Elementary schools · Illinois

South Elementary School

Des Plaines, IL · ~776 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.2
Avg TCR
1.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

South Elementary School runs at 13% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Elementary schools workplace, earning a grade A.

South Elementary School: 0.2 TCR = 13% of Elementary schools BLS 1.4 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

South Elementary School safety composite

South Elementary School scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 99% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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

72/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 0.18 per 100 workers

Safer than 99% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0.11 per 100 workers

Safer than 58% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 50% 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%).

South Elementary School held a steady TCR band

South Elementary School's TCR held near 0.3 from 0.0 in 2017 to 0.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 0.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.61× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=0.0 · 2018=0.4 · 2019=0.2 · 2020=0.2 · 2021=0.2 · 2022=0.2 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=0.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 611110 · Des Plaines, IL AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 0.2 · 13% of ind

  • DART 0.1 DART
  • RANK #9/312
  • PHOTO Jefferson Jr. High S…
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 9 inj
  • SIZE ~776 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Jefferson Jr. High School (0.0 TCR gap)

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South Elementary School in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows South Elementary School averages 0.2 TCR (13% of the Elementary schools BLS benchmark).

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

South Elementary School TCR series: 2017=0 · 2018=0.4 · 2019=0.2 · 2020=0.2 · 2021=0.2 · 2022=0.2 · 2023=0 · 2024=0.3 · BLS 1.4

Where South Elementary School falls in its industry

3,374 Elementary schools establishments

Safer than 99% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #9 safest of 312 Elementary schools employers in Illinois.

South Elementary School (776 employees, TCR 0.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 76 employees and a TCR of 3.8 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 02,0004,0006,0008,00010,000 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate South Elementary School
South Elementary School (776 employees, TCR 0.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 76 employees and a TCR of 3.8

South Elementary School has more employees than the Elementary schools median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.8. 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 0.3 0.1 3 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 0.2 0.2 1 0 0
2021 0.2 0.0 1 0 0
2020 0.2 0.0 1 0 0
2019 0.2 0.0 1 0 0
2018 0.4 0.0 2 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

611110 · IL · Des Plaines

3,374 Elementary schools employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 174 employers in Des Plaines, 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 Jefferson Jr. High School 0.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Hillside Elementary 0.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Wood Creek Elementary 0.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Terrace Elementary School 0.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Prospect Airport Services ORD DL/T5 776 FTE
STATE-SIZE Maintenance 776 FTE
STATE-SIZE Plainfield Elementary School 776 FTE
STATE-SIZE Iroquois Community School 776 FTE
CITY-NEAR Illinois Bone & Joint Institute 2,172 FTE
CITY-NEAR Rivers Casino 1,705 FTE
CITY-NEAR Des Plaines Campus 1,245 FTE
CITY-NEAR Des Plaines (IL36) 1,200 FTE
NAT-TCR Cope Generating Plant 0.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Haase Mechanical Contractors, Inc. 0.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Events Center 0.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Mondelez Global - East Hanover Tech Center 0.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Community Services for Autistic Adults and Children (CSAAC) 776 FTE
NAT-SIZE CLV 776 FTE
NAT-SIZE Atlanta 776 FTE
NAT-SIZE Orlando Combo 776 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.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.