Telecommunications equipment and wiring (except transmission line) installation contractors · Illinois

Western Utility LLC

University Park, IL · ~129 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
1.6
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Western Utility LLC runs at 58% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Telecommunications equipment and wiring (except transmission line) installation contractors workplace, earning a grade B.

Western Utility LLC: 1.6 TCR = 58% of Telecommunications equipment and wiring (except transmission line) installation contractors BLS 2.8 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Western Utility LLC safety composite

Western Utility LLC scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 78% 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

66/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 1.61 per 100 workers

Safer than 66% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 78% 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%).

Western Utility LLC held a steady TCR band

Western Utility LLC's TCR held near 0.1 from 1.4 in 2016 to 1.4 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2021 at 3.6 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=1.4 · 2018=0.8 · 2019=1.5 · 2020=0.9 · 2021=3.6 · 2022=1.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238210 · University Park, IL AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 1.6 · 58% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #64/152
  • PHOTO Access Electric, Inc.
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 13 inj
  • SIZE ~129 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Access Electric, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Western Utility LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Western Utility LLC averages 1.6 TCR (58% of the Telecommunications equipment and wiring (except transmission line) installation contractors BLS benchmark).

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

Western Utility LLC TCR series: 2016=1.4 · 2018=0.8 · 2019=1.5 · 2020=0.9 · 2021=3.6 · 2022=1.4 · BLS 2.8

Where Western Utility LLC falls in its industry

4,550 Telecommunications equipment a establishments

Safer than 66% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #64 safest of 152 Telecommunications equipment a employers in Illinois.

Western Utility LLC (129 employees, TCR 1.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 63 employees and a TCR of 2.5 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 05001,0001,500 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Western Utility LLC
Western Utility LLC (129 employees, TCR 1.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 63 employees and a TCR of 2.5

Western Utility LLC has more employees than the Telecommunications equipment and wiring median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.5. 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
2022 1.4 0.0 2 0 0
2021 3.6 0.7 5 0 0
2020 0.9 0.0 1 0 0
2019 1.5 0.0 2 0 0
2018 0.8 0.0 1 0 0
2016 1.4 1.4 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238210 · IL · University Park

4,550 Telecommunications equipment and wiring (except transmission line) installation contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 49 employers in University Park, 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 Access Electric, Inc. 1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Hilscher-Clarke Electric 1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Harold R. Clune, Inc. 1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR OEG, Inc. - West 1.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Coffeen Power Station 129 FTE
STATE-SIZE Advantage Contractor Solutions 129 FTE
STATE-SIZE Battaglia Industries, Inc. 129 FTE
STATE-SIZE Corrugated Supplies Company, LLC. 129 FTE
CITY-NEAR Amazon.com Services LLC - IGQ2 1,110 FTE
CITY-NEAR Federal Signal Corp (University Park) 490 FTE
CITY-NEAR Federal Signal Safety & Security Systems Group 454 FTE
CITY-NEAR Amex Nooter 407 FTE
NAT-TCR FA Industrial Services, Inc 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR TexasBit 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Asplundh Tree Expert, LLC - 040 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR KVAT Food Stores, Inc.- Knoxville Office 1.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Piston Autmotive LLC 129 FTE
NAT-SIZE Advanced Energy Industries - Milpitas 129 FTE
NAT-SIZE Tualatin Valley Water District-HQ 129 FTE
NAT-SIZE Pacific Surimi 129 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: 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 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.