Community recreation programs, government · Illinois

Park District of Highland Park

Highland Park, IL · ~378 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
6.9
Avg TCR
3.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Park District of Highland Park runs at 216% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Community recreation programs, government workplace, earning a grade F.

Park District of Highland Park: 6.9 TCR = 216% of Community recreation programs, government BLS 3.2 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Park District of Highland Park safety composite

Park District of Highland Park scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 30%), 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

37/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 6.92 per 100 workers

Safer than 35% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.09 per 100 workers

Safer than 30% 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

Park District of Highland Park: 6.6 → 8.2 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 8.2 TCR · DART/TCR 0.59× in 2024

Park District of Highland Park's TCR rose 1.6 from 6.6 in 2021 to 8.2 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0.59× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 924120 · Highland Park, IL ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 6.9 · 216% of ind

  • DART 4.1 DART
  • RANK #43/63
  • PHOTO Echo Park RC
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 27 inj
  • SIZE ~378 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Echo Park RC (0.1 TCR gap)

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Park District of Highland Park in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Park District of Highland Park averages 6.9 TCR (216% of the Community recreation programs, government BLS benchmark).

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

Park District of Highland Park TCR series: 2021=6.6 · 2022=7 · 2023=5.9 · 2024=8.2 · BLS 3.2

Where Park District of Highland Park falls in its industry

413 Community recreation programs, establishments

Safer than 35% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #43 safest of 63 Community recreation programs, employers in Illinois.

Park District of Highland Park (378 employees, TCR 6.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 69 employees and a TCR of 5.0 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 0200400600800 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Park District of Highland Park
Park District of Highland Park (378 employees, TCR 6.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 69 employees and a TCR of 5.0

Park District of Highland Park has more employees than the Community recreation programs, governmen median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.0. 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
2024 8.2 4.1 4 10 0
2023 5.9 3.3 6 3 0
2022 7.0 0.0 6 4 0
2021 6.6 3.6 11 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

924120 · IL · Highland Park

413 Community recreation programs, government employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 30 employers in Highland 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 Echo Park RC 6.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Town of Greenwich Parks and Recreation Department 6.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Conservation 6.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ben Avery Shooting Facility and Clay Target Center 7.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Corporate Communications 378 FTE
STATE-SIZE Delta Air Lines - ORD 378 FTE
STATE-SIZE Advocate Physician Partners 378 FTE
STATE-SIZE KBI/Pentair Commercial Services 378 FTE
CITY-NEAR HIGHLAND PARK HOSPITAL 1,196 FTE
CITY-NEAR Park Distrit of Highland Park 636 479 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1434 CITY OF HIGHLAND PARK 269 FTE
CITY-NEAR City of Highland Park 233 FTE
NAT-TCR Papha - Philadelphia Air Hub 6.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Flhol - Hollywood 6.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Nchav - Havelock 6.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Pendry Manhattan West 6.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Capital Area Transportation Authority 378 FTE
NAT-SIZE Google - Bay Area 378 FTE
NAT-SIZE Henry Ford Columbus Medical Center 378 FTE
NAT-SIZE ABIMAR FOODS North 378 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, 2022, 2021. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.