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

Village of Elmwood Park Fire Department

Village of Elmwood Park, IL · ~26 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.9
Avg TCR
3.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Village of Elmwood Park Fire Department runs at 154% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Fire departments (e.g., government, volunteer (except private)) workplace, earning a grade D.

Village of Elmwood Park Fire Department: 4.9 TCR = 154% of Fire departments (e.g., government, volunteer (except private)) BLS 3.2 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Village of Elmwood Park Fire Department safety composite

Village of Elmwood Park Fire Department scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 85% 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

74/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 4.94 per 100 workers

Safer than 79% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 85% 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

Village of Elmwood Park Fire Department: 1.0 → 5.9 TCR

Peak year 2022 @ 7.9 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2023

Village of Elmwood Park Fire Department's TCR rose 4.9 from 1.0 in 2020 to 5.9 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2022 at 7.9 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 922160 · Village of Elmwood Park, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.9 · 154% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #47/262
  • PHOTO Norwood Park Fire Pr…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 7 inj
  • SIZE ~26 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Norwood Park Fire Protection District (0.0 TCR gap)

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Village of Elmwood Park Fire Department in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Village of Elmwood Park Fire Department averages 4.9 TCR (154% 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

Village of Elmwood Park Fire Department TCR series: 2020=1 · 2022=7.9 · 2023=5.9 · BLS 3.2

Where Village of Elmwood Park Fire Department falls in its industry

793 Fire departments (e.g., govern establishments

Safer than 79% 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 #47 safest of 262 Fire departments (e.g., govern employers in Illinois.

Village of Elmwood Park Fire Department (26 employees, TCR 4.9) 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 Village of Elmwood Park Fire Department
Village of Elmwood Park Fire Department (26 employees, TCR 4.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 9.8

Village of Elmwood Park Fire Department has fewer 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
2023 5.9 0.0 3 0 0
2022 7.9 2.0 3 1 0
2020 1.0 1.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

922160 · IL · Village of Elmwood Park

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 · 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 Norwood Park Fire Protection District 4.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR 1083 GRAYSLAKE FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT 5.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Orem City Fire Department 5.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Village of Oak Brook - Fire Dept 5.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Rock River - Corporate 26 FTE
STATE-SIZE Corporate 26 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hill 'N Dale Farm 26 FTE
STATE-SIZE Jackson Generation 26 FTE
NAT-TCR Salo Manufacturing 4.9 TCR
NAT-TCR GJR Management Inc 4.9 TCR
NAT-TCR 20529 Northampton 4.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Starling at San Jose 4.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Electrical Engineering and Equipment Co (Pc4426) 26 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sheriff's Office / Law Enforcement Center 26 FTE
NAT-SIZE Emergency Medical Services / Transit Building 26 FTE
NAT-SIZE CED Greentech (PC1875) 26 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: 2023, 2022, 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.