Solid Waste Collection · Illinois

Stericycle - Itasca,IL

Itasca, IL · ~25 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
13.0
Avg TCR
2.6
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Stericycle - Itasca,IL runs at 498% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Solid Waste Collection workplace, earning a grade F.

Stericycle - Itasca,IL: 13.0 TCR = 498% of Solid Waste Collection BLS 2.6 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Stericycle - Itasca,IL safety composite

Stericycle - Itasca,IL scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 9%), 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

29/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 12.96 per 100 workers

Safer than 9% of industry peers

DART rate
D 4.65 per 100 workers

Safer than 36% 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

−2.6

2017→2024

Stericycle - Itasca,IL injury rate improved

Stericycle - Itasca,IL's TCR fell 2.6 from 11.9 in 2017 to 9.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 26.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.36× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=11.9 · 2018=19.5 · 2019=26.3 · 2020=12.3 · 2021=4.1 · 2022=15.7 · 2023=4.5 · 2024=9.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade F · TCR 13.0 · 498% of ind

  • DART 4.7 DART
  • RANK #129/143
  • PHOTO Area-Urbana
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 28 inj
  • SIZE ~25 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Area-Urbana (0.0 TCR gap)

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Stericycle - Itasca,IL in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Stericycle - Itasca,IL averages 13.0 TCR (498% of the Solid Waste Collection BLS benchmark).

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

Stericycle - Itasca,IL TCR series: 2017=11.9 · 2018=19.5 · 2019=26.3 · 2020=12.3 · 2021=4.1 · 2022=15.7 · 2023=4.5 · 2024=9.3 · BLS 2.6

Where Stericycle - Itasca,IL falls in its industry

2,322 Solid Waste Collection establishments

Safer than 9% 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 #129 safest of 143 Solid Waste Collection employers in Illinois.

Stericycle - Itasca,IL (25 employees, TCR 13.0) 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 Stericycle - Itasca,IL
Stericycle - Itasca,IL (25 employees, TCR 13.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 5.1

Stericycle - Itasca,IL has fewer employees than the Solid Waste Collection 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
2024 9.3 4.7 2 0 0
2023 4.5 0.0 0 1 0
2022 15.7 15.7 4 0 0
2021 4.1 4.1 1 0 0
2020 12.3 12.3 3 0 0
2019 26.3 26.3 8 0 0
2018 19.5 11.7 5 0 0
2017 11.9 2.4 5 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562111 · IL · Itasca

2,322 Solid Waste Collection employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 110 employers in Itasca, 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 Area-Urbana 13.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Jersey City Action Hauling 12.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Trash Talk USA 13.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR New Haven Operations 13.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Emerald Mound Lebanon Fire Department 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE Steve Piper and Sons, Inc 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE AMEREN ILLINOIS - IL Meter Services North 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE Headquarters 25 FTE
CITY-NEAR Diverzify 1,004 FTE
CITY-NEAR Fellowes, Inc Itasca 536 FTE
CITY-NEAR JH Associate Management LLC 526 FTE
CITY-NEAR MTS Titan Electric 460 FTE
NAT-TCR Crystal Window and Door Systems PA, LLC 13.0 TCR
NAT-TCR The Springs of Lima 13.0 TCR
NAT-TCR KSL001 13.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Phoenix C R S 13.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Stericycle - Stroud,OK 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE Lewisville Construction Center 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE Technical Industries, Inc. 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE Family Resource Center 25 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.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.