Road construction · Illinois

Mq Sewer & Water Contractors, Inc. D/B/a Mq Construction Company

Chicago, IL · ~45 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
3.9
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Mq Sewer & Water Contractors, Inc. D/B/a Mq Construction Company runs at 138% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Road construction workplace, earning a grade D.

Mq Sewer & Water Contractors, Inc. D/B/a Mq Construction Company: 3.9 TCR = 138% of Road construction BLS 2.8 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Mq Sewer & Water Contractors, Inc. D/B/a Mq Construction Company safety composite

Mq Sewer & Water Contractors, Inc. D/B/a Mq Construction Company scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 81% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 39%), 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

57/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 3.85 per 100 workers

Safer than 39% 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%).

TCR Δ

−7.7

2022→2023

Mq Sewer & Water Contractors, Inc. D/B/a Mq Construction Company injury rate improved

Mq Sewer & Water Contractors, Inc. D/B/a Mq Construction Company's TCR fell 7.7 from 7.7 in 2022 to 0.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2022 at 7.7 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=7.7 · 2023=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 237310 · Chicago, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 3.9 · 138% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #103/266
  • PHOTO 2401 - Houston, TX
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~45 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 2401 - Houston, TX (0.0 TCR gap)

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Mq Sewer & Water Contractors, Inc. D/B/a Mq Construction Company in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Mq Sewer & Water Contractors, Inc. D/B/a Mq Construction Company averages 3.9 TCR (138% of the Road construction BLS benchmark).

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

Mq Sewer & Water Contractors, Inc. D/B/a Mq Construction Company TCR series: 2022=7.7 · 2023=0 · BLS 2.8

Where Mq Sewer & Water Contractors, Inc. D/B/a Mq Construction Company falls in its industry

4,078 Road construction establishments

Safer than 39% 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 #103 safest of 266 Road construction employers in Illinois.

Mq Sewer & Water Contractors, Inc. D/B/a Mq Construction Company (45 employees, TCR 3.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 69 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 01,0002,0003,000 0102030 Average employees Total Case Rate Mq Sewer & Water Contractors, Inc. D/B/a Mq Construction Company
Mq Sewer & Water Contractors, Inc. D/B/a Mq Construction Company (45 employees, TCR 3.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 69 employees and a TCR of 3.0

Mq Sewer & Water Contractors, Inc. D/B/a Mq Construction Company has fewer employees than the Road construction 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
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 7.7 2.6 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

237310 · IL · Chicago

4,078 Road 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 2401 - Houston, TX 3.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Rosemar Construction Inc. 3.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Pace Construction Company LLC 3.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR St Augustine 3.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE 1982.1-Stonington, IL-Mfg (Monsanto Co.) 45 FTE
STATE-SIZE Farmer City 45 FTE
STATE-SIZE 91P - Distribution Operating - Decatur 45 FTE
STATE-SIZE AMEREN ILLINOIS - Sparta 45 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 Seeley Brothers 3.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Lyon Specialty Care 3.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Pinnacle Mfg LLC 3.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Terumo Medical Corporation - Southaven 3.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Clearvue Glass & Mirror Co. 45 FTE
NAT-SIZE Natchitoches Service Center 45 FTE
NAT-SIZE Gateway Hotel Santa Monica 45 FTE
NAT-SIZE Home Town Disposal 45 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, 2022. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.