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

Fire Stations

Elmhurst, IL · ~61 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.8
Avg TCR
3.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Fire Stations runs at 149% 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 Stations: 4.8 TCR = 149% of Fire departments (e.g., government, volunteer (except private)) BLS 3.2 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Fire Stations safety composite

Fire Stations scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 80% 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).

C

65/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 4.78 per 100 workers

Safer than 80% of industry peers

DART rate
C 2.76 per 100 workers

Safer than 58% 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

−1.9

2022→2024

Fire Stations injury rate improved

Fire Stations's TCR fell 1.9 from 6.0 in 2022 to 4.1 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 6.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.58× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=6.0 · 2023=4.2 · 2024=4.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade D · TCR 4.8 · 149% of ind

  • DART 2.8 DART
  • RANK #44/262
  • PHOTO FR-FIRE
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 9 inj
  • SIZE ~61 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: FR-FIRE (0.0 TCR gap)

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Fire Stations in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Fire Stations averages 4.8 TCR (149% 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 Stations TCR series: 2022=6 · 2023=4.2 · 2024=4.1 · BLS 3.2

Where Fire Stations falls in its industry

793 Fire departments (e.g., govern establishments

Safer than 80% 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 #44 safest of 262 Fire departments (e.g., govern employers in Illinois.

Fire Stations (61 employees, TCR 4.8) 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 Stations
Fire Stations (61 employees, TCR 4.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 9.8

Fire Stations has more 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 4.1 2.8 3 0 0
2023 4.2 4.2 2 0 0
2022 6.0 1.5 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

922160 · IL · Elmhurst

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 · 127 employers in Elmhurst, 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 FR-FIRE 4.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Milford Fire Department - Station 7 4.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Fire Department 4.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Fire Department 4.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Goodmark Nurseries LLC 61 FTE
STATE-SIZE 2505-Mason City, IL (Monsanto Co.) 61 FTE
STATE-SIZE AMEREN ILLINOIS - Springfield 61 FTE
STATE-SIZE AMEREN ILLINOIS - Gas Tech - Engineering 61 FTE
CITY-NEAR Elmhurst Memorial Hospital 2,864 FTE
CITY-NEAR Superior Air-Ground Ambulance Services Inc. 2,331 FTE
CITY-NEAR Elmhurst , IL - 01 1,612 FTE
CITY-NEAR Elmhurst Community Unit School 205 1,252 FTE
NAT-TCR Phoenix Operations 4.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Dfa-Kmp - Rochester Mn 4.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Madison West Wi - 3058 4.8 TCR
NAT-TCR 5261 Rogers 4.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Transpak - DIV 132 Tigard 61 FTE
NAT-SIZE 2twenty Logistics LLC 61 FTE
NAT-SIZE Reliance Metalcenter 61 FTE
NAT-SIZE AMZL-NA : Syntrik 61 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. 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.