Water treatment and distribution · Illinois

Otter Lake Water Commission

Virden, IL · ~22 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
14.5
Avg TCR
1.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Otter Lake Water Commission runs at 1207% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Water treatment and distribution workplace, earning a grade F.

Otter Lake Water Commission: 14.5 TCR = 1207% of Water treatment and distribution BLS 1.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Otter Lake Water Commission safety composite

Otter Lake Water Commission scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 83% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 4%), 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).

D

43/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 14.48 per 100 workers

Safer than 4% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 83% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 51% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Otter Lake Water Commission: 11.7 → 17.3 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 17.3 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2024

Otter Lake Water Commission's TCR rose 5.5 from 11.7 in 2023 to 17.3 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 221310 · Virden, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 14.5 · 1207% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #55/60
  • PHOTO Fresno Water Division
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~22 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Fresno Water Division (0.1 TCR gap)

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Otter Lake Water Commission in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Otter Lake Water Commission averages 14.5 TCR (1207% of the Water treatment and distribution BLS benchmark).

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

Otter Lake Water Commission TCR series: 2023=11.7 · 2024=17.3 · BLS 1.2

Where Otter Lake Water Commission falls in its industry

727 Water treatment and distributi establishments

Safer than 4% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #55 safest of 60 Water treatment and distributi employers in Illinois.

Otter Lake Water Commission (22 employees, TCR 14.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 53 employees and a TCR of 4.2 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 0100200300 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Otter Lake Water Commission
Otter Lake Water Commission (22 employees, TCR 14.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 53 employees and a TCR of 4.2

Otter Lake Water Commission has fewer employees than the Water treatment and distribution median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.2. 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 17.3 0.0 2 1 0
2023 11.7 0.0 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

221310 · IL · Virden

727 Water treatment and distribution employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 10 employers in Virden, 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 Fresno Water Division 14.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR City of Salem Public Works 14.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Water Pollution Control Facility 14.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Connersville Utilities 14.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Tolono Main 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE Anna Evergreen, LLC 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE Sunset 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE Cedarcrest, LLC. 22 FTE
CITY-NEAR Double Black Diamond Solar 197 FTE
CITY-NEAR Sunrise Care and Rehabilitation 76 FTE
CITY-NEAR TS 57 FTE
CITY-NEAR Virden Fire Deptartment 31 FTE
NAT-TCR Wonton Food (Tennessee) Inc. 14.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Superior Walls Systems, LLC 14.5 TCR
NAT-TCR 084 Lci 14.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Six Flags Hurricane Harbor Splashtown 14.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Sharon 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE Corporate Glass Inc 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE Rogue Mechanical Insulation 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE Cherry Hill Construction, Inc. 22 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: 2024, 2023. 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.