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

Berlin Vol Fire Dept

Berlin, CT · ~20 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
21.3
Avg TCR
3.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Berlin Vol Fire Dept runs at 665% 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.

Berlin Vol Fire Dept: 21.3 TCR = 665% of Fire departments (e.g., government, volunteer (except private)) BLS 3.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Berlin Vol Fire Dept safety composite

Berlin Vol Fire Dept scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 85% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 8%), 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

46/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 21.27 per 100 workers

Safer than 8% 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%).

TCR Δ

−42.5

2023→2024

Berlin Vol Fire Dept injury rate improved

Berlin Vol Fire Dept's TCR fell 42.5 from 42.5 in 2023 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 42.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2023=42.5 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 922160 · Berlin, CT ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 21.3 · 665% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #99/113
  • PHOTO Citizens Fire Depart…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~20 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Citizens Fire Department (0.2 TCR gap)

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Berlin Vol Fire Dept in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Berlin Vol Fire Dept averages 21.3 TCR (665% 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

Berlin Vol Fire Dept TCR series: 2023=42.5 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.2

Where Berlin Vol Fire Dept falls in its industry

793 Fire departments (e.g., govern establishments

Safer than 8% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 9.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Connecticut alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #99 safest of 113 Fire departments (e.g., govern employers in Connecticut.

Berlin Vol Fire Dept (20 employees, TCR 21.3) 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 Berlin Vol Fire Dept
Berlin Vol Fire Dept (20 employees, TCR 21.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 9.8

Berlin Vol Fire Dept has fewer 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 42.5 42.5 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

922160 · CT · Berlin

793 Fire departments (e.g., government, volunteer (except private)) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,008 rated employers in Connecticut with headcount on file · 71 employers in Berlin, CT · 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 Citizens Fire Department 21.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR SOUTHERN REGION : MMU 21.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Highland Township Fire Department 21.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR NORTHERN REGION : BTU 21.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Charles River Avian Voluntown 20 FTE
STATE-SIZE Eversource - Newtown Gas 20 FTE
STATE-SIZE Water & Sewer - Spring Street 20 FTE
STATE-SIZE Middletown Water Department 20 FTE
CITY-NEAR Eversource - Berlin 1,244 FTE
CITY-NEAR 12121 485 FTE
CITY-NEAR 222 New Park Dr 469 FTE
CITY-NEAR Corbin Russwin 337 FTE
NAT-TCR Cornerstone Packing & Cooling 21.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Muscatine SNF Operator LLC 21.3 TCR
NAT-TCR BV Operations, LLC dba Bradford Village Healthcare Center 21.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Nexus-FACTS Family Healing 21.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Koyama Construction Inc 20 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ohio Valley Stow 20 FTE
NAT-SIZE 5278 - P78cos-Fpco-Cos Co 20 FTE
NAT-SIZE Moberly Hotel 20 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.