School bus services · Illinois
Palos School District 118 Transportation Department
Palos Heights, IL · ~29 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- A
- Excellent Safety Record
- 1.1
- Avg TCR
- 4.5
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Palos School District 118 Transportation Department runs at 25% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical School bus services workplace, earning a grade A.
Palos School District 118 Transportation Department: 1.1 TCR = 25% of School bus services BLS 4.5 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Palos School District 118 Transportation Department safety composite
Palos School District 118 Transportation Department scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 94% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (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).
79/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- A 1.11 per 100 workers
Safer than 94% of industry peers
- DART rate
- B 0 per 100 workers
Safer than 83% 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%).
Palos School District 118 Transportation Department held a steady TCR band
Palos School District 118 Transportation Department's TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2017 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 7.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2017=0.0 · 2018=7.8 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=0.0 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=0.0
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 485410 · Palos Heights, IL AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL
Grade A · TCR 1.1 · 25% of ind
- DART 0.0 DART
- RANK #3/110
- PHOTO Andover
- BOOK 7y book
- INJ 1 inj
- SIZE ~29 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Andover (0.0 TCR gap)
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Palos School District 118 Transportation Department in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Palos School District 118 Transportation Department
1.1 TCR
- Andover
Andover
1.1 TCR
- RCX Indiana
RCX Indiana
1.1 TCR
- 12618-Pueblo
12618-Pueblo
1.1 TCR
- 12717 William
12717 William Floyd
1.1 TCR
What this shows Palos School District 118 Transportation Department averages 1.1 TCR (25% of the School bus services BLS benchmark).
Palos School District 118 Transportation Department TCR series: 2017=0 · 2018=7.8 · 2019=0 · 2020=0 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · 2024=0 · BLS 4.5
Where Palos School District 118 Transportation Department falls in its industry
1,574 School bus services establishmentsSafer than 94% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.3.
Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 110 School bus services employers in Illinois.
Palos School District 118 Transportation Department has fewer employees than the School bus services median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.3. 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 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 7.8 | 7.8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
485410 · IL · Palos Heights
1,574 School bus services employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 22 employers in Palos Heights, 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 | Andover | 1.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | RCX Indiana | 1.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | 12618-Pueblo | 1.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | 12717 William Floyd | 1.1 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Grant Park | 29 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | AMEREN ILLINOIS - Southern - IL Common Ops | 29 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | AMEREN ILLINOIS - Western - IL Common Ops | 29 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | AMEREN ILLINOIS - Eastern - IL Common Ops | 29 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Palos Community Hospital | 2,224 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Providence Life Services | 843 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Manor Care Health Services - Palos Heights East | 283 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Parks and Recreation | 258 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | S04914 - Fayetteville Hauling | 1.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Goodhue County Justice Center | 1.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Port Washington Generating Station | 1.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Trans-Tech Inc. | 1.1 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Union Specialties Inc. | 29 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Branch 361 | 29 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Morillo Construction, Inc. | 29 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | LaMettry's Collision - Richfield | 29 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.