MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT · Illinois

City of Rochelle Fire Department

Rochelle, IL · ~18 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
8.8
Avg TCR
3.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

City of Rochelle Fire Department runs at 274% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT workplace, earning a grade F.

City of Rochelle Fire Department: 8.8 TCR = 274% of MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT BLS 3.2 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

City of Rochelle Fire Department safety composite

City of Rochelle Fire Department scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 56% 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).

D

48/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 8.76 per 100 workers

Safer than 56% of industry peers

DART rate
D 6.24 per 100 workers

Safer than 35% 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

−4.0

2020→2024

City of Rochelle Fire Department injury rate improved

City of Rochelle Fire Department's TCR fell 4.0 from 10.2 in 2020 to 6.2 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 13.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.71× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=10.2 · 2021=5.5 · 2022=13.8 · 2023=8.0 · 2024=6.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade F · TCR 8.8 · 274% of ind

  • DART 6.2 DART
  • RANK #118/262
  • PHOTO City of St. Michael …
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 8 inj
  • SIZE ~18 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: City of St. Michael Fire Dept (0.0 TCR gap)

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City of Rochelle Fire Department in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows City of Rochelle Fire Department averages 8.8 TCR (274% of the MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT BLS benchmark).

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

City of Rochelle Fire Department TCR series: 2020=10.2 · 2021=5.5 · 2022=13.8 · 2023=8 · 2024=6.2 · BLS 3.2

Where City of Rochelle Fire Department falls in its industry

793 MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT 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 #118 safest of 262 MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT employers in Illinois.

City of Rochelle Fire Department (18 employees, TCR 8.8) 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 Rochelle Fire Department
City of Rochelle Fire Department (18 employees, TCR 8.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 9.8

City of Rochelle Fire Department has fewer employees than the MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT 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 6.2 6.2 2 0 0
2023 8.0 0.0 1 1 0
2022 13.8 0.0 2 1 0
2021 5.5 0.0 1 0 0
2020 10.2 0.0 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

922160 · IL · Rochelle

793 MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 45 employers in Rochelle, IL · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel Establishment Metric
NAICS-TCR City of St. Michael Fire Dept 8.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Freeport Fire Department - City of Freeport 8.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Pine Rock Fire Company #4 8.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Unit 10: Fire Protection 8.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Lone Hollow, LLC. 18 FTE
STATE-SIZE Lincoln 18 FTE
STATE-SIZE Avangrid Renewables - Top of Iowa II.Barton.Winnebego 18 FTE
STATE-SIZE AMEREN ILLINOIS - GS Meter Shop and Engr 18 FTE
CITY-NEAR Rochelle Foods 823 FTE
CITY-NEAR Rochelle Community Hospital 321 FTE
CITY-NEAR Rochelle Distribution Center 289 FTE
CITY-NEAR Nippon Sharyo Manufacturing, LLC 252 FTE
NAT-TCR UFP Magna LLC 8.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Iowa Lutheran Hospital 8.8 TCR
NAT-TCR VIP Services, Inc. 8.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Popeyes 3352 8.8 TCR

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.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.