General services departments, government · Illinois

City of Granite City Fire Department 1

Granite City, IL · ~25 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
8.2
Avg TCR
3.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

City of Granite City Fire Department 1 runs at 255% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical General services departments, government workplace, earning a grade F.

City of Granite City Fire Department 1: 8.2 TCR = 255% of General services departments, government BLS 3.2 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

City of Granite City Fire Department 1 safety composite

City of Granite City Fire Department 1 scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% 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

39/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 8.16 per 100 workers

Safer than 28% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.39 per 100 workers

Safer than 42% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 51% 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

−6.7

2017→2021

City of Granite City Fire Department 1 injury rate improved

City of Granite City Fire Department 1's TCR fell 6.7 from 11.5 in 2017 to 4.8 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2017 at 11.5 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.29× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=11.5 · 2018=8.1 · 2020=8.3 · 2021=4.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 921190 · Granite City, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 8.2 · 255% of ind

  • DART 2.4 DART
  • RANK #140/213
  • PHOTO Town of Wythevlle
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 13 inj
  • SIZE ~25 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Town of Wythevlle (0.0 TCR gap)

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City of Granite City Fire Department 1 in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows City of Granite City Fire Department 1 averages 8.2 TCR (255% of the General services departments, government BLS benchmark).

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

City of Granite City Fire Department 1 TCR series: 2017=11.5 · 2018=8.1 · 2020=8.3 · 2021=4.8 · BLS 3.2

Where City of Granite City Fire Department 1 falls in its industry

1,496 General services departments, establishments

Safer than 28% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #140 safest of 213 General services departments, employers in Illinois.

City of Granite City Fire Department 1 (25 employees, TCR 8.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 93 employees and a TCR of 4.6 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 010203040 Average employees Total Case Rate City of Granite City Fire Department 1
City of Granite City Fire Department 1 (25 employees, TCR 8.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 93 employees and a TCR of 4.6

City of Granite City Fire Department 1 has fewer employees than the General services departments, government median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.6. 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 4.8 2.4 2 0 0
2020 8.3 8.3 3 0 0
2018 8.1 8.1 3 0 0
2017 11.5 6.9 5 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

921190 · IL · Granite City

1,496 General services departments, government employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 80 employers in Granite City, 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 Town of Wythevlle 8.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR City of Faribault - Police Department 8.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR North Wilkesboro Town Hall 8.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR City of Benton, IL 8.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Emerald Mound Lebanon Fire Department 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE Steve Piper and Sons, Inc 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE AMEREN ILLINOIS - IL Meter Services North 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE Headquarters 25 FTE
CITY-NEAR Granite City Works 976 FTE
CITY-NEAR Amsted Rail Company Inc 797 FTE
CITY-NEAR Granite City Plant 563 FTE
CITY-NEAR icon Mechanical LLC 448 FTE
NAT-TCR Reasors17 8.2 TCR
NAT-TCR NPR 8.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Morningside of Jonesboro 8.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Dairy 8.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE SCT of Ohio, Inc. 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE Preferred Laundry Services, Inc. 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE Bickford of Sioux City I 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE ATLSD - Springhill Suites Atlanta 25 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, 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.