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

Sheridan Fire Department

Sheridan, IL · ~19 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.7
Avg TCR
3.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Sheridan Fire Department runs at 178% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Fire departments (e.g., government, volunteer (except private)) workplace, earning a grade D.

Sheridan Fire Department: 5.7 TCR = 178% of Fire departments (e.g., government, volunteer (except private)) BLS 3.2 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Sheridan Fire Department safety composite

Sheridan 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

72/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 5.71 per 100 workers

Safer than 74% 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%).

Sheridan Fire Department held a steady TCR band

Sheridan Fire Department's TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2017 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 22.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=0.0 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=22.8 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=22.8 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade D · TCR 5.7 · 178% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #61/262
  • PHOTO Hayden Station Fire …
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~19 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Hayden Station Fire Company (0.0 TCR gap)

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Sheridan Fire Department in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Sheridan Fire Department averages 5.7 TCR (178% 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

Sheridan Fire Department TCR series: 2017=0 · 2018=0 · 2019=0 · 2020=22.8 · 2021=0 · 2022=0 · 2023=22.8 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.2

Where Sheridan Fire Department falls in its industry

793 Fire departments (e.g., govern establishments

Safer than 74% 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 #61 safest of 262 Fire departments (e.g., govern employers in Illinois.

Sheridan Fire Department (19 employees, TCR 5.7) 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 Sheridan Fire Department
Sheridan Fire Department (19 employees, TCR 5.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 9.8

Sheridan 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
2024 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 22.8 0.0 1 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 22.8 0.0 1 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

922160 · IL · Sheridan

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 · 4 employers in Sheridan, IL · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel Establishment Metric
NAICS-TCR Hayden Station Fire Company 5.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Fire Station 207 5.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Prospect Heights Fire District 5.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR VDFP HQ 5.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Gingerich Farms Partnerships 19 FTE
STATE-SIZE Tolono Research 19 FTE
STATE-SIZE PharmaCann Hillcrest 19 FTE
STATE-SIZE South Morgan Acres, LLC. 19 FTE
CITY-NEAR Stewart Spreading Inc 70 FTE
CITY-NEAR Holiday Inn Club Vacations Inc. Fox River Resort - HOSP 58 FTE
CITY-NEAR Fox River 48 FTE
NAT-TCR National Pump Company (LUB) 5.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Warehouse/Garage 5.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Kmin USA, Inc. 5.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Jackson Public Schools 5.7 TCR

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, 2021, 2020, 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.