Community recreation programs, government · Illinois

Waukegan Park District

Waukegan, IL · ~183 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.5
Avg TCR
3.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Waukegan Park District runs at 141% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Community recreation programs, government workplace, earning a grade D.

Waukegan Park District: 4.5 TCR = 141% of Community recreation programs, government BLS 3.2 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Waukegan Park District safety composite

Waukegan Park District scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 53% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 41%), 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).

D

48/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 4.51 per 100 workers

Safer than 53% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.75 per 100 workers

Safer than 41% 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

−1.1

2017→2024

Waukegan Park District injury rate improved

Waukegan Park District's TCR fell 1.1 from 3.9 in 2017 to 2.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 7.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.61× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=3.9 · 2018=7.9 · 2019=5.6 · 2020=3.5 · 2022=3.2 · 2023=4.8 · 2024=2.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 924120 · Waukegan, IL ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 4.5 · 141% of ind

  • DART 2.8 DART
  • RANK #30/63
  • PHOTO Kensington Metropark
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 31 inj
  • SIZE ~183 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Kensington Metropark (0.0 TCR gap)

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Waukegan Park District in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Waukegan Park District averages 4.5 TCR (141% of the Community recreation programs, government BLS benchmark).

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

Waukegan Park District TCR series: 2017=3.9 · 2018=7.9 · 2019=5.6 · 2020=3.5 · 2022=3.2 · 2023=4.8 · 2024=2.8 · BLS 3.2

Where Waukegan Park District falls in its industry

413 Community recreation programs, establishments

Safer than 53% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #30 safest of 63 Community recreation programs, employers in Illinois.

Waukegan Park District (183 employees, TCR 4.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 69 employees and a TCR of 5.0 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 0200400600800 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Waukegan Park District
Waukegan Park District (183 employees, TCR 4.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 69 employees and a TCR of 5.0

Waukegan Park District has more employees than the Community recreation programs, governmen median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.0. 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 2.8 2.8 3 0 0
2023 4.8 4.8 5 0 0
2022 3.2 3.2 3 0 0
2020 3.5 3.5 3 0 0
2019 5.6 5.6 6 0 0
2018 7.9 6.9 8 0 0
2017 3.9 2.9 3 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

924120 · IL · Waukegan

413 Community recreation programs, government employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 141 employers in Waukegan, 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 Kensington Metropark 4.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Valley Region HQ - Recreation 4.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR EI009 - Itasca State Park 4.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Geneva Park District 4.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE 40K - IL Sub Maint & Ops 183 FTE
STATE-SIZE Maywood 183 FTE
STATE-SIZE Christopher Glass 183 FTE
STATE-SIZE ENA HQ 183 FTE
CITY-NEAR Waukegan PSD #60 2,420 FTE
CITY-NEAR Vista Medical Center 936 FTE
CITY-NEAR Visual Pak Waukegan 807 FTE
CITY-NEAR American Blending & Filling 793 FTE
NAT-TCR 60518 - Capstone Sysco Ocoee 4.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Oskaloosa 4.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Silver City Mntn Region Office 4.5 TCR
NAT-TCR O'Neill Vintners and Distillers 4.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Berkeley High School 183 FTE
NAT-SIZE Extrudex Aluminum, Inc 183 FTE
NAT-SIZE Aquarius Water Conditioning, Inc 183 FTE
NAT-SIZE Lennar - Maryland 183 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.