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

The City of Bloomington - Fire Dept

Bloomington, IL · ~119 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
18.9
Avg TCR
3.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

The City of Bloomington - Fire Dept runs at 592% 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.

The City of Bloomington - Fire Dept: 18.9 TCR = 592% of Fire departments (e.g., government, volunteer (except private)) BLS 3.2 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

The City of Bloomington - Fire Dept safety composite

The City of Bloomington - Fire Dept scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 6%), 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).

F

21/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 18.93 per 100 workers

Safer than 14% of industry peers

DART rate
F 20.03 per 100 workers

Safer than 6% 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

−0.5

2020→2024

The City of Bloomington - Fire Dept injury rate improved

The City of Bloomington - Fire Dept's TCR fell 0.5 from 21.4 in 2020 to 20.9 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 21.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.06× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=21.4 · 2021=20.4 · 2022=13.8 · 2023=18.3 · 2024=20.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 922160 · Bloomington, IL ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 18.9 · 592% of ind

  • DART 20.0 DART
  • RANK #243/262
  • PHOTO Station 5: Lake
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 86 inj
  • SIZE ~119 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Station 5: Lake (0.0 TCR gap)

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The City of Bloomington - Fire Dept in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows The City of Bloomington - Fire Dept averages 18.9 TCR (592% 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

The City of Bloomington - Fire Dept TCR series: 2020=21.4 · 2021=20.4 · 2022=13.8 · 2023=18.3 · 2024=20.9 · BLS 3.2

Where The City of Bloomington - Fire Dept falls in its industry

793 Fire departments (e.g., govern establishments

Safer than 14% 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 #243 safest of 262 Fire departments (e.g., govern employers in Illinois.

The City of Bloomington - Fire Dept (119 employees, TCR 18.9) 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 The City of Bloomington - Fire Dept
The City of Bloomington - Fire Dept (119 employees, TCR 18.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 9.8

The City of Bloomington - Fire Dept has more employees than the Fire departments (e.g., government, volu 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 20.9 20.0 24 0 0
2023 18.3 13.9 25 0 0
2022 13.8 12.5 5 17 0
2021 20.4 15.8 18 9 0
2020 21.4 19.1 14 14 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

922160 · IL · Bloomington

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 · 182 employers in Bloomington, 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 Station 5: Lake 18.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR VFD Fire Station 1 18.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Beecher Fire Protection District 18.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR San Miguel Consolidated Fire Protection District 19.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE 119 - Archer Western de Moya JV III 119 FTE
STATE-SIZE 1001 - Romeoville, IL 119 FTE
STATE-SIZE City of Sycamore 119 FTE
STATE-SIZE Upland Concrete 119 FTE
CITY-NEAR St. Joseph Medical Center 989 FTE
CITY-NEAR OSF Saint Joseph Medical Center 919 FTE
CITY-NEAR The City of Bloomington 901 FTE
CITY-NEAR Bloomington Public Schools, District 87 855 FTE
NAT-TCR Station 5: Lake 18.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Water Department 18.9 TCR
NAT-TCR The Palms of Mount Pleasant 18.9 TCR
NAT-TCR 5472-NAI-0033-0033-00628 18.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Techprint Inc. 119 FTE
NAT-SIZE 2322 Martins Supermarket 119 FTE
NAT-SIZE Raleigh/Durham 119 FTE
NAT-SIZE Cottonwood Hotel 119 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, 2021, 2020. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.