Fire departments (e.g., government, volunteer (except private)) · Illinois
Prospect Heights Fire District
Prospect Heights, IL · ~43 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 5.7
- Avg TCR
- 3.2
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Prospect Heights Fire District runs at 177% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Fire departments (e.g., government, volunteer (except private)) workplace, earning a grade D.
Prospect Heights Fire District: 5.7 TCR = 177% of Fire departments (e.g., government, volunteer (except private)) BLS 3.2 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Prospect Heights Fire District safety composite
Prospect Heights Fire District scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 74% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 39%), 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).
56/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- C 5.67 per 100 workers
Safer than 74% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 5.83 per 100 workers
Safer than 39% 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
Prospect Heights Fire District: 7.1 → 8.7 TCR
Peak year 2024 @ 8.7 TCR · DART/TCR 1.03× in 2024
Prospect Heights Fire District's TCR rose 1.6 from 7.1 in 2018 to 8.7 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1.03× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 922160 · Prospect Heights, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade D · TCR 5.7 · 177% of ind
- DART 5.8 DART
- RANK #60/262
- PHOTO Sheridan Fire Depart…
- BOOK 6y book
- INJ 10 inj
- SIZE ~43 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Sheridan Fire Department (0.0 TCR gap)
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Prospect Heights Fire District in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Prospect Heights Fire District
5.7 TCR
- Sheridan Fire
Sheridan Fire Department
5.7 TCR
- Hayden Station
Hayden Station Fire Company
5.7 TCR
- Fire Station 2
Fire Station 207
5.7 TCR
- VDFP HQ
VDFP HQ
5.6 TCR
What this shows Prospect Heights Fire District averages 5.7 TCR (177% of the Fire departments (e.g., government, volunteer (except private)) BLS benchmark).
Prospect Heights Fire District TCR series: 2018=7.1 · 2019=2.9 · 2020=7 · 2022=0 · 2023=8.3 · 2024=8.7 · BLS 3.2
Where Prospect Heights Fire District falls in its industry
793 Fire departments (e.g., govern establishmentsSafer than 74% 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 #60 safest of 262 Fire departments (e.g., govern employers in Illinois.
Prospect Heights Fire 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 | 8.7 | 5.8 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 | 8.3 | 8.3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 2019 | 2.9 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 7.1 | 2.4 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
922160 · IL · Prospect Heights
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 · 5 employers in Prospect Heights, 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 | Sheridan Fire Department | 5.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Hayden Station Fire Company | 5.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Fire Station 207 | 5.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | VDFP HQ | 5.6 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Illinois | 43 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Stratum Reservoir, LLC - Champaign | 43 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | AMEREN ILLINOIS - East St. Louis | 43 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Manlove Storage Field | 43 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Tony's Fresh Markert-1567 | 145 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Brookdale Prospect Heights | 120 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 69030007-1567 TONY S FRESH MARKET 1567 | 111 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | City of Prospect Heights | 55 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | TXD043 | 5.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | TXA013 | 5.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | TNN005 | 5.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | 2018 - Santa Maria | 5.7 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Darling Ingredients Inc | 43 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | The House on the Rock Resort | 43 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Apple Tree Partnership | 43 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Ingram Readymix, Inc.-Beaumont Hwy #34 | 43 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.