Distribution line, sewer and water, construction · Illinois

Freeport Water & Sewer Department - City of Freeport

Freeport, IL · ~25 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
22.5
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Freeport Water & Sewer Department - City of Freeport runs at 803% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Distribution line, sewer and water, construction workplace, earning a grade F.

Freeport Water & Sewer Department - City of Freeport: 22.5 TCR = 803% of Distribution line, sewer and water, construction BLS 2.8 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Freeport Water & Sewer Department - City of Freeport safety composite

Freeport Water & Sewer Department - City of Freeport scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 79% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 0%), 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

41/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 22.48 per 100 workers

Safer than 0% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 79% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 52% 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

Freeport Water & Sewer Department - City of Freeport: 11.2 → 17.8 TCR

Peak year 2023 @ 38.4 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2024

Freeport Water & Sewer Department - City of Freeport's TCR rose 6.6 from 11.2 in 2022 to 17.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 38.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 237110 · Freeport, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 22.5 · 803% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #58/58
  • PHOTO 16-003 St Pete SWWRF…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 14 inj
  • SIZE ~25 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 16-003 St Pete SWWRF Biosolids (0.4 TCR gap)

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Freeport Water & Sewer Department - City of Freeport in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Freeport Water & Sewer Department - City of Freeport averages 22.5 TCR (803% of the Distribution line, sewer and water, construction BLS benchmark).

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

Freeport Water & Sewer Department - City of Freeport TCR series: 2022=11.2 · 2023=38.4 · 2024=17.8 · BLS 2.8

Where Freeport Water & Sewer Department - City of Freeport falls in its industry

1,614 Distribution line, sewer and w establishments

Safer than 0% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #58 safest of 58 Distribution line, sewer and w employers in Illinois.

Freeport Water & Sewer Department - City of Freeport (25 employees, TCR 22.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 3.0 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 0100200300400500 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Freeport Water & Sewer Department - City of Freeport
Freeport Water & Sewer Department - City of Freeport (25 employees, TCR 22.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 3.0

Freeport Water & Sewer Department - City of Freeport has fewer employees than the Distribution line, sewer and water, cons median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.0. 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 17.8 0.0 4 0 0
2023 38.4 14.4 7 1 0
2022 11.2 0.0 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

237110 · IL · Freeport

1,614 Distribution line, sewer and water, construction employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 74 employers in Freeport, 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 16-003 St Pete SWWRF Biosolids 22.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Rognes Corp 23.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR City of Rockville Public Works Maintenance 21.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Division of Storm Water (CON-0127) 23.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Emerald Mound Lebanon Fire Department 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE Steve Piper and Sons, Inc 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE AMEREN ILLINOIS - IL Meter Services North 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE Headquarters 25 FTE
CITY-NEAR FHN - Memorial Hospital 1,100 FTE
CITY-NEAR FHN 1,057 FTE
CITY-NEAR Helm Mechanical 842 FTE
CITY-NEAR Honeywell 630 FTE
NAT-TCR EZ Logistics MD LLC 22.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Rcnl, LLC. 22.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Rochester Metal Products 22.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Powder Coating Systems 22.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Precision Air, Inc. 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE GFL Environmental Brimley Transfer and Hauling 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE GT Plastics, Inc. 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE Frey Lumber Company Inc 25 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.