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

Carol Stream Fire Protection District

Carol Stream, IL · ~64 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
7.6
Avg TCR
3.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Carol Stream Fire Protection District runs at 237% 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.

Carol Stream Fire Protection District: 7.6 TCR = 237% of Fire departments (e.g., government, volunteer (except private)) BLS 3.2 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Carol Stream Fire Protection District safety composite

Carol Stream Fire Protection District scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 63% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 52%), 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)
C 7.6 per 100 workers

Safer than 63% of industry peers

DART rate
C 2.39 per 100 workers

Safer than 61% 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

−6.9

2017→2023

Carol Stream Fire Protection District injury rate improved

Carol Stream Fire Protection District's TCR fell 6.9 from 9.3 in 2017 to 2.4 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2020 at 13.8 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.31× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=9.3 · 2018=8.2 · 2019=9.4 · 2020=13.8 · 2021=3.6 · 2022=6.5 · 2023=2.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 922160 · Carol Stream, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 7.6 · 237% of ind

  • DART 2.4 DART
  • RANK #90/262
  • PHOTO Village of Hanover P…
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 50 inj
  • SIZE ~64 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Village of Hanover Park Fire Station 1 (0.0 TCR gap)

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Carol Stream Fire Protection District in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Carol Stream Fire Protection District averages 7.6 TCR (237% 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

Carol Stream Fire Protection District TCR series: 2017=9.3 · 2018=8.2 · 2019=9.4 · 2020=13.8 · 2021=3.6 · 2022=6.5 · 2023=2.4 · BLS 3.2

Where Carol Stream Fire Protection District falls in its industry

793 Fire departments (e.g., govern establishments

Safer than 63% 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 #90 safest of 262 Fire departments (e.g., govern employers in Illinois.

Carol Stream Fire Protection District (64 employees, TCR 7.6) 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 Carol Stream Fire Protection District
Carol Stream Fire Protection District (64 employees, TCR 7.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 9.8

Carol Stream Fire Protection District has more employees than the Fire departments (e.g., government, volu 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
2023 2.4 2.4 2 0 0
2022 6.5 6.5 6 0 0
2021 3.6 3.1 6 1 0
2020 13.8 11.5 9 3 0
2019 9.4 8.7 11 2 0
2018 8.2 6.0 10 1 0
2017 9.3 9.3 6 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

922160 · IL · Carol Stream

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 · 170 employers in Carol Stream, 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 Village of Hanover Park Fire Station 1 7.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Station 66 7.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Fire Station 204 7.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Sioux City Fire and Rescue 7.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Central Sod 64 FTE
STATE-SIZE Central Sod Farms, Inc 64 FTE
STATE-SIZE Nashville 64 FTE
STATE-SIZE Alliance Contractors Inc 64 FTE
CITY-NEAR Northwestern Medicine Regional Medical Group 2,151 FTE
CITY-NEAR American Litho, Inc. 1,657 FTE
CITY-NEAR 161275-CAROL STREAM IL P&DC 960 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hearthside Foods - Carol Stream 853 FTE
NAT-TCR Sunrise Plumbing 7.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Miyako Hybrid Hotel Torrance 7.6 TCR
NAT-TCR A&M Tool & Die Co., Inc. 7.6 TCR
NAT-TCR S.D.S. Industries, Inc 7.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Muldrow Distribution 64 FTE
NAT-SIZE Nordic Industries, Inc. 64 FTE
NAT-SIZE Dragon Fab Tech Casper 64 FTE
NAT-SIZE Erie Mechanical Contractors, Inc 64 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: 2023, 2022, 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.