Elementary schools · Illinois

Forest Elementary School

Des Plaines, IL · ~776 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
0.8
Avg TCR
1.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Forest Elementary School runs at 59% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Elementary schools workplace, earning a grade B.

Forest Elementary School: 0.8 TCR = 59% of Elementary schools BLS 1.4 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Forest Elementary School safety composite

Forest Elementary School scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 95% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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).

B

78/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 0.83 per 100 workers

Safer than 95% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 79% 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%).

Forest Elementary School held a steady TCR band

Forest Elementary School's TCR held near 0.3 from 0.0 in 2017 to 0.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 3.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=0.0 · 2018=1.0 · 2019=0.6 · 2020=0.2 · 2021=0.3 · 2022=0.9 · 2023=3.4 · 2024=0.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 611110 · Des Plaines, IL AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 0.8 · 59% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #26/312
  • PHOTO ISD #162 - Elementary
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 39 inj
  • SIZE ~776 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: ISD #162 - Elementary (0.0 TCR gap)

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Forest Elementary School in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Forest Elementary School averages 0.8 TCR (59% of the Elementary schools BLS benchmark).

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

Forest Elementary School TCR series: 2017=0 · 2018=1 · 2019=0.6 · 2020=0.2 · 2021=0.3 · 2022=0.9 · 2023=3.4 · 2024=0.3 · BLS 1.4

Where Forest Elementary School falls in its industry

3,374 Elementary schools establishments

Safer than 95% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #26 safest of 312 Elementary schools employers in Illinois.

Forest Elementary School (776 employees, TCR 0.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 76 employees and a TCR of 3.8 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 02,0004,0006,0008,00010,000 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Forest Elementary School
Forest Elementary School (776 employees, TCR 0.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 76 employees and a TCR of 3.8

Forest Elementary School has more employees than the Elementary schools median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.8. 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 0.3 0.0 3 0 0
2023 3.4 0.3 20 0 0
2022 0.9 0.5 5 0 0
2021 0.3 0.3 2 0 0
2020 0.2 0.0 1 0 0
2019 0.6 0.2 3 0 0
2018 1.0 0.2 5 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

611110 · IL · Des Plaines

3,374 Elementary schools 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 ISD #162 - Elementary 0.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Washington Elementary 0.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR THATCHER UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 4 0.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Fergus Falls Schools McKinley 0.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Prospect Airport Services ORD DL/T5 776 FTE
STATE-SIZE Maintenance 776 FTE
STATE-SIZE Plainfield Elementary School 776 FTE
STATE-SIZE Iroquois Community School 776 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 Alpha/Dyno Nobel -- Mojave, CA 0.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Murray - Corporate 0.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Bericap SC, LLC 0.8 TCR
NAT-TCR SH Menlo Park 0.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Community Services for Autistic Adults and Children (CSAAC) 776 FTE
NAT-SIZE CLV 776 FTE
NAT-SIZE Atlanta 776 FTE
NAT-SIZE Orlando Combo 776 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.

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

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