Garbage collection services · Illinois

Groot Aurora

Aurora, IL · ~121 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
2.9
Avg TCR
2.6
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Groot Aurora runs at 110% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Garbage collection services workplace, earning a grade C.

Groot Aurora: 2.9 TCR = 110% of Garbage collection services BLS 2.6 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Groot Aurora safety composite

Groot Aurora scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 76% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 52%), 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).

C

69/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 2.86 per 100 workers

Safer than 76% of industry peers

DART rate
C 1.25 per 100 workers

Safer than 73% 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%).

TCR Δ

−2.0

2023→2024

Groot Aurora injury rate improved

Groot Aurora's TCR fell 2.0 from 3.9 in 2023 to 1.9 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 3.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.44× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2023=3.9 · 2024=1.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 562111 · Aurora, IL ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 2.9 · 110% of ind

  • DART 1.3 DART
  • RANK #30/143
  • PHOTO S09359 - KS KANSAS C…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 9 inj
  • SIZE ~121 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: S09359 - KS KANSAS CITY CONTAINER SHOP (0.0 TCR gap)

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Groot Aurora in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Groot Aurora averages 2.9 TCR (110% of the Garbage collection services BLS benchmark).

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

Groot Aurora TCR series: 2023=3.9 · 2024=1.9 · BLS 2.6

Where Groot Aurora falls in its industry

2,322 Garbage collection services establishments

Safer than 76% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #30 safest of 143 Garbage collection services employers in Illinois.

Groot Aurora (121 employees, TCR 2.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 5.1 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 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Groot Aurora
Groot Aurora (121 employees, TCR 2.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 5.1

Groot Aurora has more employees than the Garbage collection services median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.1. 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 1.9 1.3 3 0 0
2023 3.9 3.2 6 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562111 · IL · Aurora

2,322 Garbage collection services employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 325 employers in Aurora, 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 S09359 - KS KANSAS CITY CONTAINER SHOP 2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Republic Services Kilgore 2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR BFI Corpus Christi Recyclery 2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR GFL Solid Waste Midwest LLC- Green Bay HC 2.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Waterman, IL 121 FTE
STATE-SIZE 1 Lincoln Center 121 FTE
STATE-SIZE Aurora 121 FTE
STATE-SIZE MS - East Peoria, IL - 1EPIL 121 FTE
CITY-NEAR Indian Prairie School District 204 3,309 FTE
CITY-NEAR Factor Aurora 2,167 FTE
CITY-NEAR Rush Copley Medical Center, Inc. 2,163 FTE
CITY-NEAR ANDY FRAIN SERVICES INC 2,100 FTE
NAT-TCR CCL Puerto Rico, Inc 2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Glenroy Construction Co. Inc. 2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR OMAX Corporation 2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Fabsco Shell & Tube, LLC. 2.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Hamilton Arms Center 121 FTE
NAT-SIZE San Marcos Embassy Suites 121 FTE
NAT-SIZE Otis Elevator Company-North Jersey 121 FTE
NAT-SIZE Otis Elevator Company-Baltimore 121 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.

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

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