Water supply systems · Illinois

Public Works

Wheeling, IL · ~43 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
5.0
Avg TCR
1.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Public Works runs at 413% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Water supply systems workplace, earning a grade F.

Public Works: 5.0 TCR = 413% of Water supply systems BLS 1.2 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Public Works safety composite

Public Works scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 43%), 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).

D

46/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 4.96 per 100 workers

Safer than 43% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.34 per 100 workers

Safer than 47% 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

−3.4

2017→2024

Public Works injury rate improved

Public Works's TCR fell 3.4 from 8.1 in 2017 to 4.7 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 11.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.47× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=8.1 · 2018=2.1 · 2019=6.4 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=2.2 · 2022=4.6 · 2023=11.4 · 2024=4.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 221310 · Wheeling, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 5.0 · 413% of ind

  • DART 2.3 DART
  • RANK #27/60
  • PHOTO South Orange County …
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 18 inj
  • SIZE ~43 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: South Orange County Wastewater Authority (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 5.0 TCR (413% of the Water supply systems BLS benchmark).

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

Public Works TCR series: 2017=8.1 · 2018=2.1 · 2019=6.4 · 2020=0 · 2021=2.2 · 2022=4.6 · 2023=11.4 · 2024=4.7 · BLS 1.2

Where Public Works falls in its industry

727 Water supply systems establishments

Safer than 43% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #27 safest of 60 Water supply systems employers in Illinois.

Public Works (43 employees, TCR 5.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 53 employees and a TCR of 4.2 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 0100200300 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Public Works
Public Works (43 employees, TCR 5.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 53 employees and a TCR of 4.2

Public Works has fewer employees than the Water supply systems median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.2. 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 4.7 2.3 2 0 0
2023 11.4 4.6 5 0 0
2022 4.6 4.6 2 0 0
2021 2.2 2.2 1 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 6.4 4.3 3 0 0
2018 2.1 2.1 1 0 0
2017 8.1 8.1 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

221310 · IL · Wheeling

727 Water supply systems employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 136 employers in Wheeling, 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 South Orange County Wastewater Authority 5.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR East Bay Municipal Utility District 5.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR SCWA - Operations 5.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR West Des Moines Water Works 5.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Illinois 43 FTE
STATE-SIZE Stratum Reservoir, LLC - Champaign 43 FTE
STATE-SIZE AMEREN ILLINOIS - East St. Louis 43 FTE
STATE-SIZE Manlove Storage Field 43 FTE
CITY-NEAR IL-01 4,581 FTE
CITY-NEAR Wheeling School District 21 967 FTE
CITY-NEAR Main Office - 01 800 FTE
CITY-NEAR Response Team 1 728 FTE
NAT-TCR CA-Redlands Kansas Facility 5.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Optogenics 5.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Koss Industrial, Inc. 5.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Ncwin - Winston Salem Building 5.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Spartech 43 FTE
NAT-SIZE STR0187 43 FTE
NAT-SIZE Appanasha Pet Clinic 43 FTE
NAT-SIZE Railroad Construction Co. of South Jersey, Inc. 43 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, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017. 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.