Construction management, highway, road, street and bridge · Illinois
LaSalle County Highway Department
Ottawa, IL · ~34 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 5.7
- Avg TCR
- 2.8
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
LaSalle County Highway Department runs at 204% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Construction management, highway, road, street and bridge workplace, earning a grade F.
LaSalle County Highway Department: 5.7 TCR = 204% of Construction management, highway, road, street and bridge BLS 2.8 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)
LaSalle County Highway Department safety composite
LaSalle County Highway Department scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 81% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 24%), 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).
51/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 5.71 per 100 workers
Safer than 24% of industry peers
- DART rate
- B 0 per 100 workers
Safer than 81% 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%).
LaSalle County Highway Department held a steady TCR band
LaSalle County Highway Department's TCR held near 0.3 from 6.6 in 2020 to 6.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 9.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2020=6.6 · 2021=3.2 · 2022=3.1 · 2023=9.4 · 2024=6.3
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 237310 · Ottawa, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 5.7 · 204% of ind
- DART 0.0 DART
- RANK #134/266
- PHOTO Work Zone safety Inc
- BOOK 5y book
- INJ 7 inj
- SIZE ~34 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Work Zone safety Inc (0.0 TCR gap)
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LaSalle County Highway Department in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
LaSalle County Highway Department
5.7 TCR
- Work Zone safe
Work Zone safety Inc
5.7 TCR
- ANRAK CORPORAT
ANRAK CORPORATION
5.7 TCR
- Secondary Road
Secondary Roads
5.7 TCR
- Rollins Excava
Rollins Excavating Co., LLC
5.7 TCR
What this shows LaSalle County Highway Department averages 5.7 TCR (204% of the Construction management, highway, road, street and bridge BLS benchmark).
LaSalle County Highway Department TCR series: 2020=6.6 · 2021=3.2 · 2022=3.1 · 2023=9.4 · 2024=6.3 · BLS 2.8
Where LaSalle County Highway Department falls in its industry
4,078 Construction management, highw establishmentsSafer than 24% 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 #134 safest of 266 Construction management, highw employers in Illinois.
LaSalle County Highway Department has fewer employees than the Construction management, highway, road, 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 | 6.3 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2023 | 9.4 | 9.4 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 6.6 | 6.6 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
237310 · IL · Ottawa
4,078 Construction management, highway, road, street and bridge employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 67 employers in Ottawa, 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 | Work Zone safety Inc | 5.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | ANRAK CORPORATION | 5.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Secondary Roads | 5.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Rollins Excavating Co., LLC | 5.7 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Cresco Labs - Kankakee | 34 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Kendall Energy Facility | 34 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Adams Electric | 34 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Town of Normal - Water | 34 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | OSF Saint Elizabeth Medical Center | 624 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Saint Elizabeth Medical Center | 581 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | LaSalle County | 500 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 00000036 0036 OTTAWA DC | 415 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Reedsburg | 5.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | DNS Contracting LLC | 5.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | 10549 Davie | 5.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Naples Community Hospital, Inc. | 5.7 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Ashton Lewis Ruther Glen | 34 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Balcones Recycling- Dallas | 34 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Piggly Wiggly 185 | 34 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | NRC Environmental Services, Inc. - San Diego | 34 FTE |
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.