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

CITY OF MARION, ILLINOIS Fire Department

Marion, IL · ~30 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
8.6
Avg TCR
3.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

CITY OF MARION, ILLINOIS Fire Department runs at 270% 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 MARION, ILLINOIS Fire Department: 8.6 TCR = 270% of Fire departments (e.g., government, volunteer (except private)) BLS 3.2 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

CITY OF MARION, ILLINOIS Fire Department safety composite

CITY OF MARION, ILLINOIS Fire Department scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 56% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 39%), 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

49/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 8.63 per 100 workers

Safer than 56% of industry peers

DART rate
D 5.86 per 100 workers

Safer than 39% 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 MARION, ILLINOIS Fire Department: 3.3 → 14.7 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 14.7 TCR · DART/TCR 0.68× in 2024

CITY OF MARION, ILLINOIS Fire Department's TCR rose 11.3 from 3.3 in 2020 to 14.7 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0.68× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade F · TCR 8.6 · 270% of ind

  • DART 5.9 DART
  • RANK #116/262
  • PHOTO Milford Fire Departm…
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 11 inj
  • SIZE ~30 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Milford Fire Department - Station 8 (0.0 TCR gap)

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CITY OF MARION, ILLINOIS Fire Department in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows CITY OF MARION, ILLINOIS Fire Department averages 8.6 TCR (270% 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 MARION, ILLINOIS Fire Department TCR series: 2020=3.3 · 2021=12.4 · 2022=3.3 · 2023=9.6 · 2024=14.7 · BLS 3.2

Where CITY OF MARION, ILLINOIS Fire Department falls in its industry

793 Fire departments (e.g., govern establishments

Safer than 56% 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 #116 safest of 262 Fire departments (e.g., govern employers in Illinois.

CITY OF MARION, ILLINOIS Fire Department (30 employees, TCR 8.6) 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 MARION, ILLINOIS Fire Department
CITY OF MARION, ILLINOIS Fire Department (30 employees, TCR 8.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 9.8

CITY OF MARION, ILLINOIS Fire Department has fewer 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
2024 14.7 5.9 5 0 0
2023 9.6 3.2 3 0 0
2022 3.3 0.0 1 0 0
2021 12.4 12.4 2 2 0
2020 3.3 3.3 0 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

922160 · IL · Marion

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 · 77 employers in Marion, 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 Milford Fire Department - Station 8 8.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Village of Hanover Park - Fire Station 8.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Fire Department 8.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR City Government - Fire Protection 8.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Odell Fire 30 FTE
STATE-SIZE AMEREN ILLINOIS - Northern N - IL Common Ops 30 FTE
STATE-SIZE Chicago Loop Tech 30 FTE
STATE-SIZE Spoon River Electric Cooperative, Inc. 30 FTE
CITY-NEAR AISIN MFG. ILLINOIS, LLC 1,299 FTE
CITY-NEAR USP Marion 659 FTE
CITY-NEAR Aisin Electronics 565 FTE
CITY-NEAR 3180 522 FTE
NAT-TCR Little Flower Manor 8.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Fareway Stores, Inc. 189 Ames 8.6 TCR
NAT-TCR 2369 - Fort Myers North 8.6 TCR
NAT-TCR 1459 - Pearland 8.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Div 10 Juneau 30 FTE
NAT-SIZE Brewers Supply Group - Atlanta GA 30 FTE
NAT-SIZE 00403 N Umpqua Hydro Plnt 30 FTE
NAT-SIZE Monroeville OH 30 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.