Fire departments (e.g., government, volunteer (except private)) · Tennessee
City Government - Fire Protection
Knoxville, TN · ~360 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 8.6
- Avg TCR
- 3.2
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
City Government - Fire Protection runs at 269% 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.
City Government - Fire Protection: 8.6 TCR = 269% of Fire departments (e.g., government, volunteer (except private)) BLS 3.2 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)
City Government - Fire Protection safety composite
City Government - Fire Protection scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 58% 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).
56/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- C 8.61 per 100 workers
Safer than 57% of industry peers
- DART rate
- C 2.75 per 100 workers
Safer than 58% 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
City Government - Fire Protection: 5.5 → 6.9 TCR
Peak year 2022 @ 15.3 TCR · DART/TCR 0.32× in 2024
City Government - Fire Protection's TCR rose 1.4 from 5.5 in 2016 to 6.9 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 15.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.32× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 922160 · Knoxville, TN ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade F · TCR 8.6 · 269% of ind
- DART 2.8 DART
- RANK #6/8
- PHOTO City of Waseca - Fir…
- BOOK 7y book
- INJ 174 inj
- SIZE ~360 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: City of Waseca - Fire Department (0.0 TCR gap)
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City Government - Fire Protection in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
City Government - Fire Protection
8.6 TCR
- City of Waseca
City of Waseca - Fire Department
8.6 TCR
- Milford Fire D
Milford Fire Department - Station 8
8.6 TCR
- CITY OF MARION
CITY OF MARION, ILLINOIS Fire Department
8.6 TCR
- Village of Ros
Village of Roselle Fire Department
8.6 TCR
What this shows City Government - Fire Protection averages 8.6 TCR (269% of the Fire departments (e.g., government, volunteer (except private)) BLS benchmark).
City Government - Fire Protection TCR series: 2016=5.5 · 2019=7.9 · 2020=7.5 · 2021=9.7 · 2022=15.3 · 2023=7.5 · 2024=6.9 · BLS 3.2
Where City Government - Fire Protection falls in its industry
793 Fire departments (e.g., govern establishmentsSafer than 57% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 9.8.
Narrower to Tennessee alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 8 Fire departments (e.g., govern employers in Tennessee.
City Government - Fire Protection 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6.9 | 2.8 | 24 | 6 | 0 |
| 2023 | 7.5 | 5.0 | 28 | 5 | 0 |
| 2022 | 15.3 | 12.6 | 30 | 37 | 0 |
| 2021 | 9.7 | 6.3 | 20 | 22 | 0 |
| 2020 | 7.5 | 4.6 | 23 | 10 | 0 |
| 2019 | 7.9 | 5.5 | 27 | 7 | 0 |
| 2016 | 5.5 | 3.3 | 22 | 3 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
922160 · TN · Knoxville
793 Fire departments (e.g., government, volunteer (except private)) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,743 rated employers in Tennessee with headcount on file · 747 employers in Knoxville, TN · 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 Waseca - Fire Department | 8.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Milford Fire Department - Station 8 | 8.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | CITY OF MARION, ILLINOIS Fire Department | 8.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Village of Roselle Fire Department | 8.6 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | FiberWeb | 360 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Tri State Distribution, Inc | 360 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | 4323 | 360 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Parkridge Valley Hospital | 360 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Cellular Sales Services Group LLC | 6,387 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | University Health System, Inc | 5,215 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Functional Pathways of TN LLC | 2,258 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | HES Facilities Services K-12 | 2,157 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | The Windsor of Venice | 8.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Ray Skillman Westside Imports, Inc | 8.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | JSP - Jackson 1 | 8.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Grand View Dairy Farm, Inc. | 8.6 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Connelly Electric Co. | 360 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Plant D7 | 360 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Flexfab LLC - Main | 360 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Carlton County | 360 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.