Ambulance and fire service combined · Illinois

South Elgin & Countryside Fire Protection District

South Elgin, IL · ~59 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
18.5
Avg TCR
3.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

South Elgin & Countryside Fire Protection District runs at 578% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Ambulance and fire service combined workplace, earning a grade F.

South Elgin & Countryside Fire Protection District: 18.5 TCR = 578% of Ambulance and fire service combined BLS 3.2 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

South Elgin & Countryside Fire Protection District safety composite

South Elgin & Countryside Fire Protection District scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 15%), 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

35/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 18.48 per 100 workers

Safer than 15% of industry peers

DART rate
D 4.52 per 100 workers

Safer than 47% 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

−16.0

2017→2024

South Elgin & Countryside Fire Protection District injury rate improved

South Elgin & Countryside Fire Protection District's TCR fell 16.0 from 28.1 in 2017 to 12.1 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2017 at 28.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.24× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=28.1 · 2022=18.4 · 2023=15.4 · 2024=12.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 922160 · South Elgin, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 18.5 · 578% of ind

  • DART 4.5 DART
  • RANK #240/262
  • PHOTO Mt. Morris Fire Prot…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 45 inj
  • SIZE ~59 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Mt. Morris Fire Protection District (0.0 TCR gap)

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South Elgin & Countryside Fire Protection District in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows South Elgin & Countryside Fire Protection District averages 18.5 TCR (578% of the Ambulance and fire service combined BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-08-25

South Elgin & Countryside Fire Protection District TCR series: 2017=28.1 · 2022=18.4 · 2023=15.4 · 2024=12.1 · BLS 3.2

Where South Elgin & Countryside Fire Protection District falls in its industry

793 Ambulance and fire service com establishments

Safer than 15% 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 #240 safest of 262 Ambulance and fire service com employers in Illinois.

South Elgin & Countryside Fire Protection District (59 employees, TCR 18.5) 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 South Elgin & Countryside Fire Protection District
South Elgin & Countryside Fire Protection District (59 employees, TCR 18.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 9.8

South Elgin & Countryside Fire Protection District has more employees than the Ambulance and fire service combined 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
2024 12.1 4.5 8 0 0
2023 15.4 6.2 10 0 0
2022 18.4 6.1 12 0 0
2017 28.1 0.0 15 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

922160 · IL · South Elgin

793 Ambulance and fire service combined employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 45 employers in South Elgin, 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 Mt. Morris Fire Protection District 18.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR City of Mt. Vernon IL FIRE DEPARTMENT 18.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR City of Michigan City - Fire Department 18.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR CyFair Volunteer Fire Department 18.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Cornbelt Fire Protection District 59 FTE
STATE-SIZE Exelon Nuclear Services & Training Center (STC) 59 FTE
STATE-SIZE AMEREN ILLINOIS - Electric Field Meter Services 59 FTE
STATE-SIZE 0G5 - Gas Tech - Engineering 59 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hoffer Plastics 389 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1896 - South Elgin 254 FTE
CITY-NEAR Custom Aluminum Products Inc 254 FTE
CITY-NEAR Tower Hill Healthcare Center 204 FTE
NAT-TCR Trader Joe's 0193 Santa Cruz 18.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Trader Joe's 0726 Brookfield 18.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Silverwoods Indepedent Living by Complete Care 18.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Mueller Lumber Company 18.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE SEW Eurodrive Industrial Gear Motors (IG) 59 FTE
NAT-SIZE Northern Orchard Co., Inc 59 FTE
NAT-SIZE Blackhawk 59 FTE
NAT-SIZE J.R. Ag Solutions, Inc. 59 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: 2024, 2023, 2022, 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.