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

Coal City Fire Protection District

Coal City, IL · ~43 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
18.2
Avg TCR
3.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Coal City Fire Protection District runs at 569% 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.

Coal City Fire Protection District: 18.2 TCR = 569% of Fire departments (e.g., government, volunteer (except private)) BLS 3.2 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Coal City Fire Protection District safety composite

Coal City Fire Protection District scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 85% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 15%), 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)
F 18.21 per 100 workers

Safer than 15% 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

−33.4

2017→2019

Coal City Fire Protection District injury rate improved

Coal City Fire Protection District's TCR fell 33.4 from 41.4 in 2017 to 8.0 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2017 at 41.4 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=41.4 · 2018=5.2 · 2019=8.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 922160 · Coal City, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 18.2 · 569% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #237/262
  • PHOTO City of Richfield - …
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 18 inj
  • SIZE ~43 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: City of Richfield - Fire Station 1 (0.0 TCR gap)

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Coal City Fire Protection District in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Coal City Fire Protection District averages 18.2 TCR (569% 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

Coal City Fire Protection District TCR series: 2017=41.4 · 2018=5.2 · 2019=8 · BLS 3.2

Where Coal City Fire Protection District falls in its industry

793 Fire departments (e.g., govern establishments

Safer than 15% 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 #237 safest of 262 Fire departments (e.g., govern employers in Illinois.

Coal City Fire Protection District (43 employees, TCR 18.2) 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 Coal City Fire Protection District
Coal City Fire Protection District (43 employees, TCR 18.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 9.8

Coal City Fire Protection District has fewer employees than the Fire departments (e.g., government, volu 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 8.0 0.0 0 3 0
2018 5.2 5.2 2 0 0
2017 41.4 7.8 16 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

922160 · IL · Coal City

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 · 14 employers in Coal City, 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 City of Richfield - Fire Station 1 18.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Sterling Fire Department 18.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Fire Department 18.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR City of Mt. Vernon IL FIRE DEPARTMENT 18.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Illinois 43 FTE
STATE-SIZE Stratum Reservoir, LLC - Champaign 43 FTE
STATE-SIZE AMEREN ILLINOIS - East St. Louis 43 FTE
STATE-SIZE Manlove Storage Field 43 FTE
CITY-NEAR D Construction, Inc. 425 FTE
CITY-NEAR Coal City School District 320 FTE
CITY-NEAR Chicago Aerosol 200 FTE
CITY-NEAR PLZ Corp 127 FTE
NAT-TCR Colonial Wholesale Beverage 18.2 TCR
NAT-TCR 0050 - Lacey, Wa 18.2 TCR
NAT-TCR 118261-Spt-Midtown Sta 18.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Wohlgemuth Road 18.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Guar Resources LLC 43 FTE
NAT-SIZE Geronimo Wall Systems 43 FTE
NAT-SIZE TSAM-A 43 FTE
NAT-SIZE Linden Staffing LLC 43 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.