Fire departments (e.g., government, volunteer (except private)) · Illinois

1096 Wood Dale FPD

Wood Dale, IL · ~26 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
12.4
Avg TCR
3.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

1096 Wood Dale FPD runs at 389% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Fire departments (e.g., government, volunteer (except private)) workplace, earning a grade F.

1096 Wood Dale FPD: 12.4 TCR = 389% of Fire departments (e.g., government, volunteer (except private)) BLS 3.2 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

1096 Wood Dale FPD safety composite

1096 Wood Dale FPD scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 20%), 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).

F

34/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 12.44 per 100 workers

Safer than 35% of industry peers

DART rate
F 10.02 per 100 workers

Safer than 20% 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

−3.1

2017→2021

1096 Wood Dale FPD injury rate improved

1096 Wood Dale FPD's TCR fell 3.1 from 19.8 in 2017 to 16.7 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2017 at 19.8 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.81× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=19.8 · 2018=10.3 · 2019=11.2 · 2020=4.1 · 2021=16.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 922160 · Wood Dale, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 12.4 · 389% of ind

  • DART 10.0 DART
  • RANK #176/262
  • PHOTO City of Charleston -…
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 15 inj
  • SIZE ~26 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: City of Charleston - Fire Department (0.0 TCR gap)

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1096 Wood Dale FPD in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows 1096 Wood Dale FPD averages 12.4 TCR (389% of the Fire departments (e.g., government, volunteer (except private)) BLS benchmark).

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

1096 Wood Dale FPD TCR series: 2017=19.8 · 2018=10.3 · 2019=11.2 · 2020=4.1 · 2021=16.7 · BLS 3.2

Where 1096 Wood Dale FPD falls in its industry

793 Fire departments (e.g., govern establishments

Safer than 35% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 9.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #176 safest of 262 Fire departments (e.g., govern employers in Illinois.

1096 Wood Dale FPD (26 employees, TCR 12.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 9.8 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 0200400600800 0102030 Average employees Total Case Rate 1096 Wood Dale FPD
1096 Wood Dale FPD (26 employees, TCR 12.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 9.8

1096 Wood Dale FPD has fewer employees than the Fire departments (e.g., government, volu median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 9.8. 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
2021 16.7 10.0 5 0 0
2020 4.1 4.1 1 0 0
2019 11.2 0.0 0 3 0
2018 10.3 3.5 3 0 0
2017 19.8 13.2 6 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

922160 · IL · Wood Dale

793 Fire departments (e.g., government, volunteer (except private)) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 69 employers in Wood Dale, 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 City of Charleston - Fire Department 12.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Inverness Fire Protection District 12.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Puget Sound Regional Fire Authority 12.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR City of Rosemount Fire Department 12.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Rock River - Corporate 26 FTE
STATE-SIZE Corporate 26 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hill 'N Dale Farm 26 FTE
STATE-SIZE Jackson Generation 26 FTE
CITY-NEAR Videojet 678 FTE
CITY-NEAR Global Specialty Fulfillment : UIL2 604 FTE
CITY-NEAR Power Solutions International 518 FTE
CITY-NEAR Videojet Technologies Wood Dale 499 FTE
NAT-TCR Arapahoe Basin Ski Area 12.4 TCR
NAT-TCR 516531-Nor-Milan Sta 12.4 TCR
NAT-TCR 510116-Alx-Community Br 12.4 TCR
NAT-TCR 413176-Glenolden Po 12.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Capitol Steel Fabricators, Inc. 26 FTE
NAT-SIZE American Furniture Rental-Miami 26 FTE
NAT-SIZE Nefab 26 FTE
NAT-SIZE Peter Mangone, Inc. 26 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: 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.