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

Palos Fire Protection District

Palos Park, IL · ~37 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
13.1
Avg TCR
3.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Palos Fire Protection District runs at 408% 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.

Palos Fire Protection District: 13.1 TCR = 408% of Fire departments (e.g., government, volunteer (except private)) BLS 3.2 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Palos Fire Protection District safety composite

Palos Fire Protection District scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 33%), 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

43/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 13.06 per 100 workers

Safer than 33% of industry peers

DART rate
D 4.11 per 100 workers

Safer than 48% 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

−25.8

2017→2023

Palos Fire Protection District injury rate improved

Palos Fire Protection District's TCR fell 25.8 from 32.0 in 2017 to 6.2 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2018 at 182.8 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.31× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=32.0 · 2018=182.8 · 2019=13.9 · 2020=17.4 · 2021=2.1 · 2022=6.8 · 2023=6.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 922160 · Palos Park, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 13.1 · 408% of ind

  • DART 4.1 DART
  • RANK #184/262
  • PHOTO Anoka-Champlin Fire …
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 31 inj
  • SIZE ~37 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Anoka-Champlin Fire Department (0.0 TCR gap)

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Palos Fire Protection District in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Palos Fire Protection District averages 13.1 TCR (408% 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

Palos Fire Protection District TCR series: 2017=32 · 2018=182.8 · 2019=13.9 · 2020=17.4 · 2021=2.1 · 2022=6.8 · 2023=6.2 · BLS 3.2

Where Palos Fire Protection District falls in its industry

793 Fire departments (e.g., govern establishments

Safer than 33% 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 #184 safest of 262 Fire departments (e.g., govern employers in Illinois.

Palos Fire Protection District (37 employees, TCR 13.1) 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 Palos Fire Protection District
Palos Fire Protection District (37 employees, TCR 13.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 9.8

Palos Fire Protection District 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
2023 6.2 4.1 3 0 0
2022 6.8 6.8 2 1 0
2021 2.1 2.1 1 0 0
2020 17.4 17.4 2 7 0
2019 13.9 4.6 6 0 0
2018 182.8 109.7 5 0 0
2017 32.0 10.7 12 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

922160 · IL · Palos Park

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 · 15 employers in Palos Park, 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 Anoka-Champlin Fire Department 13.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR SCS Fire Department 13.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Fire Station 4 13.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Morton Grove Fire Department Station 5 13.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Curtis Orchard Ltd 37 FTE
STATE-SIZE Tuscola 37 FTE
STATE-SIZE Lewis Seed Farms, Inc. - Ursa 37 FTE
STATE-SIZE Aurora Fleet Facility 37 FTE
CITY-NEAR 5472-000003160 157 FTE
CITY-NEAR 5472-000002160 134 FTE
CITY-NEAR NAI-0032-0032-02160 FAC-02160-PALOS PARK-IL 132 FTE
CITY-NEAR 5472-NAI-0032-0032-02160 127 FTE
NAT-TCR Holly Hill House 13.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Triple C Inc 13.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Calumet Farm LLC 13.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Crestwood Center at Napa Valley 13.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Construction 37 FTE
NAT-SIZE Meridian Dirt Cheap 37 FTE
NAT-SIZE Phenix City Dirt Cheap 37 FTE
NAT-SIZE Resource Recovery # 9116 37 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: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.