Parks and recreation commission, government · Illinois

Parks and Recreation

Palos Heights, IL · ~258 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.1
Avg TCR
3.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Parks and Recreation runs at 97% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Parks and recreation commission, government workplace, earning a grade C.

Parks and Recreation: 3.1 TCR = 97% of Parks and recreation commission, government BLS 3.2 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Parks and Recreation safety composite

Parks and Recreation scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 80% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).

C

70/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 3.11 per 100 workers

Safer than 72% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 80% 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%).

Parks and Recreation held a steady TCR band

Parks and Recreation's TCR held near 0.1 from 2.4 in 2017 to 2.3 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2018 at 4.7 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=2.4 · 2018=4.7 · 2019=2.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 924120 · Palos Heights, IL AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 3.1 · 97% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #14/63
  • PHOTO Exposition Center Ma…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~258 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Exposition Center Maintenenace (0.0 TCR gap)

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Parks and Recreation in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Parks and Recreation averages 3.1 TCR (97% of the Parks and recreation commission, government BLS benchmark).

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

Parks and Recreation TCR series: 2017=2.4 · 2018=4.7 · 2019=2.3 · BLS 3.2

Where Parks and Recreation falls in its industry

413 Parks and recreation commissio establishments

Safer than 72% 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 #14 safest of 63 Parks and recreation commissio employers in Illinois.

Parks and Recreation (258 employees, TCR 3.1) 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 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Parks and Recreation
Parks and Recreation (258 employees, TCR 3.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 69 employees and a TCR of 5.0

Parks and Recreation has more employees than the Parks and recreation commission, governm median and a lower 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
2019 2.3 0.0 1 0 0
2018 4.7 2.4 2 0 0
2017 2.4 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

924120 · IL · Palos Heights

413 Parks and recreation commission, government 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 Exposition Center Maintenenace 3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR EI102 - Metro Region Headquarters 3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR R29JG - Sauk Rapids Office 3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Elk Grove Park District 3.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Elk Grove IL Large 258 FTE
STATE-SIZE Pacific Ethanol 258 FTE
STATE-SIZE Stepan Company Northbrook 258 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hydro - Rosemont HQ 258 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 5472-NAI-0032-0032-03053 178 FTE
NAT-TCR 6962-Swy 0029 2739 3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Lakefront Lines Cleveland 3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR 6962-Swy 0025 0262 3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR CARE Center, Inc 3.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Brewery 258 FTE
NAT-SIZE 646 - San Francisco 258 FTE
NAT-SIZE Cardinal IG - Waxahachie IG 258 FTE
NAT-SIZE Mesa Springs Behavioral Health Hospital 258 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: 2019, 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.