Utility line (i.e., sewer, water), construction · Illinois

Michels Pipe Service- IL

Bedford Park, IL · ~26 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.7
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Michels Pipe Service- IL runs at 167% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Utility line (i.e., sewer, water), construction workplace, earning a grade D.

Michels Pipe Service- IL: 4.7 TCR = 167% of Utility line (i.e., sewer, water), construction BLS 2.8 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Michels Pipe Service- IL safety composite

Michels Pipe Service- IL scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 23%), 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

32/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 4.67 per 100 workers

Safer than 28% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.41 per 100 workers

Safer than 23% 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

−7.2

2019→2021

Michels Pipe Service- IL injury rate improved

Michels Pipe Service- IL's TCR fell 7.2 from 10.6 in 2019 to 3.4 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2019 at 10.6 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.73× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=10.6 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=3.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 237110 · Bedford Park, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.7 · 167% of ind

  • DART 3.4 DART
  • RANK #46/58
  • PHOTO Superior Excavating,…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~26 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Superior Excavating, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Michels Pipe Service- IL in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Michels Pipe Service- IL averages 4.7 TCR (167% of the Utility line (i.e., sewer, water), construction BLS benchmark).

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

Michels Pipe Service- IL TCR series: 2019=10.6 · 2020=0 · 2021=3.4 · BLS 2.8

Where Michels Pipe Service- IL falls in its industry

1,614 Utility line (i.e., sewer, wat establishments

Safer than 28% 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 #46 safest of 58 Utility line (i.e., sewer, wat employers in Illinois.

Michels Pipe Service- IL (26 employees, TCR 4.7) 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 Michels Pipe Service- IL
Michels Pipe Service- IL (26 employees, TCR 4.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 3.0

Michels Pipe Service- IL has fewer employees than the Utility line (i.e., sewer, water), const 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
2021 3.4 3.4 1 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 10.6 7.1 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

237110 · IL · Bedford Park

1,614 Utility line (i.e., sewer, water), construction employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 140 employers in Bedford Park, 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 Superior Excavating, Inc. 4.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR ERSC 4.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR NTK Construction, Inc. 4.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR StormWater Pros, LLC 4.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Rock River - Corporate 26 FTE
STATE-SIZE Corporate 26 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hill 'N Dale Farm 26 FTE
STATE-SIZE Jackson Generation 26 FTE
CITY-NEAR MDWPW9669 MDW - OPS 1,757 FTE
CITY-NEAR ILBED - BEDFORD PARK 1,041 FTE
CITY-NEAR BEDFORD PARK (ILBED) 835 FTE
CITY-NEAR 161546-SOUTH SUBURBAN IL P&DC 834 FTE
NAT-TCR VCI Event Technology, Inc. 4.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Shewood Valve LLC - Brooklyn, OH Plant 4.7 TCR
NAT-TCR All Phase Denver 4.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Divine Living of Madison 4.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Walman Optical- Evansville 26 FTE
NAT-SIZE Amerhart Ltd. - Wind Mill 26 FTE
NAT-SIZE Transteck Inc. - Freightliner of Delmarva 26 FTE
NAT-SIZE Viega LLC - Carlisle PA 26 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, 2020, 2019. 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.