Pumping station, water and sewage system, construction · Illinois

Joel Kennedy Constructing Corp.

Chicago, IL · ~42 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.8
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Joel Kennedy Constructing Corp. runs at 171% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Pumping station, water and sewage system, construction workplace, earning a grade D.

Joel Kennedy Constructing Corp.: 4.8 TCR = 171% of Pumping station, water and sewage system, construction BLS 2.8 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Joel Kennedy Constructing Corp. safety composite

Joel Kennedy Constructing Corp. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 79% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 27%), 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)
F 4.8 per 100 workers

Safer than 27% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 79% 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

−5.0

2016→2019

Joel Kennedy Constructing Corp. injury rate improved

Joel Kennedy Constructing Corp.'s TCR fell 5.0 from 5.0 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2018 at 9.4 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=5.0 · 2018=9.4 · 2019=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 237110 · Chicago, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.8 · 171% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #47/58
  • PHOTO TR Pipe Inc
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~42 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: TR Pipe Inc (0.0 TCR gap)

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Joel Kennedy Constructing Corp. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Joel Kennedy Constructing Corp. averages 4.8 TCR (171% of the Pumping station, water and sewage system, construction BLS benchmark).

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

Joel Kennedy Constructing Corp. TCR series: 2016=5 · 2018=9.4 · 2019=0 · BLS 2.8

Where Joel Kennedy Constructing Corp. falls in its industry

1,614 Pumping station, water and sew establishments

Safer than 27% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #47 safest of 58 Pumping station, water and sew employers in Illinois.

Joel Kennedy Constructing Corp. (42 employees, TCR 4.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 3.0 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 0100200300400500 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Joel Kennedy Constructing Corp.
Joel Kennedy Constructing Corp. (42 employees, TCR 4.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 3.0

Joel Kennedy Constructing Corp. has fewer employees than the Pumping station, water and sewage system 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
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 9.4 9.4 2 0 0
2016 5.0 5.0 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

237110 · IL · Chicago

1,614 Pumping station, water and sewage system, construction employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 2,934 employers in Chicago, 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 TR Pipe Inc 4.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR R & R Pipeline INC 4.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR W-Brown Enterprises, INC 4.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Pacific Utility Construction 4.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE DAS Pontiac, IL 42 FTE
STATE-SIZE Waterman, IL-R&D 42 FTE
STATE-SIZE Springfield IL 42 FTE
STATE-SIZE Egyptian Electric Cooperative 42 FTE
CITY-NEAR Chicago Public Schools 49,500 FTE
CITY-NEAR Chicago/Corporate 18,831 FTE
CITY-NEAR University of Illinois at Chicago 13,092 FTE
CITY-NEAR University Health Service UIC UIC Campus 12,732 FTE
NAT-TCR Tops 245 4.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Youngstown Sales 4.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Superior Grocers # 129 4.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Criterion Barrels, In.c 4.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Falmouth 12528 42 FTE
NAT-SIZE The Haven in the Summit 42 FTE
NAT-SIZE Lightwave Facility - 01 42 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sharp Energy - Georgetown 42 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: 2019, 2018, 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.