Ambulance and fire service combined · Illinois
Gardner Fire Protection District
Gardner, IL · ~23 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 11.7
- Avg TCR
- 3.2
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Gardner Fire Protection District runs at 364% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Ambulance and fire service combined workplace, earning a grade F.
Gardner Fire Protection District: 11.7 TCR = 364% of Ambulance and fire service combined BLS 3.2 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Gardner Fire Protection District safety composite
Gardner Fire Protection District scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 13%), 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).
33/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 11.66 per 100 workers
Safer than 39% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 13.16 per 100 workers
Safer than 13% 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
Gardner Fire Protection District: 0.0 → 13.2 TCR
Peak year 2022 @ 33.5 TCR · DART/TCR 1.13× in 2023
Gardner Fire Protection District's TCR rose 13.2 from 0.0 in 2017 to 13.2 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2022 at 33.5 TCR. In 2023, DART was 1.13× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 922160 · Gardner, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 11.7 · 364% of ind
- DART 13.2 DART
- RANK #167/262
- PHOTO Fire Station 3
- BOOK 4y book
- INJ 2 inj
- SIZE ~23 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Fire Station 3 (0.0 TCR gap)
Read with this employer → · Industry book → · Illinois employers → · Look up another →
Gardner Fire Protection District in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Gardner Fire Protection District
11.7 TCR
- Fire Station 3
Fire Station 3
11.7 TCR
- Village of Han
Village of Hanover Park Fire
11.7 TCR
- Fire Rescue
Fire Rescue
11.6 TCR
- Fire Departmen
Fire Department
11.6 TCR
What this shows Gardner Fire Protection District averages 11.7 TCR (364% of the Ambulance and fire service combined BLS benchmark).
Gardner Fire Protection District TCR series: 2017=0 · 2021=0 · 2022=33.5 · 2023=13.2 · BLS 3.2
Where Gardner Fire Protection District falls in its industry
793 Ambulance and fire service com establishmentsSafer than 39% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 9.8.
Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #167 safest of 262 Ambulance and fire service com employers in Illinois.
Gardner Fire Protection District has fewer employees than the Ambulance and fire service combined 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 | 13.2 | 13.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 33.5 | 16.8 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
922160 · IL · Gardner
793 Ambulance and fire service combined employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 4 employers in Gardner, 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 Station 3 | 11.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Fire Rescue | 11.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Village of Hanover Park Fire | 11.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Fire Department | 11.6 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Oak Grove | 23 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Eagle Point Farms, LLC. | 23 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Mendota Office | 23 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Nokomis Area Fire Protection District | 23 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Dibble Trucking Inc. | 77 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | MIDWEST INDUSTRIAL SALES | 41 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Superior Environmental Solutions Chicago | 26 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Marcho Farms, Inc | 11.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Stanley Steemer | 11.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Fire Station 3 | 11.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | EVEN Hotel Midtown East | 11.7 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Coeur d Alene CD | 23 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Conifer-CF | 23 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | GM - Green Mountain | 23 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | SM - Salem | 23 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.