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

City of Effingham Fire Department

Effingham, IL · ~55 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
9.8
Avg TCR
3.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

City of Effingham Fire Department runs at 305% 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.

City of Effingham Fire Department: 9.8 TCR = 305% of Fire departments (e.g., government, volunteer (except private)) BLS 3.2 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

City of Effingham Fire Department safety composite

City of Effingham Fire Department scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 85% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 51%), 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

63/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 9.76 per 100 workers

Safer than 51% 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

−7.6

2018→2021

City of Effingham Fire Department injury rate improved

City of Effingham Fire Department's TCR fell 7.6 from 11.5 in 2018 to 4.0 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2019 at 12.1 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=11.5 · 2019=12.1 · 2020=11.4 · 2021=4.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade F · TCR 9.8 · 305% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #131/262
  • PHOTO 228 GODFREY FIRE PRO…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 13 inj
  • SIZE ~55 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 228 GODFREY FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT (0.0 TCR gap)

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City of Effingham Fire Department in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows City of Effingham Fire Department averages 9.8 TCR (305% 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

City of Effingham Fire Department TCR series: 2018=11.5 · 2019=12.1 · 2020=11.4 · 2021=4 · BLS 3.2

Where City of Effingham Fire Department falls in its industry

793 Fire departments (e.g., govern establishments

Safer than 51% 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 #131 safest of 262 Fire departments (e.g., govern employers in Illinois.

City of Effingham Fire Department (55 employees, TCR 9.8) 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 Effingham Fire Department
City of Effingham Fire Department (55 employees, TCR 9.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 9.8

City of Effingham Fire Department 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
2021 4.0 0.0 4 2 0
2020 11.4 11.4 4 0 0
2019 12.1 0.0 3 0 0
2018 11.5 0.0 2 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

922160 · IL · Effingham

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 · 104 employers in Effingham, 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 228 GODFREY FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT 9.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Station 12-6 Willow Fire 9.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR FIRE DEPARTMENT 9.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Wood Dale Fire Protection District 9.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Illinois 55 FTE
STATE-SIZE 0G6 - Gas Storage 55 FTE
STATE-SIZE BS&T Construction 55 FTE
STATE-SIZE JOSCO Construction Services, Inc 55 FTE
CITY-NEAR St. Anthony's Hospital, Effingham 762 FTE
CITY-NEAR HSHS St. Anthony's Memorial Hospital 582 FTE
CITY-NEAR SAE-EFFINGHAM-3 HSHS ST ANTHONY S MEMORIAL HOSP 509 FTE
CITY-NEAR Patterson Technolgy Center 456 FTE
NAT-TCR Head Start 9.8 TCR
NAT-TCR The Chelsea at Manalapan 9.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Store 1906 9.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Drury Plaza Hotel - Milwaukee Downtown 9.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE ACI West Bend 55 FTE
NAT-SIZE City Hall 55 FTE
NAT-SIZE Jose Mireles, FLC 55 FTE
NAT-SIZE Exactech Sarasota 55 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.