General services departments, government · Illinois

Jackson County Government

Murphysboro, IL · ~371 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.2
Avg TCR
3.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Jackson County Government runs at 162% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical General services departments, government workplace, earning a grade D.

Jackson County Government: 5.2 TCR = 162% of General services departments, government BLS 3.2 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Jackson County Government safety composite

Jackson County Government scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 59% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 45%), 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

51/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 5.19 per 100 workers

Safer than 45% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0.78 per 100 workers

Safer than 59% 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

−144.8

2017→2023

Jackson County Government injury rate improved

Jackson County Government's TCR fell 144.8 from 152.6 in 2017 to 7.8 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2017 at 152.6 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.15× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=152.6 · 2018=6.5 · 2020=6.5 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=7.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 921190 · Murphysboro, IL ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 5.2 · 162% of ind

  • DART 0.8 DART
  • RANK #95/213
  • PHOTO County of Madera
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 77 inj
  • SIZE ~371 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: County of Madera (0.0 TCR gap)

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Jackson County Government in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Jackson County Government averages 5.2 TCR (162% of the General services departments, government BLS benchmark).

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

Jackson County Government TCR series: 2017=152.6 · 2018=6.5 · 2020=6.5 · 2022=0 · 2023=7.8 · BLS 3.2

Where Jackson County Government falls in its industry

1,496 General services departments, establishments

Safer than 45% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #95 safest of 213 General services departments, employers in Illinois.

Jackson County Government (371 employees, TCR 5.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 93 employees and a TCR of 4.6 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 0200400600800 010203040 Average employees Total Case Rate Jackson County Government
Jackson County Government (371 employees, TCR 5.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 93 employees and a TCR of 4.6

Jackson County Government has more employees than the General services departments, government median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.6. 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
2023 7.8 0.8 29 1 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 6.5 0.5 15 10 0
2018 6.5 0.8 20 5 0
2017 152.6 58.7 13 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

921190 · IL · Murphysboro

1,496 General services departments, government employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 24 employers in Murphysboro, 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 County of Madera 5.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR St. Joseph County 5.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Incorporated County of Los Alamos 5.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Washington County Law Enforcement Center 5.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE AMEX Nooter 371 FTE
STATE-SIZE WM 3210 371 FTE
STATE-SIZE WM 1690 371 FTE
STATE-SIZE WM 796 371 FTE
CITY-NEAR Penn Aluminum International LLC - Murphysboro, Il 258 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 302 248 FTE
CITY-NEAR St. Joseph Memorial Hospital 246 FTE
CITY-NEAR 302 244 FTE
NAT-TCR ARC Industries East 5.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Foodland Markets #52 5.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Carlie C's IGA #820 5.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Oxford Fire Departments 5.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Airborne Systems Na-Ca 371 FTE
NAT-SIZE Atlanta Flooring Design Centers, Inc. 371 FTE
NAT-SIZE Orion Food Systems LLC 371 FTE
NAT-SIZE 985 Sxb1000 371 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: 2023, 2022, 2020, 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.