Commercial building construction · Illinois

Ward Contracting & Building Restoration

Countryside, IL · ~44 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
5.9
Avg TCR
2.9
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Ward Contracting & Building Restoration runs at 203% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Commercial building construction workplace, earning a grade F.

Ward Contracting & Building Restoration: 5.9 TCR = 203% of Commercial building construction BLS 2.9 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Ward Contracting & Building Restoration safety composite

Ward Contracting & Building Restoration scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 17%), 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

27/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 5.88 per 100 workers

Safer than 17% of industry peers

DART rate
F 2.96 per 100 workers

Safer than 20% 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

Ward Contracting & Building Restoration: 0.0 → 3.0 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 14.4 TCR · DART/TCR 0.5× in 2024

Ward Contracting & Building Restoration's TCR rose 3.0 from 0.0 in 2017 to 3.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 14.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.5× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 236220 · Countryside, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 5.9 · 203% of ind

  • DART 3.0 DART
  • RANK #154/169
  • PHOTO LONG ISLAND CONCRETE…
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 13 inj
  • SIZE ~44 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: LONG ISLAND CONCRETE INC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Ward Contracting & Building Restoration in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Ward Contracting & Building Restoration averages 5.9 TCR (203% of the Commercial building construction BLS benchmark).

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

Ward Contracting & Building Restoration TCR series: 2017=0 · 2018=14.4 · 2019=5.9 · 2020=10.4 · 2022=7.5 · 2023=0 · 2024=3 · BLS 2.9

Where Ward Contracting & Building Restoration falls in its industry

4,692 Commercial building constructi establishments

Safer than 17% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #154 safest of 169 Commercial building constructi employers in Illinois.

Ward Contracting & Building Restoration (44 employees, TCR 5.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 2.3 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 0100200300400500 02468 Average employees Total Case Rate Ward Contracting & Building Restoration
Ward Contracting & Building Restoration (44 employees, TCR 5.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 2.3

Ward Contracting & Building Restoration has fewer employees than the Commercial building construction median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.3. 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 3.0 3.0 1 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 7.5 7.5 2 0 0
2020 10.4 10.4 3 0 0
2019 5.9 5.9 2 0 0
2018 14.4 14.4 5 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

236220 · IL · Countryside

4,692 Commercial building construction employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 31 employers in Countryside, 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 LONG ISLAND CONCRETE INC 5.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR In-N-Out Burger - Baldwin Park 5.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Mark Rite Lines 5.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Huser Construction 5.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Main Office 44 FTE
STATE-SIZE 2570-Thomasboro, IL (Monsanto Co.) 44 FTE
STATE-SIZE Eastern Illini Electric Cooperative Paxton Headquarters 44 FTE
STATE-SIZE Eastern Illini Elec. Coop. Paxton Heaquarters 44 FTE
CITY-NEAR Vee Pak, LLC dba Voyant Beauty 562 FTE
CITY-NEAR Vee Pak - Countryside, IL 514 FTE
CITY-NEAR Helping Hand Center 250 FTE
CITY-NEAR 5472-000003154 185 FTE
NAT-TCR TP Grants Pass LLC 5.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Harry A. Poole, Sr., Contractor, Inc. 5.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Averill 5.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Peacock and Company 5.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Greenwich 44 FTE
NAT-SIZE Chapel District Elementary 44 FTE
NAT-SIZE Everhart Painting Limited 44 FTE
NAT-SIZE 4010 - Tpg/Pbm 44 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, 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.