Public property management services, government · Illinois

Public Works Department

Name: Public Works Department Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Palos Heights, IL · ~27 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

F
Failing Safety Record: 22.0
Avg TCR: 3.2
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Public Works Department runs at 689% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Public property management services, government workplace, earning a grade F.

Public Works Department: 22.0 TCR = 689% of Public property management services, government BLS 3.2 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Public Works Department safety composite

Public Works Department scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 1%), 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).

14/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 22.04 per 100 workers

Safer than 1% of industry peers
DART rate: F 23.68 per 100 workers

Safer than 1% 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

−3.9

2017→2019

Public Works Department injury rate improved

Public Works Department's TCR fell 3.9 from 32.3 in 2017 to 28.4 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2017 at 32.3 TCR. In 2019, DART was 1.07× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=32.3 · 2018=5.4 · 2019=28.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 921190 · Palos Heights, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 22.0 · 689% of ind

DART 23.7 DART
RANK #211/213
PHOTO CITY OF NEW HAVEN DE…
BOOK 3y book
INJ 13 inj
SIZE ~27 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: CITY OF NEW HAVEN DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS (0.0 TCR gap)

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Public Works

22.4
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22.3
City of Tustin

22.1
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What this shows Public Works Department averages 22.0 TCR (689% of the Public property management services, government BLS benchmark).

Public Works Department TCR series: 2017=32.3 · 2018=5.4 · 2019=28.4 · BLS 3.2

Where Public Works Department falls in its industry

1,496 Public property management ser establishments

Safer than 1% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.6.

Grade F

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #211 safest of 213 Public property management ser employers in Illinois.

Public Works Department (27 employees, TCR 22.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 93 employees and a TCR of 4.6

Public Works Department has fewer employees than the Public property management services, gov median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.6. 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
2019	28.4	23.7	6
2018	5.4	5.4	1
2017	32.3	16.2	6

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

921190 · IL · Palos Heights

1,496 Public property management services, 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	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	CITY OF NEW HAVEN DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS	NEW HAVEN, CT	22.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR	City of Tustin	TUSTIN, CA	22.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Yuba County Juvenile Hall/Camp Singer	MARYSVILLE, CA	22.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Public Works	BRANFORD, CT	22.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Pizzo Native Plant Nursery, LLC	LELAND	27 FTE
STATE-SIZE	C070	KANSAS	27 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Stonington, IL-R&D	STONINGTON	27 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Bloomington	BLOOMINGTON	27 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Palos Community Hospital	Palos Heights	2,224 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Providence Life Services	Palos Heights	843 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Manor Care Health Services - Palos Heights East	Palos Heights	283 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Parks and Recreation	Palos Heights	258 FTE
NAT-TCR	Midvale #073	Midvale City, UT	22.0 TCR
NAT-TCR	Flint Cliffs Manufacturing	Burlington, IA	22.0 TCR
NAT-TCR	St Marys Foundry	St Marys, OH	22.0 TCR
NAT-TCR	Kre-Bsl Husky Drum Hill Operation LLC	North Chelmsford, MA	22.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Morningside of Riverchase	Hoover, AL	27 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Victory Packaging Phoenix	Phoenix, AZ	27 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Otis Elevator Company-Manhattan ESB	New York, NY	27 FTE
NAT-SIZE	West Valley Electric Sta Mtnc	Northridge, CA	27 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.