General services departments, government · Illinois

St. Charles Public Works Department

St Charles, IL · ~96 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
8.6
Avg TCR
3.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

St. Charles Public Works Department runs at 269% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical General services departments, government workplace, earning a grade F.

St. Charles Public Works Department: 8.6 TCR = 269% of General services departments, government BLS 3.2 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

St. Charles Public Works Department safety composite

St. Charles Public Works Department scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 14%), 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).

F

28/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 8.61 per 100 workers

Safer than 25% of industry peers

DART rate
F 6.47 per 100 workers

Safer than 14% 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

−2.7

2017→2023

St. Charles Public Works Department injury rate improved

St. Charles Public Works Department's TCR fell 2.7 from 9.2 in 2017 to 6.5 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2022 at 10.2 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.75× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=9.2 · 2018=8.7 · 2019=9.9 · 2020=7.8 · 2021=8.0 · 2022=10.2 · 2023=6.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 921190 · St Charles, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 8.6 · 269% of ind

  • DART 6.5 DART
  • RANK #146/213
  • PHOTO Public Works
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 52 inj
  • SIZE ~96 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Public Works (0.0 TCR gap)

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St. Charles Public Works Department in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows St. Charles Public Works Department averages 8.6 TCR (269% of the General services departments, government BLS benchmark).

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

St. Charles Public Works Department TCR series: 2017=9.2 · 2018=8.7 · 2019=9.9 · 2020=7.8 · 2021=8 · 2022=10.2 · 2023=6.5 · BLS 3.2

Where St. Charles Public Works Department falls in its industry

1,496 General services departments, establishments

Safer than 25% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #146 safest of 213 General services departments, employers in Illinois.

St. Charles Public Works Department (96 employees, TCR 8.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 93 employees and a TCR of 4.6 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 0200400600800 010203040 Average employees Total Case Rate St. Charles Public Works Department
St. Charles Public Works Department (96 employees, TCR 8.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 93 employees and a TCR of 4.6

St. Charles Public Works Department has more employees than the General services departments, government 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 Fatalities
2023 6.5 6.5 6 0 0
2022 10.2 9.1 9 0 0
2021 8.0 6.8 7 0 0
2020 7.8 5.6 7 0 0
2019 9.9 8.8 8 1 0
2018 8.7 5.5 7 1 0
2017 9.2 8.1 8 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

921190 · IL · St Charles

1,496 General services departments, government employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 33 employers in St Charles, 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 Public Works 8.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR City of Garden Grove 8.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Village of Minooka 8.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR City of Blaine City Hall/Police Department 8.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Corteva Agriscience UTI1 96 FTE
STATE-SIZE CLM Midwest 96 FTE
STATE-SIZE Toro Construction Corp 96 FTE
STATE-SIZE Lytle Electric Company 96 FTE
CITY-NEAR NORA 829 FTE
CITY-NEAR St. Charles - Kirk Road 557 FTE
CITY-NEAR St. Charles VPP 392 FTE
CITY-NEAR Foodservice : ST CHARLES 312 FTE
NAT-TCR Marbach America Inc 8.6 TCR
NAT-TCR North 40 Outfitters #G 8.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Road Products, LLC 8.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Velazquez Packing Inc 8.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Lodi Nursing and Rehabilitation 96 FTE
NAT-SIZE Pentair Filtration Solutions Dover 96 FTE
NAT-SIZE Wenatchee HQ-Service Building (Location) 96 FTE
NAT-SIZE wilson mcginley 96 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: 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.