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

North Aurora Fire Department

North Aurora, IL · ~50 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
14.4
Avg TCR
3.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

North Aurora Fire Department runs at 450% 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.

North Aurora Fire Department: 14.4 TCR = 450% of Fire departments (e.g., government, volunteer (except private)) BLS 3.2 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

North Aurora Fire Department safety composite

North Aurora Fire Department scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 62% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 28%), 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).

D

46/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 14.39 per 100 workers

Safer than 28% of industry peers

DART rate
C 2.22 per 100 workers

Safer than 62% 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

−23.1

2020→2022

North Aurora Fire Department injury rate improved

North Aurora Fire Department's TCR fell 23.1 from 32.0 in 2020 to 8.9 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2020 at 32.0 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0.15× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=32.0 · 2021=2.3 · 2022=8.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 922160 · North Aurora, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 14.4 · 450% of ind

  • DART 2.2 DART
  • RANK #200/262
  • PHOTO AROMA FIRE PROTECTIO…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 21 inj
  • SIZE ~50 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: AROMA FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT (0.0 TCR gap)

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North Aurora Fire Department in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows North Aurora Fire Department averages 14.4 TCR (450% 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

North Aurora Fire Department TCR series: 2020=32 · 2021=2.3 · 2022=8.9 · BLS 3.2

Where North Aurora Fire Department falls in its industry

793 Fire departments (e.g., govern establishments

Safer than 28% 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 #200 safest of 262 Fire departments (e.g., govern employers in Illinois.

North Aurora Fire Department (50 employees, TCR 14.4) 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 North Aurora Fire Department
North Aurora Fire Department (50 employees, TCR 14.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 9.8

North Aurora Fire Department has fewer employees than the Fire departments (e.g., government, volu 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
2022 8.9 2.2 4 0 0
2021 2.3 0.0 1 0 0
2020 32.0 14.0 16 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

922160 · IL · North Aurora

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 · 36 employers in North Aurora, 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 AROMA FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT 14.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR CITY OF ST. CLAIR SHORES FIRE DEPARTMENT 14.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR City of Alton, IL - Fire 14.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Fire Department 14.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE DuPont Pioneer Champaign CMI1 50 FTE
STATE-SIZE 1240-Monmouth, IL 50 FTE
STATE-SIZE Constellation Nuclear Services & Training Center (STC) 50 FTE
STATE-SIZE AMEREN ILLINOIS - Gas Storage 50 FTE
CITY-NEAR Aurora Packing Company 293 FTE
CITY-NEAR Dart Container North Aurora 238 FTE
CITY-NEAR Oberweis Dairy - Corp Office 212 FTE
CITY-NEAR Woodmans Food Market North Aurora 35 204 FTE
NAT-TCR Transchemical Inc 14.4 TCR
NAT-TCR 4186-DC204 14.4 TCR
NAT-TCR 9277-145 Summer-Northstar 14.4 TCR
NAT-TCR 266337-Min-West Edina Carrier Anx 14.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Diamabrush 50 FTE
NAT-SIZE SER 50 FTE
NAT-SIZE Goodwill Industries of Colorado - Iliff 50 FTE
NAT-SIZE Simas Floor Company, Inc 50 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: 2022, 2021, 2020. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.