Sewage treatment plants or facilities · Illinois

North Shore Water Reclamation District

Gurnee, IL · ~98 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
9.0
Avg TCR
1.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

North Shore Water Reclamation District runs at 750% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Sewage treatment plants or facilities workplace, earning a grade F.

North Shore Water Reclamation District: 9.0 TCR = 750% of Sewage treatment plants or facilities BLS 1.2 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

North Shore Water Reclamation District safety composite

North Shore Water Reclamation District scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 14%), 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

25/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 9 per 100 workers

Safer than 19% of industry peers

DART rate
F 6.84 per 100 workers

Safer than 14% 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

−5.5

2017→2020

North Shore Water Reclamation District injury rate improved

North Shore Water Reclamation District's TCR fell 5.5 from 12.3 in 2017 to 6.8 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2017 at 12.3 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0.76× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=12.3 · 2018=7.8 · 2020=6.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 221320 · Gurnee, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 9.0 · 750% of ind

  • DART 6.8 DART
  • RANK #34/48
  • PHOTO Kirie WRP
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 24 inj
  • SIZE ~98 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Kirie WRP (0.0 TCR gap)

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North Shore Water Reclamation District in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows North Shore Water Reclamation District averages 9.0 TCR (750% of the Sewage treatment plants or facilities BLS benchmark).

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

North Shore Water Reclamation District TCR series: 2017=12.3 · 2018=7.8 · 2020=6.8 · BLS 1.2

Where North Shore Water Reclamation District falls in its industry

400 Sewage treatment plants or fac establishments

Safer than 19% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #34 safest of 48 Sewage treatment plants or fac employers in Illinois.

North Shore Water Reclamation District (98 employees, TCR 9.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 47 employees and a TCR of 4.4 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 0200400600 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate North Shore Water Reclamation District
North Shore Water Reclamation District (98 employees, TCR 9.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 47 employees and a TCR of 4.4

North Shore Water Reclamation District has more employees than the Sewage treatment plants or facilities median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.4. 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
2020 6.8 6.8 6 0 0
2018 7.8 5.6 7 0 0
2017 12.3 10.1 11 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

221320 · IL · Gurnee

400 Sewage treatment plants or facilities employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 91 employers in Gurnee, 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 Kirie WRP 9.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Palmdale Water Reclamation Plant 9.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Farmville 9.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Clean Water Plant City of Wyoming 9.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE EC&R Services, LLC-Wind Chicago 98 FTE
STATE-SIZE AMEREN ILLINOIS - Marion 98 FTE
STATE-SIZE Main Office 98 FTE
STATE-SIZE Associated Electrical Contractors, LLC 98 FTE
CITY-NEAR ARDx Gurnee J54 2,661 FTE
CITY-NEAR Great Wolf Lodge Illinois 513 FTE
CITY-NEAR Waukegan 456 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 1668 339 FTE
NAT-TCR Cedarwood Health Care Center 9.0 TCR
NAT-TCR ITC Austin Texas 9.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Jackson 100 9.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Hart Components LLC 9.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Houston MRO 98 FTE
NAT-SIZE Newnan-Christopher Ct 98 FTE
NAT-SIZE Kipling Service Center 98 FTE
NAT-SIZE Dallas DA 98 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: 2020, 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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