Utility line (i.e., communication, electric power), construction · Illinois

Western Illinois Electrical Coop

Carthage, IL · ~15 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
7.4
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Western Illinois Electrical Coop runs at 264% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Utility line (i.e., communication, electric power), construction workplace, earning a grade F.

Western Illinois Electrical Coop: 7.4 TCR = 264% of Utility line (i.e., communication, electric power), construction BLS 2.8 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Western Illinois Electrical Coop safety composite

Western Illinois Electrical Coop scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 78% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (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).

D

45/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.4 per 100 workers

Safer than 11% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 78% 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%).

TCR Δ

−22.2

2021→2024

Western Illinois Electrical Coop injury rate improved

Western Illinois Electrical Coop's TCR fell 22.2 from 22.2 in 2021 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 22.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=22.2 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 237130 · Carthage, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 7.4 · 264% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #47/50
  • PHOTO VCI:VC070 - VC070-VC…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~15 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: VCI:VC070 - VC070-VCI - Sun Valley, CA (0.0 TCR gap)

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Western Illinois Electrical Coop in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Western Illinois Electrical Coop averages 7.4 TCR (264% of the Utility line (i.e., communication, electric power), construction BLS benchmark).

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

Western Illinois Electrical Coop TCR series: 2021=22.2 · 2023=0 · 2024=0 · BLS 2.8

Where Western Illinois Electrical Coop falls in its industry

1,605 Utility line (i.e., communicat establishments

Safer than 11% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #47 safest of 50 Utility line (i.e., communicat employers in Illinois.

Western Illinois Electrical Coop (15 employees, TCR 7.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 74 employees and a TCR of 2.0 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 0100200300400500 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Western Illinois Electrical Coop
Western Illinois Electrical Coop (15 employees, TCR 7.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 74 employees and a TCR of 2.0

Western Illinois Electrical Coop has fewer employees than the Utility line (i.e., communication, elect median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.0. 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 22.2 0.0 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

237130 · IL · Carthage

1,605 Utility line (i.e., communication, electric power), construction employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 11 employers in Carthage, IL · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel Establishment Metric
NAICS-TCR VCI:VC070 - VC070-VCI - Sun Valley, CA 7.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ken Becker & Sons Inc 7.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Tilson Technology Management, Inc. East Hartford 7.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR NSK21 - NSK21 - Kent2 7.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Gingerich Farms Partnership 15 FTE
STATE-SIZE Chadco, Inc 15 FTE
STATE-SIZE D7 Greenup Yard 15 FTE
STATE-SIZE D8 Carlyle Yard 15 FTE
CITY-NEAR Memorial Hospital 274 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hancock County Senior Services 53 FTE
CITY-NEAR County Market #287 44 FTE
CITY-NEAR Bear Creek Genetics, LLC. 31 FTE
NAT-TCR MW Denver, LLC 7.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Carl's Boned Chicken, Inc. 7.4 TCR
NAT-TCR EnCon Field Services LLC 7.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Superb IPC 7.4 TCR

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, 2021. 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.