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

Fire Department

Decatur, IL · ~105 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
10.4
Avg TCR
3.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Fire Department runs at 325% 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.

Fire Department: 10.4 TCR = 325% of Fire departments (e.g., government, volunteer (except private)) BLS 3.2 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Fire Department safety composite

Fire Department scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 29%), 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

42/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 10.39 per 100 workers

Safer than 47% of industry peers

DART rate
F 7.44 per 100 workers

Safer than 29% 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

−6.4

2020→2023

Fire Department injury rate improved

Fire Department's TCR fell 6.4 from 14.7 in 2020 to 8.3 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2020 at 14.7 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.72× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=14.7 · 2021=10.4 · 2022=8.2 · 2023=8.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 922160 · Decatur, IL ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 10.4 · 325% of ind

  • DART 7.4 DART
  • RANK #146/262
  • PHOTO City of New Haven - …
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 38 inj
  • SIZE ~105 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: City of New Haven - FIRE 120 Ellsworth Avenue (0.0 TCR gap)

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Fire Department in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Fire Department averages 10.4 TCR (325% 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

Fire Department TCR series: 2020=14.7 · 2021=10.4 · 2022=8.2 · 2023=8.3 · BLS 3.2

Where Fire Department falls in its industry

793 Fire departments (e.g., govern establishments

Safer than 47% 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 #146 safest of 262 Fire departments (e.g., govern employers in Illinois.

Fire Department (105 employees, TCR 10.4) 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 Fire Department
Fire Department (105 employees, TCR 10.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 9.8

Fire Department has more 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
2023 8.3 7.4 10 0 0
2022 8.2 6.6 10 0 0
2021 10.4 7.2 12 1 0
2020 14.7 13.8 6 12 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

922160 · IL · Decatur

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 · 219 employers in Decatur, 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 New Haven - FIRE 120 Ellsworth Avenue 10.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Apex Fire Systems Inc. 10.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR City of Edina - Fire Station 1 10.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Station 4: Magnolia 10.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE 2099-Waterman, IL-STC (Monsanto Co.) 105 FTE
STATE-SIZE Becknell Services LLC 105 FTE
STATE-SIZE G.M. Sipes Construction, Inc. 105 FTE
STATE-SIZE Bay Valley Fooods 105 FTE
CITY-NEAR Decatur Facility 2,420 FTE
CITY-NEAR Decatur Memorial Hospital 1,982 FTE
CITY-NEAR Decatur Public School District No. 61 1,524 FTE
CITY-NEAR Corporate Staff Offices 1,198 FTE
NAT-TCR Manfacturing 10.4 TCR
NAT-TCR North 40 Outfitters #E 10.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Eberhard'S Dairy Products 10.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Durango Construction 10.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Troy Forming Concrete Inc. 105 FTE
NAT-SIZE 20529 Northampton 105 FTE
NAT-SIZE Fluid Connectors : Davenport 105 FTE
NAT-SIZE Senneca Industrial Mankato 105 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: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.