018 6.1 3.0 2 0 0
2017 2.8 2.8 1 0 0
2016 6.5 3.2 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

221310 · IL · Elmhurst

727 Water supply systems employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 127 employers in Elmhurst, 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 Wrenshall City Hall 5.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR SLDMWA TFO 5.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Rend Lake Conservancy District 5.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR 00000012 WATER 5.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Dynegy Kendall Energy LLC 35 FTE
STATE-SIZE M.J.M. Electric Cooperative, Inc. 35 FTE
STATE-SIZE South Beloit Office 35 FTE
STATE-SIZE Gurnee Public Works Department 35 FTE
CITY-NEAR Elmhurst Memorial Hospital 2,864 FTE
CITY-NEAR Superior Air-Ground Ambulance Services Inc. 2,331 FTE
CITY-NEAR Elmhurst , IL - 01 1,612 FTE
CITY-NEAR Elmhurst Community Unit School 205 1,252 FTE
NAT-TCR R+L Carriers - LSV 5.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Whitfield Electric Company, Inc. 5.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Deaconess Midtown 5.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Corinth Coca-Cola 5.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE EnviroKinetics, Inc. 35 FTE
NAT-SIZE WCAT Tulsa PSD 35 FTE
NAT-SIZE WCAT Wichita Falls 35 FTE
NAT-SIZE Junction Climate Control 35 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, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.