Radio transmitting tower construction · Illinois

Windy City Tower Techs LLC

Wauconda, IL · ~22 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.9
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
1
Fatality
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The verdict

Windy City Tower Techs LLC runs at 31% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Radio transmitting tower construction workplace, earning a grade A.

Windy City Tower Techs LLC: 0.9 TCR = 31% of Radio transmitting tower construction BLS 2.8 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Windy City Tower Techs LLC safety composite

Windy City Tower Techs LLC scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 79% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 3%), 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)
B 0.87 per 100 workers

Safer than 79% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 78% of industry peers

Fatalities
F 1

Safer than 3% 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

−2.6

2021→2024

Windy City Tower Techs LLC injury rate improved

Windy City Tower Techs LLC's TCR fell 2.6 from 2.6 in 2021 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 2.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=2.6 · 2022=0.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 237130 · Wauconda, IL AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 0.9 · 31% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #17/50
  • PHOTO Blue Ridge Power
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~22 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Blue Ridge Power (0.0 TCR gap)

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Windy City Tower Techs LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Windy City Tower Techs LLC averages 0.9 TCR (31% of the Radio transmitting tower construction BLS benchmark).

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

Windy City Tower Techs LLC TCR series: 2021=2.6 · 2022=0 · 2024=0 · BLS 2.8

Where Windy City Tower Techs LLC falls in its industry

1,605 Radio transmitting tower const establishments

Safer than 79% 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 #17 safest of 50 Radio transmitting tower const employers in Illinois.

Windy City Tower Techs LLC (22 employees, TCR 0.9) 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 Windy City Tower Techs LLC
Windy City Tower Techs LLC (22 employees, TCR 0.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 74 employees and a TCR of 2.0

Windy City Tower Techs LLC has fewer employees than the Radio transmitting tower construction median and a lower 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
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 2.6 0.0 1 0 1

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

237130 · IL · Wauconda

1,605 Radio transmitting tower construction employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 46 employers in Wauconda, 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 Blue Ridge Power 0.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR CA Advanced 0.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR PJVIDALIA: Vidalia GA - 3759 McIntosh 0.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR EC Source Services LLC 0.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Tolono Main 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE Anna Evergreen, LLC 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE Sunset 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE Cedarcrest, LLC. 22 FTE
CITY-NEAR Synergy Flavors, Inc. 224 FTE
CITY-NEAR Acres Group - Wauconda facility 215 FTE
CITY-NEAR Berger Excavating Contractors 161 FTE
CITY-NEAR Wauconda, IL 157 FTE
NAT-TCR TownePlace Suites Dubuque Downtown 0.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Pioneer Power, Inc 0.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Sergeant's Pet Care Products LLC 0.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Related Hybrid Companies LLC Deutsche Bank Center 0.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Lincoln Winnelson 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE R&D Heating and Sheet Metal Co., Inc. 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE Grandview Winnelson Supply Co 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE Thorne Ready Mix Plant 22 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, 2022, 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.