Water treatment plants · Illinois

Water/Public Works, Public Utiities

Joliet, IL · ~63 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
3.1
Avg TCR
1.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Water/Public Works, Public Utiities runs at 256% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Water treatment plants workplace, earning a grade F.

Water/Public Works, Public Utiities: 3.1 TCR = 256% of Water treatment plants BLS 1.2 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Water/Public Works, Public Utiities safety composite

Water/Public Works, Public Utiities scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 83% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).

C

67/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 3.07 per 100 workers

Safer than 62% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 83% 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

−2.1

2022→2024

Water/Public Works, Public Utiities injury rate improved

Water/Public Works, Public Utiities's TCR fell 2.1 from 3.2 in 2022 to 1.1 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 4.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=3.2 · 2023=4.9 · 2024=1.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 221310 · Joliet, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 3.1 · 256% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #21/60
  • PHOTO Santa Clarita Valley…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 14 inj
  • SIZE ~63 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Santa Clarita Valley Water Agency (0.0 TCR gap)

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Water/Public Works, Public Utiities in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Water/Public Works, Public Utiities averages 3.1 TCR (256% of the Water treatment plants BLS benchmark).

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

Water/Public Works, Public Utiities TCR series: 2022=3.2 · 2023=4.9 · 2024=1.1 · BLS 1.2

Where Water/Public Works, Public Utiities falls in its industry

727 Water treatment plants establishments

Safer than 62% 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 #21 safest of 60 Water treatment plants employers in Illinois.

Water/Public Works, Public Utiities (63 employees, TCR 3.1) 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 Water/Public Works, Public Utiities
Water/Public Works, Public Utiities (63 employees, TCR 3.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 53 employees and a TCR of 4.2

Water/Public Works, Public Utiities has more employees than the Water treatment plants median and a lower 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 1.1 0.0 1 0 0
2023 4.9 2.3 11 0 0
2022 3.2 0.0 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

221310 · IL · Joliet

727 Water treatment plants employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 281 employers in Joliet, 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 Santa Clarita Valley Water Agency 3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Robert Diemer Treatment Plant 3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Water Administration Building 3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Vandenberg Air Force Base 3.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Waterman, IL-STC 63 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hinsdale Nurseries, Inc. Plano 63 FTE
STATE-SIZE 40L - IL Relay & Ops 63 FTE
STATE-SIZE American Bottoms Regional Wastewater Treatment Facility 63 FTE
CITY-NEAR County Of Will 2,500 FTE
CITY-NEAR North America Fulfillment Centers (FCs) : MDW2 2,361 FTE
CITY-NEAR Amazon.com Services LLC - MDW2 2,101 FTE
CITY-NEAR Presence Saint Joseph Medical Center, Joliet 2,089 FTE
NAT-TCR Katahdin Valley Health Center, Dover-Foxcroft 3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Xanitos EVS at Turkey Creek 3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR 2716 W Flint 3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Air New Zealand LTD LAX Regional Office 3.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Cloute, Inc. 63 FTE
NAT-SIZE Abramson LLC 63 FTE
NAT-SIZE Day 1 Logistics LLC 63 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ark Logistics 63 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.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

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