General public administration · Illinois

Public Works

Name: Public Works Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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West Chicago, IL · ~42 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

F
Failing Safety Record: 7.6
Avg TCR: 3.2
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Public Works runs at 238% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical General public administration workplace, earning a grade F.

Public Works: 7.6 TCR = 238% of General public administration BLS 3.2 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Public Works safety composite

Public Works scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 82% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 30%), 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).

53/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 7.63 per 100 workers

Safer than 30% of industry peers
DART rate: B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 82% 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

−12.4

2019→2021

Public Works injury rate improved

Public Works's TCR fell 12.4 from 14.5 in 2019 to 2.0 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2019 at 14.5 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=14.5 · 2020=6.3 · 2021=2.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 921190 · West Chicago, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 7.6 · 238% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #132/213
PHOTO City of Reedley
BOOK 3y book
INJ 9 inj
SIZE ~42 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: City of Reedley (0.0 TCR gap)

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7.6
City of Reedle

7.6
Town of Portla

7.6
Cottonwood Cou

7.6
Public Works D

7.6

What this shows Public Works averages 7.6 TCR (238% of the General public administration BLS benchmark).

Public Works TCR series: 2019=14.5 · 2020=6.3 · 2021=2 · BLS 3.2

Where Public Works falls in its industry

1,496 General public administration establishments

Safer than 30% 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 #132 safest of 213 General public administration employers in Illinois.

Public Works (42 employees, TCR 7.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 93 employees and a TCR of 4.6

Public Works has fewer employees than the General public administration 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	Illnesses
2021	2.0	0.0	1	0
2020	6.3	0.0	3	0
2019	14.5	10.3	5	2

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

921190 · IL · West Chicago

1,496 General public administration employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 123 employers in West Chicago, 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 Reedley	REEDLEY, CA	7.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Town of Portland - All Others	PORTLAND, CT	7.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Cottonwood County Public Works	WINDOM, MN	7.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Public Works Department	LOS BANOS, CA	7.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE	DAS Pontiac, IL	PONTIAC	42 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Waterman, IL-R&D	WATERMAN	42 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Springfield IL	SPRINGFIELD	42 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Egyptian Electric Cooperative	MURPHYSBORO	42 FTE
CITY-NEAR	The Jel Sert Company	West Chicago	830 FTE
CITY-NEAR	BALL HORTICULTURAL COMPANY	West Chicago	713 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Amazon.com Services LLC - SIL3	West Chicago	351 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Siemens West Chicago	West Chicago	342 FTE
NAT-TCR	Art Technologies	Hamilton, OH	7.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	110855-Boca Raton Po	Boca Raton, FL	7.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	Autumn Care of Biscoe	Biscoe, NC	7.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	PA - 1018 Western	Pittsburgh, PA	7.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Drury Inn & Suites - Flagstaff	Flagstaff, AZ	42 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Baptist Memorials Services (Henley)	San Angelo, TX	42 FTE
NAT-SIZE	City Center	Rochester, NY	42 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Stein Steel & Supply Company	Atlanta, GA	42 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: 2021, 2020, 2019. 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.