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

Village of Northbrook - Fire

Northbrook, IL · ~85 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
11.8
Avg TCR
3.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Village of Northbrook - Fire runs at 367% 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.

Village of Northbrook - Fire: 11.8 TCR = 367% of Fire departments (e.g., government, volunteer (except private)) BLS 3.2 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Village of Northbrook - Fire safety composite

Village of Northbrook - Fire scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 38%), 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).

D

42/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 11.75 per 100 workers

Safer than 39% of industry peers

DART rate
D 5.93 per 100 workers

Safer than 38% 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

−5.5

2017→2022

Village of Northbrook - Fire injury rate improved

Village of Northbrook - Fire's TCR fell 5.5 from 11.4 in 2017 to 5.9 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2021 at 14.0 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0.5× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=11.4 · 2018=12.7 · 2019=12.6 · 2020=13.9 · 2021=14.0 · 2022=5.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade F · TCR 11.8 · 367% of ind

  • DART 5.9 DART
  • RANK #169/262
  • PHOTO Fire
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 46 inj
  • SIZE ~85 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Fire (0.0 TCR gap)

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Village of Northbrook - Fire in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Village of Northbrook - Fire averages 11.8 TCR (367% 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 Northbrook - Fire TCR series: 2017=11.4 · 2018=12.7 · 2019=12.6 · 2020=13.9 · 2021=14 · 2022=5.9 · BLS 3.2

Where Village of Northbrook - Fire falls in its industry

793 Fire departments (e.g., govern establishments

Safer than 39% 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 #169 safest of 262 Fire departments (e.g., govern employers in Illinois.

Village of Northbrook - Fire (85 employees, TCR 11.8) 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 Northbrook - Fire
Village of Northbrook - Fire (85 employees, TCR 11.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 9.8

Village of Northbrook - Fire 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
2022 5.9 5.9 4 1 0
2021 14.0 9.3 10 2 0
2020 13.9 13.9 7 5 0
2019 12.6 9.2 9 2 0
2018 12.7 8.1 7 4 0
2017 11.4 8.0 9 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

922160 · IL · Northbrook

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 · 122 employers in Northbrook, 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 Fire 11.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR City of New Haven - FIRE Headquarters 11.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Village of Hanover Park Fire 11.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Vancouver Fire Dept Station 2 11.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Atkinson 85 FTE
STATE-SIZE DuPont Pioneer Utica UTI1 85 FTE
STATE-SIZE Monmouth, IL 85 FTE
STATE-SIZE Newton Power Station 85 FTE
CITY-NEAR Astellas Pharma US 1,228 FTE
CITY-NEAR Astellas Pharma Global Development 908 FTE
CITY-NEAR Astellas US LLC 896 FTE
CITY-NEAR ILNOR - NORTHBROOK 780 FTE
NAT-TCR Urich 11.8 TCR
NAT-TCR 4054-ABS-0027-0026-00419 11.8 TCR
NAT-TCR 4054-ABS-0017-0016-00212 11.8 TCR
NAT-TCR 6962-SWY-0029-0029-02111 11.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE 517 - Gainesville-GA 85 FTE
NAT-SIZE 523 - Hermitage-TN 85 FTE
NAT-SIZE 600 - Moorpark 85 FTE
NAT-SIZE 748 - Amarillo 85 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: 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 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.