Elementary schools · Illinois

Palos West Elementary School

Palos Park, IL · ~91 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
6.6
Avg TCR
1.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Palos West Elementary School runs at 471% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Elementary schools workplace, earning a grade F.

Palos West Elementary School: 6.6 TCR = 471% of Elementary schools BLS 1.4 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Palos West Elementary School safety composite

Palos West Elementary School scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 15%), 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

27/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.59 per 100 workers

Safer than 23% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.86 per 100 workers

Safer than 15% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Palos West Elementary School: 4.3 → 13.0 TCR

Peak year 2019 @ 17.4 TCR · DART/TCR 0.74× in 2024

Palos West Elementary School's TCR rose 8.6 from 4.3 in 2017 to 13.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 17.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.74× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 611110 · Palos Park, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 6.6 · 471% of ind

  • DART 4.9 DART
  • RANK #254/312
  • PHOTO Robert Frost Element…
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 25 inj
  • SIZE ~91 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Robert Frost Elementary School (0.0 TCR gap)

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Palos West Elementary School in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Palos West Elementary School averages 6.6 TCR (471% of the Elementary schools BLS benchmark).

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

Palos West Elementary School TCR series: 2017=4.3 · 2018=6.1 · 2019=17.4 · 2020=0 · 2021=0 · 2022=5.3 · 2024=13 · BLS 1.4

Where Palos West Elementary School falls in its industry

3,374 Elementary schools establishments

Safer than 23% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #254 safest of 312 Elementary schools employers in Illinois.

Palos West Elementary School (91 employees, TCR 6.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 76 employees and a TCR of 3.8 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 02,0004,0006,0008,00010,000 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Palos West Elementary School
Palos West Elementary School (91 employees, TCR 6.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 76 employees and a TCR of 3.8

Palos West Elementary School has more employees than the Elementary schools median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.8. 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 13.0 4.9 8 0 0
2022 5.3 0.0 3 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 17.4 1.9 9 0 0
2018 6.1 4.1 3 0 0
2017 4.3 2.2 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

611110 · IL · Palos Park

3,374 Elementary schools employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 15 employers in Palos 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 Robert Frost Elementary School 6.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Holland Woods Middle School 6.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Friendship Junior High School 6.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Lincoln Junior High 6.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Havana Power Station 91 FTE
STATE-SIZE Dynamic Utility Solutions 91 FTE
STATE-SIZE Campus Communications Group 91 FTE
STATE-SIZE MS - East Peroria, IL - 1EPI2 91 FTE
CITY-NEAR 5472-000003160 157 FTE
CITY-NEAR 5472-000002160 134 FTE
CITY-NEAR NAI-0032-0032-02160 FAC-02160-PALOS PARK-IL 132 FTE
CITY-NEAR 5472-NAI-0032-0032-02160 127 FTE
NAT-TCR Oliver Travel Trailers 6.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Tsi Calera 6.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Virnig Manufacturing Rice MN 6.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Ellen Sagar Nursing Center 6.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE CDK Agriculture, Inc. 91 FTE
NAT-SIZE Konsei USA, INC 91 FTE
NAT-SIZE Trader Joe's 0037 Irvine 91 FTE
NAT-SIZE Trader Joe's 0210 Irvine 91 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, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017. 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.