Garbage collection services · Illinois
Republic Services Chicago Heights
Chicago Heights, IL · ~35 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 11.3
- Avg TCR
- 2.6
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Republic Services Chicago Heights runs at 434% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Garbage collection services workplace, earning a grade F.
Republic Services Chicago Heights: 11.3 TCR = 434% of Garbage collection services BLS 2.6 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Republic Services Chicago Heights safety composite
Republic Services Chicago Heights scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 11%), 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).
22/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 11.28 per 100 workers
Safer than 13% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 9.92 per 100 workers
Safer than 11% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- D 0
Safer than 52% 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
Republic Services Chicago Heights: 7.7 → 14.9 TCR
Peak year 2023 @ 14.9 TCR · DART/TCR 0.88× in 2023
Republic Services Chicago Heights's TCR rose 7.2 from 7.7 in 2022 to 14.9 in 2023. In 2023, DART was 0.88× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 562111 · Chicago Heights, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 11.3 · 434% of ind
- DART 9.9 DART
- RANK #122/143
- PHOTO Walters Recycling an…
- BOOK 2y book
- INJ 9 inj
- SIZE ~35 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Walters Recycling and Refuse (0.0 TCR gap)
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Republic Services Chicago Heights in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Republic Services Chicago Heights
11.3 TCR
- Walters Recycl
Walters Recycling and Refuse
11.3 TCR
- Tracy Delta So
Tracy Delta Solid Waste Management Inc.
11.3 TCR
- Stericycle - N
Stericycle - N.Salt Lake,UT
11.3 TCR
- Garrard County
Garrard County
11.3 TCR
What this shows Republic Services Chicago Heights averages 11.3 TCR (434% of the Garbage collection services BLS benchmark).
Republic Services Chicago Heights TCR series: 2022=7.7 · 2023=14.9 · BLS 2.6
Where Republic Services Chicago Heights falls in its industry
2,322 Garbage collection services establishmentsSafer than 13% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.1.
Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #122 safest of 143 Garbage collection services employers in Illinois.
Republic Services Chicago Heights has fewer employees than the Garbage collection services median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.1. 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 | 14.9 | 9.9 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 7.7 | 7.7 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
562111 · IL · Chicago Heights
2,322 Garbage collection services employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 82 employers in Chicago 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 | Walters Recycling and Refuse | 11.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Tracy Delta Solid Waste Management Inc. | 11.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Stericycle - N.Salt Lake,UT | 11.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Garrard County | 11.3 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Dynegy Kendall Energy LLC | 35 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | M.J.M. Electric Cooperative, Inc. | 35 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | South Beloit Office | 35 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | DuPage Water Commission | 35 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 309 CHICAGO | 1,341 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | CHICAGO STMP | 1,226 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 6284-YR-309 RX | 827 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | CGT | 581 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | The Village at Augsburg | 11.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Walters Recycling and Refuse | 11.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Courtyard at Jamestown | 11.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Tracy Delta Solid Waste Management Inc. | 11.3 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Steel West, Inc. | 35 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Arcadia Hotel Venture No.2 dba Hampton Inn and Suites | 35 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Paragon Manufacturing Corp | 35 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | True Friends Moving Company LLC | 35 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.