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

Fire Department

Normal, IL · ~69 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
12.9
Avg TCR
3.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Fire Department runs at 403% 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: 12.9 TCR = 403% of Fire departments (e.g., government, volunteer (except private)) BLS 3.2 · 3y 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 28%), 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

36/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 12.89 per 100 workers

Safer than 34% of industry peers

DART rate
F 7.86 per 100 workers

Safer than 28% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Fire Department: 10.2 → 13.1 TCR

Peak year 2020 @ 15.3 TCR · DART/TCR 0.61× in 2021

Fire Department's TCR rose 2.9 from 10.2 in 2019 to 13.1 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2020 at 15.3 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.61× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade F · TCR 12.9 · 403% of ind

  • DART 7.9 DART
  • RANK #180/262
  • PHOTO Fire Department
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 20 inj
  • SIZE ~69 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 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 12.9 TCR (403% 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: 2019=10.2 · 2020=15.3 · 2021=13.1 · BLS 3.2

Where Fire Department falls in its industry

793 Fire departments (e.g., govern establishments

Safer than 34% 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 #180 safest of 262 Fire departments (e.g., govern employers in Illinois.

Fire Department (69 employees, TCR 12.9) 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 0102030 Average employees Total Case Rate Fire Department
Fire Department (69 employees, TCR 12.9) 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
2021 13.1 7.9 8 2 0
2020 15.3 15.3 5 7 0
2019 10.2 10.2 7 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

922160 · IL · Normal

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 · 116 employers in Normal, 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 Fire Department 12.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Village of Arlington Heights - Fire Department 12.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Fire Department 12.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR City of Albany Fire Station 14 12.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Pioneer HiBred International Inc. McLeansboro Production 69 FTE
STATE-SIZE Corteva Litchfield 69 FTE
STATE-SIZE 2057-Centralia, IL (Monsanto Co.) 69 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hennepin Power Station 69 FTE
CITY-NEAR Normal Plant - 100 Rivian Motorway 7,793 FTE
CITY-NEAR McLean County CUSD #5 2,474 FTE
CITY-NEAR Advocate BroMenn Medical Center 1,313 FTE
CITY-NEAR Heartland Community College 716 FTE
NAT-TCR Top O The Morn Farms 12.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Renaissance Reno Hotel 12.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Simonds International LLC, Portland OR 12.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Hauling Company 12.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE JBDA Mangham Office 69 FTE
NAT-SIZE Rittenhouse Senior Living at Valparaiso 69 FTE
NAT-SIZE Graduate Athens 69 FTE
NAT-SIZE Thinfilm Electronics 69 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: 2021, 2020, 2019. 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.