Public Streets & Utilities · Illinois
Public Works- Water & Sewer Dept.
Elk Grove Village, IL · ~74 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 15.6
- Avg TCR
- 1.2
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Public Works- Water & Sewer Dept. runs at 1298% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Public Streets & Utilities workplace, earning a grade F.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 15.6
- avg TCR · per 100 workers
- 1.2
- industry benchmark (BLS)
- 16
- recordable injuries tracked
Grade compares Public Works- Water & Sewer Dept.'s OSHA Total Case Rate of 15.6 to the Public Streets & Utilities BLS benchmark of 1.2 (1298% of benchmark) across 2 years of Form 300A filings (2016–2024). <a href="/methodology">See methodology</a> for reporting-limitation caveats.
Injury rate over time
Public Works- Water & Sewer Dept.'s yearly Total Case Rate, against the 1.2 industry benchmark.
Where Public Works- Water & Sewer Dept. falls in its industry
841 Public Streets & Utilities establishmentsSafer than 3% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.
Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #78 safest of 81 Public Streets & Utilities employers in Illinois.
Trend analysis for Public Works- Water & Sewer Dept.
Between 2017 and 2018, Public Works- Water & Sewer Dept.'s Total Case Rate worsened from 15.0 to 16.1 recordable injuries per 100 full-time workers, a 8% increase across 1 year of OSHA reporting.
The safest year on record was 2017, at a TCR of 15.0, while 2018 saw the highest rate, at 16.1, a spread of 1.1 points between the best and worst reporting years. That's a comparatively narrow spread, suggesting a fairly consistent safety record across the 2 years with a usable rate on file, rather than one outlier year skewing the multi-year average.
Summed across those 2 reporting years, Public Works- Water & Sewer Dept. recorded 16 total injuries and illnesses, with no fatalities reported in any of those years. Readers comparing establishments should weigh the 2-year trend above alongside establishment size, since a larger workforce naturally accumulates more raw incidents even at a lower per-100-worker rate.
Verify This Employer with OSHA
The 16 injuries, 1 illnesses shown on this page for Public Works- Water & Sewer Dept. are sourced from its own 2 years of mandatory OSHA Form 300A summaries. Cross-check the underlying establishment record directly against the federal source, name, NAICS classification, recordable case totals, and inspection history are all searchable on OSHA's Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data system.
Verify on OSHA Establishment SearchSource: U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data. NAICS 221310 - Public Streets & Utilities.
DART Rate, Transparent Calculation (2018)
What is the DART rate formula?
DART (Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred) is computed by OSHA as incidents × 200,000 ÷ hours worked. The 200,000-hour denominator equals roughly 100 full-time workers, which lets establishments of very different sizes be compared directly.
9 DART incidents × 200,000 ÷ 111,476 hours worked = 16.15 DART
Methodology: 29 CFR 1904, OSHA Form 300A recordkeeping
Cross-Validating Context, Establishment vs Industry vs State
| Benchmark | TCR | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Public Works- Water & Sewer Dept. (this establishment) | 15.58 | OSHA ITA Form 300A, 2-year avg |
| Water supply systems industry avg | 1.20 | BLS IIF, NAICS 221310 |
| Illinois state avg (all industries) | 4.73 | OSHA ITA, state-level rollup |
Industry benchmarks: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities (IIF) program
Reportable Incident Timeline
Year-by-year reportable incidents (recordable injuries + illnesses + fatalities) submitted by Public Works- Water & Sewer Dept. to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application. Each row anchors to OSHA's inspection records search where you can pull the underlying inspection case numbers and citations for that establishment-year.
- 2018: 9 reportable incidents · 9 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2017: 8 reportable incidents · 7 injuries, 1 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
Source: OSHA Inspection Information System (IMIS) - inspection case-number records
Year-by-Year Safety Data
| Year | TCR | DART | Injuries | Illnesses | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 16.1 | 16.1 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
What this grade means for you
Use this grade as a relative read on Public Works- Water & Sewer Dept.'s reported OSHA injury record versus its Public Streets & Utilities peers, not a verdict on whether any single site is safe today.
- At 1298% of the Public Streets & Utilities benchmark, Public Works- Water & Sewer Dept. reports more injuries than typical peers, ask specifically how the employer is reducing them. Know your rights
- Judge this record against the wider Public Streets & Utilities sector, where injury rates vary widely, before comparing it in isolation. See the industry
- Grades reflect 2016–2024 filings; check the latest establishment record straight from OSHA, or look up a different employer. Look up another
Safety grades reflect employers' self-reported OSHA Form 300A filings from 2016 to 2024 and can lag current conditions. A grade is not a guarantee that any specific workplace is safe or unsafe today. See our methodology and disclaimer.
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Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.
Every figure and grade on PlainSafetyScore is computed directly from OSHA's published Injury Tracking Application data and BLS industry benchmarks, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these safety grades, or report a data error. Data current as of 2016-2024 OSHA ITA release.