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

Lincoln Rural Fire Protection District

Lincoln, IL · ~27 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.2
Avg TCR
3.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Lincoln Rural Fire Protection District runs at 162% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Fire departments (e.g., government, volunteer (except private)) workplace, earning a grade D.

Lincoln Rural Fire Protection District: 5.2 TCR = 162% of Fire departments (e.g., government, volunteer (except private)) BLS 3.2 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Lincoln Rural Fire Protection District safety composite

Lincoln Rural Fire Protection District scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 85% 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

74/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 5.19 per 100 workers

Safer than 77% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 85% 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

−2.9

2019→2024

Lincoln Rural Fire Protection District injury rate improved

Lincoln Rural Fire Protection District's TCR fell 2.9 from 2.9 in 2019 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 17.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=2.9 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=17.9 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade D · TCR 5.2 · 162% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #54/262
  • PHOTO Oxford Fire Departme…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~27 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Oxford Fire Departments (0.0 TCR gap)

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Lincoln Rural Fire Protection District in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Lincoln Rural Fire Protection District averages 5.2 TCR (162% 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

Lincoln Rural Fire Protection District TCR series: 2019=2.9 · 2022=0 · 2023=17.9 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.2

Where Lincoln Rural Fire Protection District falls in its industry

793 Fire departments (e.g., govern establishments

Safer than 77% 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 #54 safest of 262 Fire departments (e.g., govern employers in Illinois.

Lincoln Rural Fire Protection District (27 employees, TCR 5.2) 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 Lincoln Rural Fire Protection District
Lincoln Rural Fire Protection District (27 employees, TCR 5.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 9.8

Lincoln Rural Fire Protection District has fewer 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 17.9 17.9 1 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 2.9 1.0 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

922160 · IL · Lincoln

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 · 45 employers in Lincoln, 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 Oxford Fire Departments 5.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR St. Charles Fire Department 5.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Gurnee Fire Department 5.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR City of Greensboro- Fire Department 5.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Pizzo Native Plant Nursery, LLC 27 FTE
STATE-SIZE C070 27 FTE
STATE-SIZE Stonington, IL-R&D 27 FTE
STATE-SIZE Bloomington 27 FTE
CITY-NEAR LINCOLN IL 726 FTE
CITY-NEAR Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital 352 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lincoln Memorial Hospital 336 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 199 293 FTE
NAT-TCR Waters of Middletown 5.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Fromm Reading Branch 5.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Evnsq, LLC 5.2 TCR
NAT-TCR East Liberty 5.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE The Escape Game Honolulu LLC 27 FTE
NAT-SIZE d-7 Roofing LLC - Colo Spgs 27 FTE
NAT-SIZE Kenosha Senior Living 27 FTE
NAT-SIZE Wastewater Treatment Plant 27 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, 2019. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.