Ambulance services, air or ground · Illinois
City of Highland EMS
Highland, IL · ~22 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 5.8
- Avg TCR
- 3.8
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
City of Highland EMS runs at 151% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Ambulance services, air or ground workplace, earning a grade D.
City of Highland EMS: 5.8 TCR = 151% of Ambulance services, air or ground BLS 3.8 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)
City of Highland EMS safety composite
City of Highland EMS scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 66% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 35%), 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)
- C 5.75 per 100 workers
Safer than 66% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 6.88 per 100 workers
Safer than 35% 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%).
Rising injury rate
City of Highland EMS: 4.6 → 6.9 TCR
Peak year 2024 @ 6.9 TCR · DART/TCR 1.2× in 2024
City of Highland EMS's TCR rose 2.3 from 4.6 in 2023 to 6.9 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1.2× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 621910 · Highland, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade D · TCR 5.8 · 151% of ind
- DART 6.9 DART
- RANK #22/40
- PHOTO Troy - 03
- BOOK 2y book
- INJ 2 inj
- SIZE ~22 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Troy - 03 (0.0 TCR gap)
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City of Highland EMS in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
City of Highland EMS
5.8 TCR
- United Medical
United Medical Response Division 5
5.8 TCR
- Troy - 03
Troy - 03
5.7 TCR
- Des Moines IA
Des Moines IA
5.7 TCR
- Nashua 911 Op
Nashua 911 Operations
5.7 TCR
What this shows City of Highland EMS averages 5.8 TCR (151% of the Ambulance services, air or ground BLS benchmark).
City of Highland EMS TCR series: 2023=4.6 · 2024=6.9 · BLS 3.8
Where City of Highland EMS falls in its industry
976 Ambulance services, air or gro establishmentsSafer than 66% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 8.3.
Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #22 safest of 40 Ambulance services, air or gro employers in Illinois.
City of Highland EMS has fewer employees than the Ambulance services, air or ground median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 8.3. 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 | 6.9 | 6.9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 4.6 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
621910 · IL · Highland
976 Ambulance services, air or ground employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 40 employers in Highland, 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 | Troy - 03 | 5.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | United Medical Response Division 5 | 5.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Des Moines IA | 5.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Nashua 911 Operations | 5.7 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Tolono Main | 22 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Anna Evergreen, LLC | 22 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Sunset | 22 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Cedarcrest, LLC. | 22 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | HIGHLAND IL | 448 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | WM 435 | 337 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Basler Electric Company - Highland | 329 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 435 | 292 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Oakhaven Nursing Center | 5.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Abington Memorial Hospital | 5.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | R C Bowman Inc | 5.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Duncan Aviation | 5.8 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Src Roofing, Inc. | 22 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Brookdale McPherson | 22 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | D & D Products Inc | 22 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Poly Vinyl Roofing | 22 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.