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

Rochelle Fire Department

Rochelle, IL · ~22 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
8.0
Avg TCR
3.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Rochelle Fire Department runs at 250% 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.

Rochelle Fire Department: 8.0 TCR = 250% of Fire departments (e.g., government, volunteer (except private)) BLS 3.2 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Rochelle Fire Department safety composite

Rochelle Fire Department 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

67/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 8.01 per 100 workers

Safer than 61% 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

−24.0

2017→2019

Rochelle Fire Department injury rate improved

Rochelle Fire Department's TCR fell 24.0 from 24.0 in 2017 to 0.0 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2017 at 24.0 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=24.0 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade F · TCR 8.0 · 250% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #99/262
  • PHOTO Morris Fire Company
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~22 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Morris Fire Company (0.0 TCR gap)

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Rochelle Fire Department in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Rochelle Fire Department averages 8.0 TCR (250% 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

Rochelle Fire Department TCR series: 2017=24 · 2018=0 · 2019=0 · BLS 3.2

Where Rochelle Fire Department falls in its industry

793 Fire departments (e.g., govern establishments

Safer than 61% 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 #99 safest of 262 Fire departments (e.g., govern employers in Illinois.

Rochelle Fire Department (22 employees, TCR 8.0) 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 Rochelle Fire Department
Rochelle Fire Department (22 employees, TCR 8.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 9.8

Rochelle Fire Department 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
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 24.0 0.0 5 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

922160 · IL · Rochelle

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 Rochelle, 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 Morris Fire Company 8.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Fire Department 8.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Wilson Fire Company 8.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Municipal Fire Dept. 8.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Tolono Main 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE Anna Evergreen, LLC 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE Sunset 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE Cedarcrest, LLC. 22 FTE
CITY-NEAR Rochelle Foods 823 FTE
CITY-NEAR Rochelle Community Hospital 321 FTE
CITY-NEAR Rochelle Distribution Center 289 FTE
CITY-NEAR Nippon Sharyo Manufacturing, LLC 252 FTE
NAT-TCR Slakey Brothers Inc (15) 8.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Reddy Ice - Lumberton (430) 8.0 TCR
NAT-TCR East End Cooperative Ministry 8.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Four Points - San Antonio Airport 8.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Amana Furniture Shop 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE Garfield House 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE chargerboats 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE Eastport Residential Care Facility 22 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: 2019, 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.