Ambulance and fire service combined · Illinois
Sterling Fire Department
Sterling, IL · ~25 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 18.1
- Avg TCR
- 3.2
- Industry avg
- 1
- Fatality
The verdict
Sterling Fire Department runs at 566% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Ambulance and fire service combined workplace, earning a grade F.
Sterling Fire Department: 18.1 TCR = 566% of Ambulance and fire service combined BLS 3.2 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Sterling Fire Department safety composite
Sterling Fire Department scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 29% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 3%), 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).
17/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 18.11 per 100 workers
Safer than 16% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 7.55 per 100 workers
Safer than 29% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- F 1
Safer than 3% 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
Sterling Fire Department: 17.2 → 22.6 TCR
Peak year 2019 @ 31.9 TCR · DART/TCR 0.42× in 2024
Sterling Fire Department's TCR rose 5.4 from 17.2 in 2017 to 22.6 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 31.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.42× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 922160 · Sterling, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 18.1 · 566% of ind
- DART 7.5 DART
- RANK #236/262
- PHOTO Westbrook Fire Depar…
- BOOK 8y book
- INJ 29 inj
- SIZE ~25 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Westbrook Fire Department (0.1 TCR gap)
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Sterling Fire Department in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- City of Richfi
City of Richfield - Fire Station 1
18.2 TCR
- Coal City Fire
Coal City Fire Protection District
18.2 TCR
- This site
Sterling Fire Department
18.1 TCR
- Westbrook Fire
Westbrook Fire Department
18.1 TCR
- DeKalb Fire De
DeKalb Fire Department
18 TCR
What this shows Sterling Fire Department averages 18.1 TCR (566% of the Ambulance and fire service combined BLS benchmark).
Sterling Fire Department TCR series: 2017=17.2 · 2018=19.2 · 2019=31.9 · 2020=24.1 · 2021=22.7 · 2022=3.8 · 2023=3.3 · 2024=22.6 · BLS 3.2
Where Sterling Fire Department falls in its industry
793 Ambulance and fire service com establishmentsSafer than 16% 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 #236 safest of 262 Ambulance and fire service com employers in Illinois.
Sterling Fire Department has fewer 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 | 22.6 | 7.5 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2022 | 3.8 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 22.7 | 3.8 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 2020 | 24.1 | 20.6 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 2019 | 31.9 | 19.9 | 6 | 2 | 0 |
| 2018 | 19.2 | 3.8 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 2017 | 17.2 | 6.9 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
922160 · IL · Sterling
793 Ambulance and fire service combined employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 72 employers in Sterling, 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 | Westbrook Fire Department | 18.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | City of Richfield - Fire Station 1 | 18.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Coal City Fire Protection District | 18.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | DeKalb Fire Department | 18.0 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Emerald Mound Lebanon Fire Department | 25 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Steve Piper and Sons, Inc | 25 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | AMEREN ILLINOIS - IL Meter Services North | 25 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Headquarters | 25 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | HALO Branded Solutions, Inc. | 2,215 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | STIL | 1,839 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Wahl Clipper Corporation | 1,260 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | WM 7024 | 910 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Janey Lou's Inc | 18.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Carmel Electric | 18.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Evergreen Pre-Cast, Inc | 18.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Scottsbluff Public Schools | 18.1 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Albanese Brothers, Inc. | 25 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Fairfield Inn & Suites | 25 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Advanta Southeast, LLC. | 25 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Hanna Plumbing | 25 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.