Sewer systems · Illinois

Public Works

Palos Heights, IL · ~23 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
11.0
Avg TCR
1.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Public Works runs at 913% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Sewer systems workplace, earning a grade F.

Public Works: 11.0 TCR = 913% of Sewer systems BLS 1.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Public Works safety composite

Public Works scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 10%), 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

20/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 10.96 per 100 workers

Safer than 11% of industry peers

DART rate
F 9.06 per 100 workers

Safer than 10% 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

Public Works: 3.8 → 18.1 TCR

Peak year 2023 @ 18.1 TCR · DART/TCR 0.83× in 2023

Public Works's TCR rose 14.3 from 3.8 in 2022 to 18.1 in 2023. In 2023, DART was 0.83× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 221320 · Palos Heights, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 11.0 · 913% of ind

  • DART 9.1 DART
  • RANK #38/48
  • PHOTO CENTRAL DAVIS SEWER …
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~23 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: CENTRAL DAVIS SEWER DISTRICT (0.0 TCR gap)

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Public Works in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Public Works averages 11.0 TCR (913% of the Sewer systems BLS benchmark).

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

Public Works TCR series: 2022=3.8 · 2023=18.1 · BLS 1.2

Where Public Works falls in its industry

400 Sewer systems establishments

Safer than 11% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #38 safest of 48 Sewer systems employers in Illinois.

Public Works (23 employees, TCR 11.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 47 employees and a TCR of 4.4 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 0200400600 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Public Works
Public Works (23 employees, TCR 11.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 47 employees and a TCR of 4.4

Public Works has fewer employees than the Sewer systems median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.4. 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
2023 18.1 9.1 3 1 0
2022 3.8 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

221320 · IL · Palos Heights

400 Sewer systems 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 CENTRAL DAVIS SEWER DISTRICT 10.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Honouliuli Wastewater Treatment Plant 10.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Environmental Services 10.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Bucklin Point Wastewater Treatment Facility 10.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Oak Grove 23 FTE
STATE-SIZE Eagle Point Farms, LLC. 23 FTE
STATE-SIZE Mendota Office 23 FTE
STATE-SIZE Nokomis Area Fire Protection District 23 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 Parks and Recreation 258 FTE
NAT-TCR Parkview Senior Living 11.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Don Hattan Ford 11.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Claiborne Ems 11.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Troy Forming Concrete Inc. 11.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Parsonage IRA- East Setauket 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE Amityville IRA - Schleigel 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE Texas Children's Hospital - El Rio Warehouse (Supply Chain) 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE Njtoms-E1q-Toms River 23 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: 2023, 2022. 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.