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

City of Wheaton, Fire Department

Wheaton, IL · ~39 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
8.9
Avg TCR
3.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

City of Wheaton, Fire Department runs at 278% 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 Wheaton, Fire Department: 8.9 TCR = 278% of Fire departments (e.g., government, volunteer (except private)) BLS 3.2 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

City of Wheaton, Fire Department safety composite

City of Wheaton, Fire Department scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 55% 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

47/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 8.89 per 100 workers

Safer than 55% of industry peers

DART rate
D 6.32 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%).

Rising injury rate

City of Wheaton, Fire Department: 8.1 → 10.5 TCR

Peak year 2019 @ 10.9 TCR · DART/TCR 0.71× in 2021

City of Wheaton, Fire Department's TCR rose 2.5 from 8.1 in 2017 to 10.5 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2019 at 10.9 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.71× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade F · TCR 8.9 · 278% of ind

  • DART 6.3 DART
  • RANK #120/262
  • PHOTO Arlington Fire Distr…
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 20 inj
  • SIZE ~39 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Arlington Fire District (0.0 TCR gap)

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City of Wheaton, Fire Department in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows City of Wheaton, Fire Department averages 8.9 TCR (278% 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 Wheaton, Fire Department TCR series: 2017=8.1 · 2018=8.4 · 2019=10.9 · 2020=6.5 · 2021=10.5 · BLS 3.2

Where City of Wheaton, Fire Department falls in its industry

793 Fire departments (e.g., govern establishments

Safer than 55% 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 #120 safest of 262 Fire departments (e.g., govern employers in Illinois.

City of Wheaton, Fire Department (39 employees, TCR 8.9) 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 Wheaton, Fire Department
City of Wheaton, Fire Department (39 employees, TCR 8.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 9.8

City of Wheaton, 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
2021 10.5 6.3 5 0 0
2020 6.5 6.5 3 0 0
2019 10.9 4.4 5 0 0
2018 8.4 6.3 3 1 0
2017 8.1 8.1 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

922160 · IL · Wheaton

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 · 67 employers in Wheaton, 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 Arlington Fire District 8.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Rancho Cucamonga Fire Protection District 8.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Windsor Fire Company 8.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Fire Station 9 8.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Beck's El Paso 39 FTE
STATE-SIZE Green Glen Nursery, Inc 39 FTE
STATE-SIZE NRG Joliet Generating Station 39 FTE
STATE-SIZE AMEREN ILLINOIS - Bloomington 39 FTE
CITY-NEAR Marianjoy Rehabilitation Center 708 FTE
CITY-NEAR DuPage County Health Department 600 FTE
CITY-NEAR Sheriff's Office 502 FTE
CITY-NEAR 3290 418 FTE
NAT-TCR S.A.K. 8.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Kinsbursky Brothers, Inc 8.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Cornerstone 8.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Advanced Construction Southwest of AZ, Inc. 8.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Residence Inn Big Sky - The Wilson Hotel 39 FTE
NAT-SIZE Putter Studio 39 FTE
NAT-SIZE Mielke Florida 39 FTE
NAT-SIZE D&D Packaging 39 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, 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.