General public administration · Illinois

Vera Meineke Nature Center at Spring Valley

Name: Vera Meineke Nature Center at Spring Valley Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Schaumburg, IL · ~25 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

F
Failing Safety Record: 12.2
Avg TCR: 3.2
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Vera Meineke Nature Center at Spring Valley runs at 380% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical General public administration workplace, earning a grade F.

Vera Meineke Nature Center at Spring Valley: 12.2 TCR = 380% of General public administration BLS 3.2 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Vera Meineke Nature Center at Spring Valley safety composite

Vera Meineke Nature Center at Spring Valley scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 2%), 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).

18/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 12.17 per 100 workers

Safer than 12% of industry peers
DART rate: F 17.99 per 100 workers

Safer than 2% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Vera Meineke Nature Center at Spring Valley: 9.4 → 18.0 TCR

Peak year 2023 @ 18.0 TCR · DART/TCR 1.48× in 2023

Vera Meineke Nature Center at Spring Valley's TCR rose 8.6 from 9.4 in 2019 to 18.0 in 2023. In 2023, DART was 1.48× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 921190 · Schaumburg, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 12.2 · 380% of ind

DART 18.0 DART
RANK #181/213
PHOTO Village of Clemmons
BOOK 3y book
INJ 4 inj
SIZE ~25 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Village of Clemmons (0.0 TCR gap)

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12.2
Village of Cle

12.2
800 Public Uti

12.2
City of Blaine

12.1
Village of Lin

12.1

What this shows Vera Meineke Nature Center at Spring Valley averages 12.2 TCR (380% of the General public administration BLS benchmark).

Vera Meineke Nature Center at Spring Valley TCR series: 2019=9.4 · 2022=9.1 · 2023=18 · BLS 3.2

Where Vera Meineke Nature Center at Spring Valley falls in its industry

1,496 General public administration establishments

Safer than 12% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.6.

Grade F

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #181 safest of 213 General public administration employers in Illinois.

Vera Meineke Nature Center at Spring Valley (25 employees, TCR 12.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 93 employees and a TCR of 4.6

Vera Meineke Nature Center at Spring Valley has fewer employees than the General public administration 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
2023	18.0	18.0	2
2022	9.1	9.1	1
2019	9.4	9.4	1

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

921190 · IL · Schaumburg

1,496 General public administration employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 246 employers in Schaumburg, IL · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Village of Clemmons	CLEMMONS, NC	12.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	800 Public Utilities	PORTSMOUTH, VA	12.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	City of Blaine Public Works	BLAINE, MN	12.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Village of Lindenhurst	LINDENHURST, IL	12.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Emerald Mound Lebanon Fire Department	LEBANON	25 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Steve Piper and Sons, Inc	NAPERVILLE	25 FTE
STATE-SIZE	AMEREN ILLINOIS - IL Meter Services North	PEORIA	25 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Headquarters	CARLINVILLE	25 FTE
CITY-NEAR	6354-OFFS	Schaumburg	3,444 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Schaumburg Community Consolidated School District No. 54	Schaumburg	2,876 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Nation Pizza & Foods (Schaumburg)	Schaumburg	1,320 FTE
CITY-NEAR	IL02	Schaumburg	1,301 FTE
NAT-TCR	Washington-Kosciusko Elementary	Winona, MN	12.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	Area Learning Center	Willmar, MN	12.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	Celadon DP, LLC.	Savannah, GA	12.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	AMZ Manufacturing Corporation	York, PA	12.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE	NCH - Pelham	Alabaster, AL	25 FTE
NAT-SIZE	AccuTran Industries, Inc.	Paris, KY	25 FTE
NAT-SIZE	S05034 - Chesser Island	Folkston, GA	25 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Bio-Rad Laboratories-EDx-Ft Worth	Ft. Worth, TX	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: 2023, 2022, 2019. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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