Sign erection, highway, roads street or bridge · Illinois
Highway Department
Princeton, IL · ~5 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 7.7
- Avg TCR
- 2.8
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Highway Department runs at 273% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Sign erection, highway, roads street or bridge workplace, earning a grade F.
Highway Department: 7.7 TCR = 273% of Sign erection, highway, roads street or bridge BLS 2.8 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Highway Department safety composite
Highway Department scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 53% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 15%), 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).
35/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 7.65 per 100 workers
Safer than 15% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 1.51 per 100 workers
Safer than 44% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- D 0
Safer than 53% 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
−37.0
2017→2024
Highway Department injury rate improved
Highway Department's TCR fell 37.0 from 38.5 in 2017 to 1.5 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2017 at 38.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.2× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2017=38.5 · 2018=1.7 · 2019=4.7 · 2020=1.5 · 2021=5.7 · 2022=4.6 · 2023=3.1 · 2024=1.5
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 237310 · Princeton, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 7.7 · 273% of ind
- DART 1.5 DART
- RANK #154/266
- PHOTO Alcona County Road C…
- BOOK 8y book
- INJ 22 inj
- SIZE ~5 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Alcona County Road Commission (0.0 TCR gap)
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Highway Department in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Highway Department
7.7 TCR
- Alcona County
Alcona County Road Commission
7.7 TCR
- D214826 Syracu
D214826 Syracuse
7.7 TCR
- S & N, Inc. an
S & N, Inc. and Subsidiaries
7.7 TCR
- Dekalb County
Dekalb County Government-Highway Department
7.7 TCR
What this shows Highway Department averages 7.7 TCR (273% of the Sign erection, highway, roads street or bridge BLS benchmark).
Highway Department TCR series: 2017=38.5 · 2018=1.7 · 2019=4.7 · 2020=1.5 · 2021=5.7 · 2022=4.6 · 2023=3.1 · 2024=1.5 · BLS 2.8
Where Highway Department falls in its industry
4,078 Sign erection, highway, roads establishmentsSafer than 15% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.
Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #154 safest of 266 Sign erection, highway, roads employers in Illinois.
Highway Department has fewer employees than the Sign erection, highway, roads street or 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 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 3.1 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 4.6 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 5.7 | 0.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 4.7 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 38.5 | 22.0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
237310 · IL · Princeton
4,078 Sign erection, highway, roads street or bridge employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 33 employers in Princeton, IL · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.
| Rel | Establishment | Metric |
|---|---|---|
| NAICS-TCR | Alcona County Road Commission | 7.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | D214826 Syracuse | 7.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | S & N, Inc. and Subsidiaries | 7.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Dekalb County Government-Highway Department | 7.7 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Waste Water Treatment | 5 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | JR Edwards Brushes and Rollers | 5 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Barton Staffing Solutions, Inc.- MELROSE PARK | 5 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Barton Staffing Solutions, Inc. CREST HILL | 5 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Ace Hardware | 610 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Ace Hardware Retail Support Center (Princeton) | 591 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Princeton Retail Support Center - Ace Hardware | 557 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Monterey Mushrooms Princeton Facility | 413 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Parks and Recreation | 7.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | CSC - Houston | 7.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Brookdale Broken Arrow | 7.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | M. L. Caccamise Electric Corp. | 7.7 TCR |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.