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

Fire Department

Olney, IL · ~30 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.6
Avg TCR
3.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Fire Department runs at 144% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Fire departments (e.g., government, volunteer (except private)) workplace, earning a grade D.

Fire Department: 4.6 TCR = 144% of Fire departments (e.g., government, volunteer (except private)) BLS 3.2 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Fire Department safety composite

Fire Department scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 85% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 52%), 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).

B

75/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 4.61 per 100 workers

Safer than 81% 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

−12.5

2017→2024

Fire Department injury rate improved

Fire Department's TCR fell 12.5 from 12.5 in 2017 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 13.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=12.5 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=13.0 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=11.4 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade D · TCR 4.6 · 144% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #42/262
  • PHOTO City of Chicago Heig…
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~30 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: City of Chicago Heights Fire Department (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 4.6 TCR (144% 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: 2017=12.5 · 2018=0 · 2019=0 · 2020=13 · 2021=0 · 2022=0 · 2023=11.4 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.2

Where Fire Department falls in its industry

793 Fire departments (e.g., govern establishments

Safer than 81% 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 #42 safest of 262 Fire departments (e.g., govern employers in Illinois.

Fire Department (30 employees, TCR 4.6) 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 (30 employees, TCR 4.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 9.8

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
2024 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 11.4 0.0 1 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 13.0 13.0 1 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 12.5 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

922160 · IL · Olney

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 · 37 employers in Olney, 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 Chicago Heights Fire Department 4.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Milford Fire Department - Station 5 4.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Middletown Fire Department 4.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Lahaina Station 4.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Odell Fire 30 FTE
STATE-SIZE AMEREN ILLINOIS - Northern N - IL Common Ops 30 FTE
STATE-SIZE Chicago Loop Tech 30 FTE
STATE-SIZE Spoon River Electric Cooperative, Inc. 30 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 6059 933 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6059 848 FTE
CITY-NEAR Richland County CUSD #1 305 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 254 232 FTE
NAT-TCR Holiday Inn 4.6 TCR
NAT-TCR TABC, Inc. 4.6 TCR
NAT-TCR El Dorado County Office of Education 4.6 TCR
NAT-TCR GoGreen Roofing Corporation 4.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Town of Fayal 30 FTE
NAT-SIZE Distrcit 1 Maintance 30 FTE
NAT-SIZE Red Roc Materials, LLC 30 FTE
NAT-SIZE Chrestomathy II 30 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: 2024, 2023, 2022, 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.