Fire and rescue service · Virginia
Bedford County Fire & Rescue
Bedford, VA · ~63 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 11.3
- Avg TCR
- 3.2
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Bedford County Fire & Rescue runs at 353% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Fire and rescue service workplace, earning a grade F.
Bedford County Fire & Rescue: 11.3 TCR = 353% of Fire and rescue service BLS 3.2 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Bedford County Fire & Rescue safety composite
Bedford County Fire & Rescue scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 54% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 41%), 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).
48/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 11.29 per 100 workers
Safer than 41% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 3.24 per 100 workers
Safer than 54% 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
Bedford County Fire & Rescue: 3.4 → 8.1 TCR
Peak year 2022 @ 19.6 TCR · DART/TCR 0.29× in 2024
Bedford County Fire & Rescue's TCR rose 4.7 from 3.4 in 2018 to 8.1 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 19.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.29× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 922160 · Bedford, VA ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 11.3 · 353% of ind
- DART 3.2 DART
- RANK #22/29
- PHOTO City of Burbank - Fi…
- BOOK 6y book
- INJ 37 inj
- SIZE ~63 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: City of Burbank - Fire - Miscellaneous Members (0.0 TCR gap)
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Bedford County Fire & Rescue in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Bedford County Fire & Rescue
11.3 TCR
- City of Burban
City of Burbank - Fire - Miscellaneous Members
11.3 TCR
- 108 Pleasantvi
108 Pleasantview Fire Protection District
11.3 TCR
- Bristol Fire &
Bristol Fire & Rescue
11.2 TCR
- Fox River Grov
Fox River Grove Fire Protection District
11.2 TCR
What this shows Bedford County Fire & Rescue averages 11.3 TCR (353% of the Fire and rescue service BLS benchmark).
Bedford County Fire & Rescue TCR series: 2018=3.4 · 2020=15.9 · 2021=7.8 · 2022=19.6 · 2023=12.9 · 2024=8.1 · BLS 3.2
Where Bedford County Fire & Rescue falls in its industry
793 Fire and rescue service establishmentsSafer than 41% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 9.8.
Narrower to Virginia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #22 safest of 29 Fire and rescue service employers in Virginia.
Bedford County Fire & Rescue has more employees than the Fire and rescue service 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 | 8.1 | 3.2 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 12.9 | 3.2 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 19.6 | 14.2 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 7.8 | 0.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 15.9 | 4.8 | 6 | 4 | 0 |
| 2018 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
922160 · VA · Bedford
793 Fire and rescue service employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,673 rated employers in Virginia with headcount on file · 38 employers in Bedford, VA · 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 | City of Burbank - Fire - Miscellaneous Members | 11.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Bristol Fire & Rescue | 11.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | 108 Pleasantview Fire Protection District | 11.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Fox River Grove Fire Protection District | 11.2 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Summit Helicopters, Inc. | 63 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | W&L Construction and Paving Inc. | 63 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Division of Transportation (CON-0125) | 63 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | E Contracting Services, LLC | 63 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | WM 1399 | 314 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 1399 | 292 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Sam Moore Furniture | 216 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 524 - BEDFORD | 123 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | AUS-INFLIGHT | 11.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Louisville Jefferson County Metro Govt - Public Works - SWMS - Admin | 11.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Mansfield Memorial Homes | 11.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Amazon.com Services LLC - PDX7 | 11.3 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Indorama Ventures - Dayton | 63 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | The Atlas Group | 63 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Shadco LLC | 63 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | KY Hardwood Lumber, Inc | 63 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.