Firefighting (except forest), government and volunteer (except private) · Illinois

City of Wood River Fire Department

Wood River, IL · ~23 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
11.2
Avg TCR
3.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

City of Wood River Fire Department runs at 351% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Firefighting (except forest), government and volunteer (except private) workplace, earning a grade F.

City of Wood River Fire Department: 11.2 TCR = 351% of Firefighting (except forest), government and volunteer (except private) BLS 3.2 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

City of Wood River Fire Department safety composite

City of Wood River Fire Department scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 85% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 41%), 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).

C

59/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 11.23 per 100 workers

Safer than 41% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 85% 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

−27.5

2017→2019

City of Wood River Fire Department injury rate improved

City of Wood River Fire Department's TCR fell 27.5 from 27.5 in 2017 to 0.0 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2017 at 27.5 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=27.5 · 2018=6.2 · 2019=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 922160 · Wood River, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 11.2 · 351% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #162/262
  • PHOTO Fox River Grove Fire…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~23 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Fox River Grove Fire Protection District (0.0 TCR gap)

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City of Wood River Fire Department in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows City of Wood River Fire Department averages 11.2 TCR (351% of the Firefighting (except forest), government and volunteer (except private) BLS benchmark).

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

City of Wood River Fire Department TCR series: 2017=27.5 · 2018=6.2 · 2019=0 · BLS 3.2

Where City of Wood River Fire Department falls in its industry

793 Firefighting (except forest), establishments

Safer than 41% 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 #162 safest of 262 Firefighting (except forest), employers in Illinois.

City of Wood River Fire Department (23 employees, TCR 11.2) 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 Wood River Fire Department
City of Wood River Fire Department (23 employees, TCR 11.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 9.8

City of Wood River Fire Department has fewer employees than the Firefighting (except forest), government median and a higher 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
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 6.2 0.0 0 1 0
2017 27.5 20.6 3 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

922160 · IL · Wood River

793 Firefighting (except forest), government and volunteer (except private) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 28 employers in Wood River, 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 Fox River Grove Fire Protection District 11.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Bristol Fire & Rescue 11.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Kitsap County Fire District #18 11.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Bedford County Fire & Rescue 11.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Oak Grove 23 FTE
STATE-SIZE Eagle Point Farms, LLC. 23 FTE
STATE-SIZE Mendota Office 23 FTE
STATE-SIZE Nokomis Area Fire Protection District 23 FTE
CITY-NEAR Alton 1,598 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 1071 432 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1071 416 FTE
CITY-NEAR City of Wood River 132 FTE
NAT-TCR S05436 - WM Mercer County Transfer 11.2 TCR
NAT-TCR 178261-Spencer Po 11.2 TCR
NAT-TCR 020 ABC Supply Co., Inc 11.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Bi Rite Market 11.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Ramblewood 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sinnott Blacktop, LLC 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE Funk Lawn Care 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE Oregon 23 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: 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.