Water supply systems · Illinois

Illinois American Water (Chicago Metro)

Woodridge, IL · ~75 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
1.8
Avg TCR
1.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Illinois American Water (Chicago Metro) runs at 149% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Water supply systems workplace, earning a grade D.

Illinois American Water (Chicago Metro): 1.8 TCR = 149% of Water supply systems BLS 1.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Illinois American Water (Chicago Metro) safety composite

Illinois American Water (Chicago Metro) scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 80% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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

66/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.79 per 100 workers

Safer than 80% of industry peers

DART rate
C 1.2 per 100 workers

Safer than 60% 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

−1.2

2016→2017

Illinois American Water (Chicago Metro) injury rate improved

Illinois American Water (Chicago Metro)'s TCR fell 1.2 from 2.4 in 2016 to 1.2 in 2017. Peak filing year was 2016 at 2.4 TCR. In 2017, DART was 0.67× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=2.4 · 2017=1.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade D · TCR 1.8 · 149% of ind

  • DART 1.2 DART
  • RANK #14/60
  • PHOTO Eastern Municipal Wa…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~75 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Eastern Municipal Water District (0.0 TCR gap)

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Illinois American Water (Chicago Metro) in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Illinois American Water (Chicago Metro) averages 1.8 TCR (149% of the Water supply systems BLS benchmark).

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

Illinois American Water (Chicago Metro) TCR series: 2016=2.4 · 2017=1.2 · BLS 1.2

Where Illinois American Water (Chicago Metro) falls in its industry

727 Water supply systems establishments

Safer than 80% 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 #14 safest of 60 Water supply systems employers in Illinois.

Illinois American Water (Chicago Metro) (75 employees, TCR 1.8) 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 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Illinois American Water (Chicago Metro)
Illinois American Water (Chicago Metro) (75 employees, TCR 1.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 53 employees and a TCR of 4.2

Illinois American Water (Chicago Metro) has more employees than the Water supply systems median and a lower 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
2017 1.2 1.2 1 0 0
2016 2.4 1.2 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

221310 · IL · Woodridge

727 Water supply systems employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 111 employers in Woodridge, 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 Eastern Municipal Water District 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR South Feather Water and Power Agency 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Haworth, NJ 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Mammoth Community Water District 1.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Kankakee Nursery Co. 75 FTE
STATE-SIZE Greenhouse 75 FTE
STATE-SIZE Haier Plumbing & Heating, Inc. 75 FTE
STATE-SIZE Kaskaskia Engineering Group, LLC. 75 FTE
CITY-NEAR AMS INDUSTRIES, Inc 575 FTE
CITY-NEAR AMS Mechanical Systems, Inc 542 FTE
CITY-NEAR Morey Corporation 528 FTE
CITY-NEAR Edward Don & Company-IL 471 FTE
NAT-TCR 0403 - Brooklyn-Hamilton, NY 1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Federal Mogul Motorparts - Boaz 1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Little Rock Operations Center AK6H 1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Giant Eagle #3132 1.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE ADS Logan Twp. 75 FTE
NAT-SIZE Haren & Laughlin Construction Co., Inc. 75 FTE
NAT-SIZE N and R of Nixa LLC 75 FTE
NAT-SIZE N and R of Crestview LLC 75 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: 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.