Computer program or software development, custom · Illinois

State of Illinois, Department of Innovation and Technology

Springfield, IL · ~908 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
0.7
Avg TCR
0.5
Industry avg
1
Fatality

The verdict

State of Illinois, Department of Innovation and Technology runs at 142% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Computer program or software development, custom workplace, earning a grade D.

D
Poor Safety Record
0.7
avg TCR · per 100 workers
0.5
industry benchmark (BLS)
1
worker fatalities on record

Grade compares State of Illinois, Department of Innovation and Technology's OSHA Total Case Rate of 0.7 to the Computer program or software development, custom BLS benchmark of 0.5 (142% of benchmark) across 5 years of Form 300A filings (2016–2024). <a href="/methodology">See methodology</a> for reporting-limitation caveats.

Injury rate over time

State of Illinois, Department of Innovation and Technology's yearly Total Case Rate, against the 0.5 industry benchmark.

00.511.52 20192020202220232024 0.30.5 Industry benchmarkState of Illinois, Department of Innovation and Technology TCR
Total Case Rate (recordable injuries per 100 full-time workers), OSHA ITA Form 300A. Industry benchmark: BLS IIF, NAICS 541511.

Where State of Illinois, Department of Innovation and Technology falls in its industry

179 Computer program or software d establishments

Safer than 17% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 0.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 5 Computer program or software d employers in Illinois.

Trend analysis for State of Illinois, Department of Innovation and Technology

Between 2019 and 2024, State of Illinois, Department of Innovation and Technology's Total Case Rate worsened from 0.3 to 0.3 recordable injuries per 100 full-time workers, a 6% increase across 5 years of OSHA reporting.

The safest year on record was 2020, at a TCR of 0.3, while 2022 saw the highest rate, at 1.6, a spread of 1.3 points between the best and worst reporting years. That's a wide swing relative to the establishment's overall rate, worth checking the year-by-year table below for whether a single severe year is driving the average, rather than a sustained trend.

Summed across those 5 reporting years, State of Illinois, Department of Innovation and Technology recorded 24 total injuries and illnesses and 1 fatality. Readers comparing establishments should weigh the 5-year trend above alongside establishment size, since a larger workforce naturally accumulates more raw incidents even at a lower per-100-worker rate.

Verify This Employer with OSHA

The 24 injuries, 3 illnesses, and 1 fatality shown on this page for State of Illinois, Department of Innovation and Technology are sourced from its own 5 years of mandatory OSHA Form 300A summaries. Cross-check the underlying establishment record directly against the federal source, name, NAICS classification, recordable case totals, and inspection history are all searchable on OSHA's Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data system.

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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data. NAICS 541511 - Computer program or software development, custom.

DART Rate, Transparent Calculation (2024)

What is the DART rate formula?

DART (Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred) is computed by OSHA as incidents × 200,000 ÷ hours worked. The 200,000-hour denominator equals roughly 100 full-time workers, which lets establishments of very different sizes be compared directly.

3 DART incidents × 200,000 ÷ 2,350,908 hours worked = 0.26 DART

Methodology: 29 CFR 1904, OSHA Form 300A recordkeeping

Cross-Validating Context, Establishment vs Industry vs State

Benchmark TCR Source
State of Illinois, Department of Innovation and Technology (this establishment) 0.71 OSHA ITA Form 300A, 5-year avg
Software analysis and design services, custom computer industry avg 0.50 BLS IIF, NAICS 541511
Illinois state avg (all industries) 4.73 OSHA ITA, state-level rollup

Industry benchmarks: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities (IIF) program

Reportable Incident Timeline

Year-by-year reportable incidents (recordable injuries + illnesses + fatalities) submitted by State of Illinois, Department of Innovation and Technology to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application. Each row anchors to OSHA's inspection records search where you can pull the underlying inspection case numbers and citations for that establishment-year.

Source: OSHA Inspection Information System (IMIS) - inspection case-number records

Year-by-Year Safety Data

Year TCR DART Injuries Illnesses Fatalities
2024 0.3 0.3 2 2 0
2023 0.9 0.1 8 0 0
2022 1.6 1.2 11 0 0
2020 0.3 0.1 2 0 1
2019 0.3 0.2 1 1 0

What this grade means for you

Use this grade as a relative read on State of Illinois, Department of Innovation and Technology's reported OSHA injury record versus its Computer program or software development, custom peers, not a verdict on whether any single site is safe today.

  • At 142% of the Computer program or software development, custom benchmark, State of Illinois, Department of Innovation and Technology reports more injuries than typical peers, ask specifically how the employer is reducing them. Know your rights
  • Judge this record against the wider Computer program or software development, custom sector, where injury rates vary widely, before comparing it in isolation. See the industry
  • Grades reflect 2016–2024 filings; check the latest establishment record straight from OSHA, or look up a different employer. Look up another

Safety grades reflect employers' self-reported OSHA Form 300A filings from 2016 to 2024 and can lag current conditions. A grade is not a guarantee that any specific workplace is safe or unsafe today. See our methodology and disclaimer.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is State of Illinois, Department of Innovation and Technology's safety grade?
State of Illinois, Department of Innovation and Technology has a safety grade of D (Poor Safety Record). This grade is based on their average Total Case Rate (TCR) of 0.7 compared to the BLS industry benchmark of 0.5 for Computer program or software development, custom.
How many injuries has State of Illinois, Department of Innovation and Technology reported?
State of Illinois, Department of Innovation and Technology has reported 24 total injuries and 1 fatalities across 5 years of OSHA data (2024, 2023, 2022, 2020, 2019). This data comes from mandatory OSHA Injury Tracking Application (ITA) reports.

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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, 2020, 2019. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainSafetyScore Editorial

Every figure and grade on PlainSafetyScore is computed directly from OSHA's published Injury Tracking Application data and BLS industry benchmarks, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these safety grades, or report a data error. Data current as of 2016-2024 OSHA ITA release.