Fire and rescue service · Illinois
Chatham Fire Department
Chatham, IL · ~38 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 16.6
- Avg TCR
- 3.2
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Chatham Fire Department runs at 519% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Fire and rescue service workplace, earning a grade F.
Chatham Fire Department: 16.6 TCR = 519% of Fire and rescue service BLS 3.2 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Chatham Fire Department safety composite
Chatham Fire Department scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 85% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (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).
51/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 16.62 per 100 workers
Safer than 20% of industry peers
- DART rate
- B 0 per 100 workers
Safer than 85% 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
−28.2
2017→2024
Chatham Fire Department injury rate improved
Chatham Fire Department's TCR fell 28.2 from 35.3 in 2017 to 7.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 112.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2017=35.3 · 2018=112.8 · 2019=60.5 · 2020=97.1 · 2021=12.4 · 2022=19.0 · 2023=9.3 · 2024=7.0
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 922160 · Chatham, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 16.6 · 519% of ind
- DART 0.0 DART
- RANK #220/262
- PHOTO Richmond Township Fi…
- BOOK 8y book
- INJ 49 inj
- SIZE ~38 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Richmond Township Fire Protection District (0.0 TCR gap)
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Chatham Fire Department in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- 077 LONG CREEK
077 LONG CREEK FPD
16.7 TCR
- This site
Chatham Fire Department
16.6 TCR
- Richmond Towns
Richmond Township Fire Protection District
16.6 TCR
- City of Norwic
City of Norwich: Fire Department
16.6 TCR
- Franklin Park
Franklin Park Fire Department
16.6 TCR
What this shows Chatham Fire Department averages 16.6 TCR (519% of the Fire and rescue service BLS benchmark).
Chatham Fire Department TCR series: 2017=35.3 · 2018=112.8 · 2019=60.5 · 2020=97.1 · 2021=12.4 · 2022=19 · 2023=9.3 · 2024=7 · BLS 3.2
Where Chatham Fire Department falls in its industry
793 Fire and rescue service establishmentsSafer than 20% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 9.8.
Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #220 safest of 262 Fire and rescue service employers in Illinois.
Chatham Fire Department has fewer employees than the Fire and rescue service 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 7.0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 9.3 | 3.1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 19.0 | 15.2 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 12.4 | 8.3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 97.1 | 26.1 | 21 | 5 | 0 |
| 2019 | 60.5 | 20.2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 2018 | 112.8 | 22.6 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 35.3 | 0.0 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
922160 · IL · Chatham
793 Fire and rescue service employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 13 employers in Chatham, 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 | Richmond Township Fire Protection District | 16.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | City of Norwich: Fire Department | 16.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Franklin Park Fire Department | 16.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | 077 LONG CREEK FPD | 16.7 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | GDM Seeds, Inc - Gibson City, IL | 38 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | AMEREN ILLINOIS - Distribution Operating - Peoria | 38 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | 629 - Distribution Operating - Peoria | 38 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Freeport | 38 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | County Market #224 | 93 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Henry Technologies | 84 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 1387 VILLAGE OF CHATHAM | 49 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Reflections Memory Care - Chatham | 34 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Batavia Nursing Care Center | 16.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | CWPWI, Inc | 16.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | City of Le Sueur | 16.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Le Meridien Sheraton Charlotte | 16.6 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Holton Family Health Clinic | 38 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Buckeye Exterminating Inc. | 38 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Runestone Electric Association | 38 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | RDC | 38 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.