Plumbing and heating contractors · Illinois

Prairie State Plumbing & Heating Inc

Athens, IL · ~32 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
9.7
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Prairie State Plumbing & Heating Inc runs at 345% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Plumbing and heating contractors workplace, earning a grade F.

Prairie State Plumbing & Heating Inc: 9.7 TCR = 345% of Plumbing and heating contractors BLS 2.8 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Prairie State Plumbing & Heating Inc safety composite

Prairie State Plumbing & Heating Inc scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 5%), 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

19/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 9.65 per 100 workers

Safer than 11% of industry peers

DART rate
F 9.52 per 100 workers

Safer than 5% 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%).

TCR Δ

−8.7

2016→2024

Prairie State Plumbing & Heating Inc injury rate improved

Prairie State Plumbing & Heating Inc's TCR fell 8.7 from 18.3 in 2016 to 9.5 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 18.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.99× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=18.3 · 2019=10.2 · 2020=10.3 · 2022=0.0 · 2024=9.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238220 · Athens, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 9.7 · 345% of ind

  • DART 9.5 DART
  • RANK #217/230
  • PHOTO Kerwin Plumbing & He…
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 12 inj
  • SIZE ~32 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Kerwin Plumbing & Heating, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Prairie State Plumbing & Heating Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Prairie State Plumbing & Heating Inc averages 9.7 TCR (345% of the Plumbing and heating contractors BLS benchmark).

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

Prairie State Plumbing & Heating Inc TCR series: 2016=18.3 · 2019=10.2 · 2020=10.3 · 2022=0 · 2024=9.5 · BLS 2.8

Where Prairie State Plumbing & Heating Inc falls in its industry

5,793 Plumbing and heating contracto establishments

Safer than 11% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #217 safest of 230 Plumbing and heating contracto employers in Illinois.

Prairie State Plumbing & Heating Inc (32 employees, TCR 9.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3 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 050100150200250 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Prairie State Plumbing & Heating Inc
Prairie State Plumbing & Heating Inc (32 employees, TCR 9.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3

Prairie State Plumbing & Heating Inc has fewer employees than the Plumbing and heating contractors median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.3. 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 9.5 9.5 2 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 10.3 0.0 1 2 0
2019 10.2 0.0 2 1 0
2016 18.3 0.0 7 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238220 · IL · Athens

5,793 Plumbing and heating contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 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 Kerwin Plumbing & Heating, Inc. 9.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Achilles, Inc. 9.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Hancock and Son Plumbing LLC. 9.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Shane Elmore Plumbing 9.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE AMEREN ILLINOIS - Eastern 32 FTE
STATE-SIZE Utility Department 32 FTE
STATE-SIZE AMEREN ILLINOIS - AIC Gas Corrosion 32 FTE
STATE-SIZE NG Ottawa Reporting Center 32 FTE
CITY-NEAR 139 - Athens 62 FTE
NAT-TCR Medilodge of Mt. Pleasant 9.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Enercept 9.7 TCR
NAT-TCR LP Cookeville, LLC--Putnam 9.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Action Glass Inc. 9.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Berns Landscaping 32 FTE
NAT-SIZE Spirit Lake Branch 32 FTE
NAT-SIZE Mitchell Graphics 32 FTE
NAT-SIZE North Shore Surgical Specials 32 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, 2020, 2019, 2016. 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.