Water treatment and distribution · Illinois

Village of Arlington Heights - Public Works - Water Department

Arlington Heights, IL · ~25 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
6.1
Avg TCR
1.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Village of Arlington Heights - Public Works - Water Department runs at 506% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Water treatment and distribution workplace, earning a grade F.

Village of Arlington Heights - Public Works - Water Department: 6.1 TCR = 506% of Water treatment and distribution BLS 1.2 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Village of Arlington Heights - Public Works - Water Department safety composite

Village of Arlington Heights - Public Works - Water Department scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 11%), 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

30/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.07 per 100 workers

Safer than 33% of industry peers

DART rate
F 8.53 per 100 workers

Safer than 11% 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

−1.2

2022→2024

Village of Arlington Heights - Public Works - Water Department injury rate improved

Village of Arlington Heights - Public Works - Water Department's TCR fell 1.2 from 9.7 in 2022 to 8.5 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 9.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.41× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=9.7 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=8.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 221310 · Arlington Heights, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 6.1 · 506% of ind

  • DART 8.5 DART
  • RANK #34/60
  • PHOTO County of Stafford
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~25 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: County of Stafford (0.0 TCR gap)

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Village of Arlington Heights - Public Works - Water Department in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Village of Arlington Heights - Public Works - Water Department averages 6.1 TCR (506% of the Water treatment and distribution BLS benchmark).

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

Village of Arlington Heights - Public Works - Water Department TCR series: 2022=9.7 · 2023=0 · 2024=8.5 · BLS 1.2

Where Village of Arlington Heights - Public Works - Water Department falls in its industry

727 Water treatment and distributi establishments

Safer than 33% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #34 safest of 60 Water treatment and distributi employers in Illinois.

Village of Arlington Heights - Public Works - Water Department (25 employees, TCR 6.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 53 employees and a TCR of 4.2 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 0100200300 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Village of Arlington Heights - Public Works - Water Department
Village of Arlington Heights - Public Works - Water Department (25 employees, TCR 6.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 53 employees and a TCR of 4.2

Village of Arlington Heights - Public Works - Water Department has fewer employees than the Water treatment and distribution median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.2. 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 8.5 8.5 2 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 9.7 9.7 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

221310 · IL · Arlington Heights

727 Water treatment and distribution employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 121 employers in Arlington Heights, 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 County of Stafford 6.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Rowland Water District 6.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Patoka Lake Regional Water & Sewer District 6.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Reclamation District No. 108 6.0 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 Northwest Community Hospital 3,365 FTE
CITY-NEAR ARLINGTON HEIGHTS SCHOOL DISTRICT 25 911 FTE
CITY-NEAR 4813-48130002-ENCORE CHICAGO 845 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lutheran Home and Serv For The Aged 796 FTE
NAT-TCR Port Hueneme 6.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Tri-County Electric- Portland 6.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Superior Shot Peening - Cleveland 6.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Bayport 6.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Albanese Brothers, Inc. 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE Advanta Southeast, LLC. 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE Holiday Inn 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE Mayfield Store 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.