Fire departments (e.g., government, volunteer (except private)) · Illinois
La Grange Park Fire Department
La Grange Park, IL · ~46 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 17.6
- Avg TCR
- 3.2
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
La Grange Park Fire Department runs at 551% 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.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 17.6
- avg TCR · per 100 workers
- 3.2
- industry benchmark (BLS)
- 3
- recordable injuries tracked
Grade compares La Grange Park Fire Department's OSHA Total Case Rate of 17.6 to the Fire departments (e.g., government, volunteer (except private)) BLS benchmark of 3.2 (551% of benchmark) across 2 years of Form 300A filings (2016–2024). <a href="/methodology">See methodology</a> for reporting-limitation caveats.
Injury rate over time
La Grange Park Fire Department's yearly Total Case Rate, against the 3.2 industry benchmark.
Where La Grange Park Fire Department falls in its industry
1,057 Fire departments (e.g., govern establishmentsSafer than 14% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 7.5.
Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #418 safest of 454 Fire departments (e.g., govern employers in Illinois.
Trend analysis for La Grange Park Fire Department
Between 2022 and 2023, La Grange Park Fire Department's Total Case Rate improved from 25.8 to 9.5 recordable injuries per 100 full-time workers, a 63% decrease across 1 year of OSHA reporting.
The safest year on record was 2023, at a TCR of 9.5, while 2022 saw the highest rate, at 25.8, a spread of 16.3 points between the best and worst reporting years. That's a wide swing relative to the establishment's overall rate, worth checking the year-by-year table below for whether a single severe year is driving the average, rather than a sustained trend.
Summed across those 2 reporting years, La Grange Park Fire Department recorded 3 total injuries and illnesses, with no fatalities reported in any of those years. Readers comparing establishments should weigh the 2-year trend above alongside establishment size, since a larger workforce naturally accumulates more raw incidents even at a lower per-100-worker rate.
Verify This Employer with OSHA
The 3 injuries, 1 illnesses shown on this page for La Grange Park Fire Department are sourced from its own 2 years of mandatory OSHA Form 300A summaries. Cross-check the underlying establishment record directly against the federal source, name, NAICS classification, recordable case totals, and inspection history are all searchable on OSHA's Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data system.
Verify on OSHA Establishment SearchSource: U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data. NAICS 922160 - Fire departments (e.g., government, volunteer (except private)).
DART Rate, Transparent Calculation (2023)
What is the DART rate formula?
DART (Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred) is computed by OSHA as incidents × 200,000 ÷ hours worked. The 200,000-hour denominator equals roughly 100 full-time workers, which lets establishments of very different sizes be compared directly.
0 DART incidents × 200,000 ÷ 21,120 hours worked = 0.00 DART
Methodology: 29 CFR 1904, OSHA Form 300A recordkeeping
Cross-Validating Context, Establishment vs Industry vs State
| Benchmark | TCR | Source |
|---|---|---|
| La Grange Park Fire Department (this establishment) | 17.63 | OSHA ITA Form 300A, 2-year avg |
| Fire departments (e.g., government, volunteer (except private)) industry avg | 3.20 | BLS IIF, NAICS 922160 |
| Illinois state avg (all industries) | 4.73 | OSHA ITA, state-level rollup |
Industry benchmarks: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities (IIF) program
Reportable Incident Timeline
Year-by-year reportable incidents (recordable injuries + illnesses + fatalities) submitted by La Grange Park Fire Department to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application. Each row anchors to OSHA's inspection records search where you can pull the underlying inspection case numbers and citations for that establishment-year.
- 2023: 1 reportable incidents · 1 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2022: 3 reportable incidents · 2 injuries, 1 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
Source: OSHA Inspection Information System (IMIS) - inspection case-number records
Year-by-Year Safety Data
| Year | TCR | DART | Injuries | Illnesses | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 9.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 25.8 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
What this grade means for you
Use this grade as a relative read on La Grange Park Fire Department's reported OSHA injury record versus its Fire departments (e.g., government, volunteer (except private)) peers, not a verdict on whether any single site is safe today.
- At 551% of the Fire departments (e.g., government, volunteer (except private)) benchmark, La Grange Park Fire Department reports more injuries than typical peers, ask specifically how the employer is reducing them. Know your rights
- Judge this record against the wider Fire departments (e.g., government, volunteer (except private)) sector, where injury rates vary widely, before comparing it in isolation. See the industry
- Grades reflect 2016–2024 filings; check the latest establishment record straight from OSHA, or look up a different employer. Look up another
Safety grades reflect employers' self-reported OSHA Form 300A filings from 2016 to 2024 and can lag current conditions. A grade is not a guarantee that any specific workplace is safe or unsafe today. See our methodology and disclaimer.
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Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.
Every figure and grade on PlainSafetyScore is computed directly from OSHA's published Injury Tracking Application data and BLS industry benchmarks, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these safety grades, or report a data error. Data current as of 2016-2024 OSHA ITA release.