Garbage collection services · Illinois

West DuPage Recycling & Transfer

West Chicago, IL · ~137 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
3.6
Avg TCR
2.6
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

West DuPage Recycling & Transfer runs at 140% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Garbage collection services workplace, earning a grade D.

West DuPage Recycling & Transfer: 3.6 TCR = 140% of Garbage collection services BLS 2.6 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

West DuPage Recycling & Transfer safety composite

West DuPage Recycling & Transfer scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 66% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 52%), 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

60/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 3.65 per 100 workers

Safer than 66% of industry peers

DART rate
C 2.49 per 100 workers

Safer than 59% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 52% 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

West DuPage Recycling & Transfer: 2.7 → 5.0 TCR

Peak year 2020 @ 5.0 TCR · DART/TCR 0.68× in 2020

West DuPage Recycling & Transfer's TCR rose 2.3 from 2.7 in 2016 to 5.0 in 2020. In 2020, DART was 0.68× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 562111 · West Chicago, IL ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 3.6 · 140% of ind

  • DART 2.5 DART
  • RANK #42/143
  • PHOTO RES Inc.
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 28 inj
  • SIZE ~137 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: RES Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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West DuPage Recycling & Transfer in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows West DuPage Recycling & Transfer averages 3.6 TCR (140% of the Garbage collection services BLS benchmark).

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

West DuPage Recycling & Transfer TCR series: 2016=2.7 · 2017=4.2 · 2018=2.7 · 2019=3.7 · 2020=5 · BLS 2.6

Where West DuPage Recycling & Transfer falls in its industry

2,322 Garbage collection services establishments

Safer than 66% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #42 safest of 143 Garbage collection services employers in Illinois.

West DuPage Recycling & Transfer (137 employees, TCR 3.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 5.1 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 0100200300400 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate West DuPage Recycling & Transfer
West DuPage Recycling & Transfer (137 employees, TCR 3.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 5.1

West DuPage Recycling & Transfer has more employees than the Garbage collection services median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.1. 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
2020 5.0 2.5 8 0 0
2019 3.7 2.1 7 0 0
2018 2.7 2.7 5 0 0
2017 4.2 2.5 5 0 0
2016 2.7 2.7 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562111 · IL · West Chicago

2,322 Garbage collection services employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 123 employers in West Chicago, 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 RES Inc. 3.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR S03170 - IA Mason City 3.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR 3047-Schaben Sanitation 3.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Avid Waste Systems, Inc. 3.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE AMEREN ILLINOIS - IL Sub Maint Ops 137 FTE
STATE-SIZE P.J. Hoerr Inc 137 FTE
STATE-SIZE Newcastle Limited LLC 137 FTE
STATE-SIZE Edwards Engineering Inc 137 FTE
CITY-NEAR The Jel Sert Company 830 FTE
CITY-NEAR BALL HORTICULTURAL COMPANY 713 FTE
CITY-NEAR Amazon.com Services LLC - SIL3 351 FTE
CITY-NEAR Siemens West Chicago 342 FTE
NAT-TCR NEP Missouri HQ 3.6 TCR
NAT-TCR OC Concrete, LLC 3.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Children's Behavioral Health (CBHI) Haverhill 3.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Ross store 356 3.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE MacGregor Downs Health and Rehabilitation Center 137 FTE
NAT-SIZE Aspire Physical Recovery Center at Cahaba River 137 FTE
NAT-SIZE 0274 - Int. Doors-Grand Rapids 137 FTE
NAT-SIZE 0663 - Milliken Sterling Heights 137 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: 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.