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

City of Elmhurst - Fire Department

Elmhurst, IL · ~56 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
11.4
Avg TCR
3.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

City of Elmhurst - Fire Department runs at 358% 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 Elmhurst - Fire Department: 11.4 TCR = 358% of Fire departments (e.g., government, volunteer (except private)) BLS 3.2 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

City of Elmhurst - Fire Department safety composite

City of Elmhurst - Fire Department scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (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

39/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 11.44 per 100 workers

Safer than 40% of industry peers

DART rate
F 7.8 per 100 workers

Safer than 28% 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%).

Rising injury rate

City of Elmhurst - Fire Department: 3.5 → 16.9 TCR

Peak year 2021 @ 16.9 TCR · DART/TCR 0.68× in 2021

City of Elmhurst - Fire Department's TCR rose 13.4 from 3.5 in 2018 to 16.9 in 2021. In 2021, DART was 0.68× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade F · TCR 11.4 · 358% of ind

  • DART 7.8 DART
  • RANK #165/262
  • PHOTO Fire Department
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 25 inj
  • SIZE ~56 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Fire Department (0.0 TCR gap)

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City of Elmhurst - Fire Department in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows City of Elmhurst - Fire Department averages 11.4 TCR (358% 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 Elmhurst - Fire Department TCR series: 2018=3.5 · 2019=10.4 · 2020=15 · 2021=16.9 · BLS 3.2

Where City of Elmhurst - Fire Department falls in its industry

793 Fire departments (e.g., govern establishments

Safer than 40% 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 #165 safest of 262 Fire departments (e.g., govern employers in Illinois.

City of Elmhurst - Fire Department (56 employees, TCR 11.4) 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 Elmhurst - Fire Department
City of Elmhurst - Fire Department (56 employees, TCR 11.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 9.8

City of Elmhurst - Fire Department has more employees than the Fire departments (e.g., government, volu 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
2021 16.9 7.8 13 0 0
2020 15.0 15.0 6 7 0
2019 10.4 5.2 4 2 0
2018 3.5 3.5 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

922160 · IL · Elmhurst

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 · 127 employers in Elmhurst, 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 11.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR City of Bend Fire 11.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Fire Station #8 11.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Fire Department 23 11.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Bulk Power Operations 56 FTE
STATE-SIZE Norris Electric Cooperative 56 FTE
STATE-SIZE 73G - Northern S - IL Gas Ops 56 FTE
STATE-SIZE Schaumburg Reporting Center 56 FTE
CITY-NEAR Elmhurst Memorial Hospital 2,864 FTE
CITY-NEAR Superior Air-Ground Ambulance Services Inc. 2,331 FTE
CITY-NEAR Elmhurst , IL - 01 1,612 FTE
CITY-NEAR Elmhurst Community Unit School 205 1,252 FTE
NAT-TCR Hubway 11.4 TCR
NAT-TCR 000000140g Quick Chek Food Store 11.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Oak Elementary School 11.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Dry Dock Brewing Company North Dock 11.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Hattiesburg Sam's 56 FTE
NAT-SIZE Lakeland Quaker 56 FTE
NAT-SIZE Imprex, Inc. 56 FTE
NAT-SIZE Bay Park 56 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.