Ambulance and fire service combined · Illinois

City of Alton, IL - Fire

Alton, IL · ~80 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
14.4
Avg TCR
3.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

City of Alton, IL - Fire runs at 451% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Ambulance and fire service combined workplace, earning a grade F.

City of Alton, IL - Fire: 14.4 TCR = 451% of Ambulance and fire service combined BLS 3.2 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

City of Alton, IL - Fire safety composite

City of Alton, IL - Fire scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 28%), 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

38/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 14.43 per 100 workers

Safer than 28% of industry peers

DART rate
D 5.88 per 100 workers

Safer than 38% 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

−79.1

2020→2024

City of Alton, IL - Fire injury rate improved

City of Alton, IL - Fire's TCR fell 79.1 from 87.9 in 2020 to 8.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 87.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.41× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=87.9 · 2021=12.3 · 2022=21.5 · 2023=15.1 · 2024=8.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 922160 · Alton, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 14.4 · 451% of ind

  • DART 5.9 DART
  • RANK #201/262
  • PHOTO Fire Department
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 77 inj
  • SIZE ~80 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Fire Department (0.0 TCR gap)

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City of Alton, IL - Fire in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows City of Alton, IL - Fire averages 14.4 TCR (451% of the Ambulance and fire service combined BLS benchmark).

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

City of Alton, IL - Fire TCR series: 2020=87.9 · 2021=12.3 · 2022=21.5 · 2023=15.1 · 2024=8.8 · BLS 3.2

Where City of Alton, IL - Fire falls in its industry

793 Ambulance and fire service com establishments

Safer than 28% 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 #201 safest of 262 Ambulance and fire service com employers in Illinois.

City of Alton, IL - Fire (80 employees, TCR 14.4) 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 City of Alton, IL - Fire
City of Alton, IL - Fire (80 employees, TCR 14.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 9.8

City of Alton, IL - Fire has more employees than the Ambulance and fire service combined 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 8.8 5.9 3 3 0
2023 15.1 1.5 8 2 0
2022 21.5 3.1 12 2 0
2021 12.3 1.8 27 0 0
2020 87.9 36.6 27 21 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

922160 · IL · Alton

793 Ambulance and fire service combined employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 75 employers in Alton, 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 Fire Department 14.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR North Aurora Fire Protection District 14.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR 577 NORTH AURORA FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT 14.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Fire Station 12 14.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Rural Electric Convenience Cooperative 80 FTE
STATE-SIZE Crestwood Reporting Center 80 FTE
STATE-SIZE AMEREN ILLINOIS - Eastern - IL Gas Ops 80 FTE
STATE-SIZE 74G - Eastern - IL Gas Ops 80 FTE
CITY-NEAR Challenge Unlimited 921 FTE
CITY-NEAR Alton Community Unit School District No. 11 845 FTE
CITY-NEAR Alton Memorial Hospital 762 FTE
CITY-NEAR Saint Anthony's Health Center 547 FTE
NAT-TCR Viking Engineering and Development 14.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Mercier Orchards 14.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Eisenberg Village Campus 14.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Reliance Mfg Corporation 14.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Corporate Offices 80 FTE
NAT-SIZE Midwest Sprinkler Corporation 80 FTE
NAT-SIZE David A. Nice Builders, Inc. 80 FTE
NAT-SIZE Tosca - San Antonio 80 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, 2022, 2021, 2020. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.