Private colleges (except community or junior college) · Illinois

Knox College

Galesburg, IL · ~475 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
23.2
Avg TCR
1.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Knox College runs at 1656% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Private colleges (except community or junior college) workplace, earning a grade F.

Knox College: 23.2 TCR = 1656% of Private colleges (except community or junior college) BLS 1.4 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Knox College safety composite

Knox College scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 0%), 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

15/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 23.19 per 100 workers

Safer than 0% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.8 per 100 workers

Safer than 5% 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

−35.6

2016→2023

Knox College injury rate improved

Knox College's TCR fell 35.6 from 41.0 in 2016 to 5.4 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2016 at 41.0 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.16× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=41.0 · 2023=5.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 611310 · Galesburg, IL ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 23.2 · 1656% of ind

  • DART 3.8 DART
  • RANK #17/17
  • PHOTO UW Arizona
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 56 inj
  • SIZE ~475 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: UW Arizona (3.8 TCR gap)

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Knox College in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Knox College averages 23.2 TCR (1656% of the Private colleges (except community or junior college) BLS benchmark).

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

Knox College TCR series: 2016=41 · 2023=5.4 · BLS 1.4

Where Knox College falls in its industry

347 Private colleges (except commu establishments

Safer than 0% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #17 safest of 17 Private colleges (except commu employers in Illinois.

Knox College (475 employees, TCR 23.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 617 employees and a TCR of 1.5 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 02,0004,0006,0008,00010,000 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Knox College
Knox College (475 employees, TCR 23.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 617 employees and a TCR of 1.5

Knox College has fewer employees than the Private colleges (except community or ju median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.5. 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 5.4 3.8 15 2 0
2016 41.0 2.0 41 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

611310 · IL · Galesburg

347 Private colleges (except community or junior college) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 81 employers in Galesburg, 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 UW Arizona 27.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Gannon University 17.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Caribbean Primate Research Center , Sabana Seca Field Station, Medical Sciences Campus 16.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Tulane University-National Primate Research Center 16.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE ABW-BELLWOOD 475 FTE
STATE-SIZE The Bradford Group 475 FTE
STATE-SIZE COMPASS HEALTH CENTER CHICAGO LLC 475 FTE
STATE-SIZE Elmhurst Park Distirct 475 FTE
CITY-NEAR Galesburg CUSD #205 688 FTE
CITY-NEAR Saint Mary Medical Center 584 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 775 373 FTE
CITY-NEAR 775 357 FTE
NAT-TCR McCoys Building Supply- Dayton 23.2 TCR
NAT-TCR 252720-Eastpointe Po 23.2 TCR
NAT-TCR OCY - Lowell-Revocation 23.2 TCR
NAT-TCR B-X Warwick LLC 23.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE OFS Fitel, LLC 475 FTE
NAT-SIZE PCC Airfoils 475 FTE
NAT-SIZE Twinsburg Oh 475 FTE
NAT-SIZE Textron Aviation - IMF 475 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, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.