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

Tri-State Fire Protection District

Darien, IL · ~57 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.0
Avg TCR
3.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Tri-State Fire Protection District runs at 156% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Fire departments (e.g., government, volunteer (except private)) workplace, earning a grade D.

Tri-State Fire Protection District: 5.0 TCR = 156% of Fire departments (e.g., government, volunteer (except private)) BLS 3.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Tri-State Fire Protection District safety composite

Tri-State Fire Protection District scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 78% 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

64/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 4.99 per 100 workers

Safer than 78% of industry peers

DART rate
C 2.86 per 100 workers

Safer than 57% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Tri-State Fire Protection District: 1.4 → 8.6 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 8.6 TCR · DART/TCR 0.57× in 2018

Tri-State Fire Protection District's TCR rose 7.2 from 1.4 in 2017 to 8.6 in 2018. In 2018, DART was 0.57× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade D · TCR 5.0 · 156% of ind

  • DART 2.9 DART
  • RANK #50/262
  • PHOTO Village of Oak Brook…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 7 inj
  • SIZE ~57 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Village of Oak Brook - Fire Dept (0.0 TCR gap)

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Tri-State Fire Protection District in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Tri-State Fire Protection District averages 5.0 TCR (156% 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

Tri-State Fire Protection District TCR series: 2017=1.4 · 2018=8.6 · BLS 3.2

Where Tri-State Fire Protection District falls in its industry

793 Fire departments (e.g., govern establishments

Safer than 78% 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 #50 safest of 262 Fire departments (e.g., govern employers in Illinois.

Tri-State Fire Protection District (57 employees, TCR 5.0) 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 Tri-State Fire Protection District
Tri-State Fire Protection District (57 employees, TCR 5.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 9.8

Tri-State Fire Protection District has more 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
2018 8.6 2.9 6 0 0
2017 1.4 1.4 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

922160 · IL · Darien

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 · 20 employers in Darien, 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 Village of Oak Brook - Fire Dept 5.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR White Hills Fire Company #5 5.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Village of Hinsdale Fire Department 5.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Orem City Fire Department 5.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE AMEREN ILLINOIS - Northern S - IL Gas Ops 57 FTE
STATE-SIZE Eagle Concrete, Inc. 57 FTE
STATE-SIZE Centennial Contractors of the Quad Cities, Inc. 57 FTE
STATE-SIZE Heritage Carpentry, Inc. 57 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 2215 335 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2215 331 FTE
CITY-NEAR GP Transco Darien Office 292 FTE
CITY-NEAR Darien School District 61 200 FTE
NAT-TCR Genesis Medical Center East Campus 5.0 TCR
NAT-TCR MB-Salt Lake City 5.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Store 7 5.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Alliance Beverage Dist. Co. LLC Tucson 5.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Austin - 204 57 FTE
NAT-SIZE 1004-39 GoJet Den In-Flight 57 FTE
NAT-SIZE Bemis North America - RE&D 57 FTE
NAT-SIZE BASF - West Memphis (AR) 57 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: 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.