Employer · Illinois

S05373 - WM of IL - West (DeKalb)

Dekalb, IL · ~41 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
5.9
Avg TCR
2.6
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

S05373 - WM of IL - West (DeKalb) runs at 227% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical industry workplace, earning a grade F.

S05373 - WM of IL - West (DeKalb): 5.9 TCR = 227% of industry BLS 2.6 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

S05373 - WM of IL - West (DeKalb) safety composite

S05373 - WM of IL - West (DeKalb) scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 88% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 41%), 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).

C

60/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 5.9 per 100 workers

Safer than 41% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 88% 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%).

TCR Δ

−10.7

2016→2022

S05373 - WM of IL - West (DeKalb) injury rate improved

S05373 - WM of IL - West (DeKalb)'s TCR fell 10.7 from 13.7 in 2016 to 3.0 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2016 at 13.7 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=13.7 · 2017=4.4 · 2018=9.3 · 2019=5.3 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=5.6 · 2022=3.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 562111 · Dekalb, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 5.9 · 227% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #77/143
  • PHOTO East - Trash Inc.
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 15 inj
  • SIZE ~41 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: East - Trash Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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S05373 - WM of IL - West (DeKalb) in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows S05373 - WM of IL - West (DeKalb) averages 5.9 TCR (227% of the industry BLS benchmark).

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

S05373 - WM of IL - West (DeKalb) TCR series: 2016=13.7 · 2017=4.4 · 2018=9.3 · 2019=5.3 · 2020=0 · 2021=5.6 · 2022=3 · BLS 2.6

Where S05373 - WM of IL - West (DeKalb) falls in its industry

2,322 industry establishments

Safer than 41% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #77 safest of 143 industry employers in Illinois.

S05373 - WM of IL - West (DeKalb) (41 employees, TCR 5.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 5.1 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 0100200300400 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate S05373 - WM of IL - West (DeKalb)
S05373 - WM of IL - West (DeKalb) (41 employees, TCR 5.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 5.1

S05373 - WM of IL - West (DeKalb) has fewer employees than the industry 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
2022 3.0 0.0 1 0 0
2021 5.6 2.8 2 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 5.3 2.6 1 1 0
2018 9.3 0.0 3 1 0
2017 4.4 2.2 2 0 0
2016 13.7 11.4 6 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562111 · IL · Dekalb

2,322 industry employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 93 employers in Dekalb, 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 East - Trash Inc. 5.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR S04804 - Washington 5.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR S04971 - San Diego Hauling 5.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Bulk Express Transport LLC 5.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE GDM Seeds, Inc 41 FTE
STATE-SIZE Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc. - Champaign Research - CMI1 41 FTE
STATE-SIZE 1987-Jerseyville, IL 41 FTE
STATE-SIZE Mt. Carmel Public Utility Co. 41 FTE
CITY-NEAR 3842 - UDC-DeKalb 1,635 FTE
CITY-NEAR 3842 - DeKalb UDC 1,411 FTE
CITY-NEAR Northwestern Medicine Kishwaukee Hospital 1,067 FTE
CITY-NEAR DeKalb Community Unit School District #428 940 FTE
NAT-TCR QMT Associates, Inc. 5.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Genesee Valley Presbyterian Nursing Center 5.9 TCR
NAT-TCR 406STP 5.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Lunds & Byerlys, St. Louis Park 5.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Premier Millwork & Lumber Co Inc 41 FTE
NAT-SIZE Gerelco Traffic Controls, Inc. 41 FTE
NAT-SIZE Byram 41 FTE
NAT-SIZE Martinez Ranches, Inc. 41 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: 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.