Police departments (except American Indian or Alaska Native) · Illinois
Sterling Police Department
Sterling, IL · ~41 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 12.7
- Avg TCR
- 3.2
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Sterling Police Department runs at 397% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Police departments (except American Indian or Alaska Native) workplace, earning a grade F.
Sterling Police Department: 12.7 TCR = 397% of Police departments (except American Indian or Alaska Native) BLS 3.2 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Sterling Police Department safety composite
Sterling Police Department scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 92% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 31%), 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).
58/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 12.71 per 100 workers
Safer than 31% of industry peers
- DART rate
- A 0 per 100 workers
Safer than 92% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- D 0
Safer than 53% 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 Police Department: 7.3 → 24.3 TCR
Peak year 2020 @ 25.7 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2024
Sterling Police Department's TCR rose 17.0 from 7.3 in 2017 to 24.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 25.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 922120 · Sterling, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 12.7 · 397% of ind
- DART 0.0 DART
- RANK #85/110
- PHOTO Geneva Police Depart…
- BOOK 8y book
- INJ 31 inj
- SIZE ~41 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Geneva Police Department (0.0 TCR gap)
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Sterling Police Department in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Village of Sou
Village of South Elgin - Police Department
12.8 TCR
- Vancouver Poli
Vancouver Police Dept West
12.8 TCR
- This site
Sterling Police Department
12.7 TCR
- Geneva Police
Geneva Police Department
12.7 TCR
- Police Departm
Police Department
12.7 TCR
What this shows Sterling Police Department averages 12.7 TCR (397% of the Police departments (except American Indian or Alaska Native) BLS benchmark).
Sterling Police Department TCR series: 2017=7.3 · 2018=10.8 · 2019=10.3 · 2020=25.7 · 2021=5.1 · 2022=2.5 · 2023=15.7 · 2024=24.3 · BLS 3.2
Where Sterling Police Department falls in its industry
716 Police departments (except Ame establishmentsSafer than 31% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 9.5.
Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #85 safest of 110 Police departments (except Ame employers in Illinois.
Sterling Police Department has fewer employees than the Police departments (except American Indi median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 9.5. 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 | 24.3 | 0.0 | 5 | 4 | 0 |
| 2023 | 15.7 | 7.8 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 5.1 | 2.6 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 25.7 | 2.6 | 7 | 3 | 0 |
| 2019 | 10.3 | 5.2 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 10.8 | 8.1 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 2017 | 7.3 | 7.3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
922120 · IL · Sterling
716 Police departments (except American Indian or Alaska Native) 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 | Geneva Police Department | 12.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Police Department | 12.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Village of South Elgin - Police Department | 12.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Vancouver Police Dept West | 12.8 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | GDM Seeds, Inc | 41 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc. - Champaign Research - CMI1 | 41 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | 1987-Jerseyville, IL | 41 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Mt. Carmel Public Utility Co. | 41 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 | Corovan Moving & Storage | 12.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | International Metal Hose Company | 12.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | 2051 - Huntington Beach East | 12.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Villa Nia | 12.7 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Public Works- Facilities | 41 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Sun Pacific Farming | Citrus Farming | Lindsay | 41 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Sun Pacific Farming | Citrus Farming | IEW Enterprise | 41 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Atlas Pallet Corp | 41 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.