Elementary and secondary schools · Illinois

McLean County CUSD #5

Normal, IL · ~2,474 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
3.8
Avg TCR
1.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

McLean County CUSD #5 runs at 270% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Elementary and secondary schools workplace, earning a grade F.

McLean County CUSD #5: 3.8 TCR = 270% of Elementary and secondary schools BLS 1.4 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

McLean County CUSD #5 safety composite

McLean County CUSD #5 scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 79% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 50%), 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

60/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 3.78 per 100 workers

Safer than 50% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 79% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 50% 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

−3.9

2016→2021

McLean County CUSD #5 injury rate improved

McLean County CUSD #5's TCR fell 3.9 from 3.9 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2019 at 5.8 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=3.9 · 2017=4.3 · 2018=4.8 · 2019=5.8 · 2021=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 611110 · Normal, IL ABOVE-IND · LARGE

Grade F · TCR 3.8 · 270% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #183/312
  • PHOTO Osseo Senior High Sc…
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 302 inj
  • SIZE ~2,474 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Osseo Senior High School (0.0 TCR gap)

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McLean County CUSD #5 in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows McLean County CUSD #5 averages 3.8 TCR (270% of the Elementary and secondary schools BLS benchmark).

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

McLean County CUSD #5 TCR series: 2016=3.9 · 2017=4.3 · 2018=4.8 · 2019=5.8 · 2021=0 · BLS 1.4

Where McLean County CUSD #5 falls in its industry

3,374 Elementary and secondary schoo establishments

Safer than 50% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #183 safest of 312 Elementary and secondary schoo employers in Illinois.

McLean County CUSD #5 (2,474 employees, TCR 3.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 76 employees and a TCR of 3.8 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 McLean County CUSD #5
McLean County CUSD #5 (2,474 employees, TCR 3.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 76 employees and a TCR of 3.8

McLean County CUSD #5 has more employees than the Elementary and secondary schools median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.8. 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
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 5.8 2.4 97 0 0
2018 4.8 1.7 79 0 0
2017 4.3 2.1 67 0 0
2016 3.9 1.8 59 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

611110 · IL · Normal

3,374 Elementary and secondary schools employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 116 employers in Normal, 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 Osseo Senior High School 3.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Lewis and Clark Elementary 3.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Redrock Central Elementary 3.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Lancaster Public School 3.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE SJS-SPRINGFIELD-2 HSHS ST JOHN S HOSPITAL 2,470 FTE
STATE-SIZE Joslin Plant 2,481 FTE
STATE-SIZE The Art Institute of Chicago 2,489 FTE
STATE-SIZE US - Corporate : 0G01 2,455 FTE
CITY-NEAR Normal Plant - 100 Rivian Motorway 7,793 FTE
CITY-NEAR Advocate BroMenn Medical Center 1,313 FTE
CITY-NEAR Heartland Community College 716 FTE
CITY-NEAR Heartland Community College- Normal 703 FTE
NAT-TCR Oldcastle APG - Draper 3.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Redrock Central Elementary 3.8 TCR
NAT-TCR HCF 3.8 TCR
NAT-TCR KTA Super Stores 3.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Crozer Chester Medical Center 2,474 FTE
NAT-SIZE Amazon.com Services LLC - OXR1 2,474 FTE
NAT-SIZE Amazon Transportation Services : ONT5 2,475 FTE
NAT-SIZE St. Mary's Hospital 2,475 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: 2021, 2019, 2018, 2017, 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.