Fire and rescue service · Illinois

Algonquin Lake in the Hills Fire Department

Lake in the Hills, IL · ~65 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
8.5
Avg TCR
3.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Algonquin Lake in the Hills Fire Department runs at 265% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Fire and rescue service workplace, earning a grade F.

Algonquin Lake in the Hills Fire Department: 8.5 TCR = 265% of Fire and rescue service BLS 3.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Algonquin Lake in the Hills Fire Department safety composite

Algonquin Lake in the Hills Fire Department scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 58% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 39%), 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

50/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 8.47 per 100 workers

Safer than 58% of industry peers

DART rate
D 5.81 per 100 workers

Safer than 39% 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

−5.3

2023→2024

Algonquin Lake in the Hills Fire Department injury rate improved

Algonquin Lake in the Hills Fire Department's TCR fell 5.3 from 11.1 in 2023 to 5.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 11.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.69× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2023=11.1 · 2024=5.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 922160 · Lake in the Hills, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 8.5 · 265% of ind

  • DART 5.8 DART
  • RANK #112/262
  • PHOTO Dixon Fire Department
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 15 inj
  • SIZE ~65 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Dixon Fire Department (0.0 TCR gap)

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Algonquin Lake in the Hills Fire Department in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Algonquin Lake in the Hills Fire Department averages 8.5 TCR (265% of the Fire and rescue service BLS benchmark).

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

Algonquin Lake in the Hills Fire Department TCR series: 2023=11.1 · 2024=5.8 · BLS 3.2

Where Algonquin Lake in the Hills Fire Department falls in its industry

793 Fire and rescue service establishments

Safer than 58% 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 #112 safest of 262 Fire and rescue service employers in Illinois.

Algonquin Lake in the Hills Fire Department (65 employees, TCR 8.5) 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 Algonquin Lake in the Hills Fire Department
Algonquin Lake in the Hills Fire Department (65 employees, TCR 8.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 9.8

Algonquin Lake in the Hills Fire Department has more employees than the Fire and rescue service median and a lower 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
2024 5.8 5.8 5 0 0
2023 11.1 6.7 10 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

922160 · IL · Lake in the Hills

793 Fire and rescue service employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 19 employers in Lake in the Hills, 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 Dixon Fire Department 8.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Winfield Fire Protection Dist 8.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR City of Portage - Department of Public Safety - Fire Division 8.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Preston Fire Department 8.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Corteva Agriscience McLeansboro Production 65 FTE
STATE-SIZE Bluff City Materials - Corporate Office 65 FTE
STATE-SIZE Vector Services 65 FTE
STATE-SIZE Yorkville Reporting Center 65 FTE
CITY-NEAR 0774 - LAKE IN THE HILLS IL WHSE 231 FTE
CITY-NEAR Village of Lake in the Hills 196 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1739 LOWE S OF LAKE IN THE HILLS IL 143 FTE
CITY-NEAR AFC Employment Solutions LLC 135 FTE
NAT-TCR ABF Freight 071 8.5 TCR
NAT-TCR DD Ford Construction, LP 8.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Miwbr - West Branch Center 8.5 TCR
NAT-TCR City Thrift - Daytona 8.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Southfield 10070 65 FTE
NAT-SIZE The Grove Care and Wellness 65 FTE
NAT-SIZE Eveland's Inc. 65 FTE
NAT-SIZE Southwest Iowa Renewable Energy 65 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.