Water supply systems · Illinois

Gurnee Public Works Department

Gurnee, IL · ~35 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
15.9
Avg TCR
1.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Gurnee Public Works Department runs at 1328% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Water supply systems workplace, earning a grade F.

Gurnee Public Works Department: 15.9 TCR = 1328% of Water supply systems BLS 1.2 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Gurnee Public Works Department safety composite

Gurnee Public Works Department scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 2%), 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).

F

19/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 15.93 per 100 workers

Safer than 2% of industry peers

DART rate
F 6.43 per 100 workers

Safer than 15% 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

−7.9

2017→2024

Gurnee Public Works Department injury rate improved

Gurnee Public Works Department's TCR fell 7.9 from 14.3 in 2017 to 6.4 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 31.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.4× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=14.3 · 2018=15.5 · 2019=10.6 · 2020=31.1 · 2021=25.8 · 2022=13.9 · 2023=9.9 · 2024=6.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade F · TCR 15.9 · 1328% of ind

  • DART 6.4 DART
  • RANK #59/60
  • PHOTO North Unit Irrigatio…
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 36 inj
  • SIZE ~35 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: North Unit Irrigation District (0.0 TCR gap)

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Gurnee Public Works Department in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Gurnee Public Works Department averages 15.9 TCR (1328% of the Water supply systems BLS benchmark).

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

Gurnee Public Works Department TCR series: 2017=14.3 · 2018=15.5 · 2019=10.6 · 2020=31.1 · 2021=25.8 · 2022=13.9 · 2023=9.9 · 2024=6.4 · BLS 1.2

Where Gurnee Public Works Department falls in its industry

727 Water supply systems establishments

Safer than 2% 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 #59 safest of 60 Water supply systems employers in Illinois.

Gurnee Public Works Department (35 employees, TCR 15.9) 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 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Gurnee Public Works Department
Gurnee Public Works Department (35 employees, TCR 15.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 53 employees and a TCR of 4.2

Gurnee Public Works Department 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 6.4 6.4 2 0 0
2023 9.9 9.9 3 0 0
2022 13.9 13.9 4 0 0
2021 25.8 25.8 4 0 0
2020 31.1 31.1 8 3 0
2019 10.6 10.6 4 0 0
2018 15.5 12.9 6 0 0
2017 14.3 14.3 5 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

221310 · IL · Gurnee

727 Water supply systems employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 91 employers in Gurnee, 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 North Unit Irrigation District 15.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Essex Operations and Control 16.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Public Utilities, Sewer, Engineering, Water Treatment Plants 15.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Public Works- Water & Sewer Dept. 15.6 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 DuPage Water Commission 35 FTE
CITY-NEAR ARDx Gurnee J54 2,661 FTE
CITY-NEAR Great Wolf Lodge Illinois 513 FTE
CITY-NEAR Waukegan 456 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 1668 339 FTE
NAT-TCR Trader Joe's 0220 Carlsbad 15.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Commonwealth Senior Living at Front Royal 15.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Last Mile DSP, LLC 15.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Bridgemill Senior Center LLC 15.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE C341 Logan 35 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sodexo at Wayne County Nursing Home 35 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sodexo at So Nassau Comm Hospital 35 FTE
NAT-SIZE Brookdale Utica Assisted Living 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.