Parks, nature · Illinois

Wheeling Park District

Wheeling, IL · ~307 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
7.2
Avg TCR
3.1
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Wheeling Park District runs at 233% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Parks, nature workplace, earning a grade F.

Wheeling Park District: 7.2 TCR = 233% of Parks, nature BLS 3.1 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Wheeling Park District safety composite

Wheeling Park District scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 26%), 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

38/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 7.21 per 100 workers

Safer than 42% of industry peers

DART rate
F 6.1 per 100 workers

Safer than 26% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 50% 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

Wheeling Park District: 3.1 → 11.2 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 11.2 TCR · DART/TCR 0.85× in 2024

Wheeling Park District's TCR rose 8.1 from 3.1 in 2017 to 11.2 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0.85× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 712190 · Wheeling, IL ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 7.2 · 233% of ind

  • DART 6.1 DART
  • RANK #10/17
  • PHOTO Oswegoland Park Dist…
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 64 inj
  • SIZE ~307 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Oswegoland Park District (0.1 TCR gap)

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Wheeling Park District in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Wheeling Park District averages 7.2 TCR (233% of the Parks, nature BLS benchmark).

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

Wheeling Park District TCR series: 2017=3.1 · 2018=7 · 2019=4.8 · 2020=6.7 · 2021=5.9 · 2022=8.1 · 2023=10.9 · 2024=11.2 · BLS 3.1

Where Wheeling Park District falls in its industry

126 Parks, nature establishments

Safer than 42% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #10 safest of 17 Parks, nature employers in Illinois.

Wheeling Park District (307 employees, TCR 7.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 61 employees and a TCR of 6.7 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 05001,0001,5002,000 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Wheeling Park District
Wheeling Park District (307 employees, TCR 7.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 61 employees and a TCR of 6.7

Wheeling Park District has more employees than the Parks, nature median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 6.7. 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 11.2 6.1 11 0 0
2023 10.9 5.5 10 0 0
2022 8.1 5.2 11 0 0
2021 5.9 4.0 5 1 0
2020 6.7 3.4 6 0 0
2019 4.8 3.4 6 1 0
2018 7.0 2.1 8 2 0
2017 3.1 0.9 7 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

712190 · IL · Wheeling

126 Parks, nature employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 136 employers in Wheeling, 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 Oswegoland Park District 7.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR PARKS - Violetti 7.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Fantastic Caverns 7.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR COH Parks Maint Area 1 7.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Constellation Nuclear Headquarters at Cantera 307 FTE
STATE-SIZE Chicago Bagcraft Novolex Plant 307 FTE
STATE-SIZE Empire Comfort Systems 307 FTE
STATE-SIZE 71217 307 FTE
CITY-NEAR IL-01 4,581 FTE
CITY-NEAR Wheeling School District 21 967 FTE
CITY-NEAR Main Office - 01 800 FTE
CITY-NEAR Response Team 1 728 FTE
NAT-TCR AHL Paramount 7.2 TCR
NAT-TCR White Oak Transportation Complex -Est 7.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Robards Freezer 7.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Patewood Memorial Hospital 7.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE L.L.Frank Center 307 FTE
NAT-SIZE Crown House 307 FTE
NAT-SIZE Claremont Center 307 FTE
NAT-SIZE Camp Paivika 307 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, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017. 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.