MUNICPAL FIRE SERVICES · Illinois

Fire Department 42

Wheeling, IL · ~15 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
34.9
Avg TCR
3.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Fire Department 42 runs at 1092% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical MUNICPAL FIRE SERVICES workplace, earning a grade F.

Fire Department 42: 34.9 TCR = 1092% of MUNICPAL FIRE SERVICES BLS 3.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Fire Department 42 safety composite

Fire Department 42 scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 0%), 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).

F

14/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 34.94 per 100 workers

Safer than 0% of industry peers

DART rate
F 30.79 per 100 workers

Safer than 2% 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

−8.3

2021→2022

Fire Department 42 injury rate improved

Fire Department 42's TCR fell 8.3 from 39.1 in 2021 to 30.8 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2021 at 39.1 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0.88× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=39.1 · 2022=30.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade F · TCR 34.9 · 1092% of ind

  • DART 30.8 DART
  • RANK #262/262
  • PHOTO 267 WARRENVILLE FIRE…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 7 inj
  • SIZE ~15 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 267 WARRENVILLE FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT (5.0 TCR gap)

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Fire Department 42 in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Fire Department 42 averages 34.9 TCR (1092% of the MUNICPAL FIRE SERVICES BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-09-26

Fire Department 42 TCR series: 2021=39.1 · 2022=30.8 · BLS 3.2

Where Fire Department 42 falls in its industry

793 MUNICPAL FIRE SERVICES establishments

Safer than 0% 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 #262 safest of 262 MUNICPAL FIRE SERVICES employers in Illinois.

Fire Department 42 (15 employees, TCR 34.9) 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 010203040 Average employees Total Case Rate Fire Department 42
Fire Department 42 (15 employees, TCR 34.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 9.8

Fire Department 42 has fewer employees than the MUNICPAL FIRE SERVICES 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
2022 30.8 30.8 0 6 0
2021 39.1 39.1 7 2 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

922160 · IL · Wheeling

793 MUNICPAL FIRE SERVICES employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 136 employers in Wheeling, IL · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel Establishment Metric
NAICS-TCR 267 WARRENVILLE FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT 29.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR City of Meriden Fire Camp Street 29.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Lifeguard HQ 29.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Station 5-1 EMS 28.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE D8 Hamel Yard 15 FTE
STATE-SIZE Genesis DTC LLC 15 FTE
STATE-SIZE D7 Marshall Yard 15 FTE
STATE-SIZE D6 Carlinville Yard 15 FTE
CITY-NEAR IL-01 4,581 FTE
CITY-NEAR Wheeling School District 21 967 FTE
CITY-NEAR Main Office - 01 800 FTE
CITY-NEAR Response Team 1 728 FTE
NAT-TCR Rockland Facility 30.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Governor Juan F. Luis Hospital and Medical Center 30.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Kemper Moving Systems 30.0 TCR
NAT-TCR EWR - Ground Ops 30.0 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: 2022, 2021. 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.