Ambulance and fire service combined · Illinois
Homer Township Fire Protection District
Lockport, IL · ~38 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 16.9
- Avg TCR
- 3.2
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Homer Township Fire Protection District runs at 529% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Ambulance and fire service combined workplace, earning a grade F.
Homer Township Fire Protection District: 16.9 TCR = 529% of Ambulance and fire service combined BLS 3.2 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Homer Township Fire Protection District safety composite
Homer Township Fire Protection District scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 19%), 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)
- F 16.93 per 100 workers
Safer than 19% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 6.13 per 100 workers
Safer than 36% 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
Homer Township Fire Protection District: 12.0 → 14.3 TCR
Peak year 2021 @ 26.6 TCR · DART/TCR 0.36× in 2024
Homer Township Fire Protection District's TCR rose 2.3 from 12.0 in 2017 to 14.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 26.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.36× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 922160 · Lockport, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 16.9 · 529% of ind
- DART 6.1 DART
- RANK #226/262
- PHOTO Plainfield Fire Prot…
- BOOK 4y book
- INJ 43 inj
- SIZE ~38 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Plainfield Fire Protection District (0.0 TCR gap)
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Homer Township Fire Protection District in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Cortland Commu
Cortland Community Fire Protection District
17 TCR
- This site
Homer Township Fire Protection District
16.9 TCR
- Plainfield Fir
Plainfield Fire Protection District
16.9 TCR
- City of Bakers
City of Bakersfield Fire Department
16.9 TCR
- NORTHERN REGIO
NORTHERN REGION : HUU
16.9 TCR
What this shows Homer Township Fire Protection District averages 16.9 TCR (529% of the Ambulance and fire service combined BLS benchmark).
Homer Township Fire Protection District TCR series: 2017=12 · 2021=26.6 · 2022=14.8 · 2024=14.3 · BLS 3.2
Where Homer Township Fire Protection District falls in its industry
793 Ambulance and fire service com establishmentsSafer than 19% 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 #226 safest of 262 Ambulance and fire service com employers in Illinois.
Homer Township 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 14.3 | 6.1 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 2022 | 14.8 | 9.4 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 26.6 | 15.4 | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 12.0 | 6.8 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
922160 · IL · Lockport
793 Ambulance and fire service combined employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 59 employers in Lockport, 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 | Plainfield Fire Protection District | 16.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Cortland Community Fire Protection District | 17.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | City of Bakersfield Fire Department | 16.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | NORTHERN REGION : HUU | 16.9 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | GDM Seeds, Inc - Gibson City, IL | 38 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | AMEREN ILLINOIS - Distribution Operating - Peoria | 38 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | 629 - Distribution Operating - Peoria | 38 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Freeport | 38 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Lockport Township High School District 205 East Campus | 535 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Illinois | 459 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | ILLPT - LOCKPORT | 383 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Lockport Township Park District | 382 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Stone House Bread, LLC | 16.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Charleston Ground | 16.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Strategic Sanitation Services, Inc. | 16.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Cherry Mountain Orchards, Inc. | 16.9 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Brad Benton Trucking, Inc. | 38 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Building Products Plus Co LLC | 38 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | SN1 Sanford Service Center | 38 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | AOM Area Office - Meter Shop | 38 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.