Water distribution · Illinois

DWM-Central District - 39th and Ashland | 3901 S. Ashland

Chicago, IL · ~345 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
5.7
Avg TCR
1.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

DWM-Central District - 39th and Ashland | 3901 S. Ashland runs at 478% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Water distribution workplace, earning a grade F.

DWM-Central District - 39th and Ashland | 3901 S. Ashland: 5.7 TCR = 478% of Water distribution BLS 1.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

DWM-Central District - 39th and Ashland | 3901 S. Ashland safety composite

DWM-Central District - 39th and Ashland | 3901 S. Ashland scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 21%), 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)
D 5.73 per 100 workers

Safer than 36% of industry peers

DART rate
F 5.25 per 100 workers

Safer than 21% 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

−1.0

2023→2024

DWM-Central District - 39th and Ashland | 3901 S. Ashland injury rate improved

DWM-Central District - 39th and Ashland | 3901 S. Ashland's TCR fell 1.0 from 6.2 in 2023 to 5.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 6.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.92× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2023=6.2 · 2024=5.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 221310 · Chicago, IL ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 5.7 · 478% of ind

  • DART 5.3 DART
  • RANK #31/60
  • PHOTO DuPage Water Commiss…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 39 inj
  • SIZE ~345 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: DuPage Water Commission (0.0 TCR gap)

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DWM-Central District - 39th and Ashland | 3901 S. Ashland in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows DWM-Central District - 39th and Ashland | 3901 S. Ashland averages 5.7 TCR (478% of the Water distribution BLS benchmark).

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

DWM-Central District - 39th and Ashland | 3901 S. Ashland TCR series: 2023=6.2 · 2024=5.3 · BLS 1.2

Where DWM-Central District - 39th and Ashland | 3901 S. Ashland falls in its industry

727 Water distribution 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 #31 safest of 60 Water distribution employers in Illinois.

DWM-Central District - 39th and Ashland | 3901 S. Ashland (345 employees, TCR 5.7) 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 0100200300400 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate DWM-Central District - 39th and Ashland | 3901 S. Ashland
DWM-Central District - 39th and Ashland | 3901 S. Ashland (345 employees, TCR 5.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 53 employees and a TCR of 4.2

DWM-Central District - 39th and Ashland | 3901 S. Ashland has more employees than the Water distribution 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 5.3 5.3 21 0 0
2023 6.2 6.2 18 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

221310 · IL · Chicago

727 Water distribution 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 DuPage Water Commission 5.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Wrenshall City Hall 5.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Solano Irrigation District 5.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR SLDMWA TFO 5.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE MKD 345 FTE
STATE-SIZE Arlington Heights IL Branch 345 FTE
STATE-SIZE LaGrange IL HQ EMD 345 FTE
STATE-SIZE Earle M. Jorgensen Company Chicago 345 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 Tower-Soudan School 5.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Baptist Health System Jacksonville Baptist Beaches 5.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Loveland Co Sales Center 5.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Boulevard Brewing Company 5.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Quanex Building Products 345 FTE
NAT-SIZE Tanner Medical Group 345 FTE
NAT-SIZE Alfa Laval Inc. Broken Arrow (loc code: ALACEC) 345 FTE
NAT-SIZE Mathews Archery, Inc 345 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.