Fire and rescue service · North Carolina

City of Greensboro- Fire Department

Greensboro, NC · ~641 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.2
Avg TCR
3.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

City of Greensboro- Fire Department runs at 163% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Fire and rescue service workplace, earning a grade D.

City of Greensboro- Fire Department: 5.2 TCR = 163% of Fire and rescue service BLS 3.2 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

City of Greensboro- Fire Department safety composite

City of Greensboro- Fire Department scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 77% 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

66/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 5.21 per 100 workers

Safer than 77% of industry peers

DART rate
C 2.29 per 100 workers

Safer than 62% 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

−0.9

2022→2024

City of Greensboro- Fire Department injury rate improved

City of Greensboro- Fire Department's TCR fell 0.9 from 4.8 in 2022 to 3.9 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 7.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.44× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=4.8 · 2023=7.0 · 2024=3.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 922160 · Greensboro, NC ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 5.2 · 163% of ind

  • DART 2.3 DART
  • RANK #21/36
  • PHOTO Gurnee Fire Department
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 79 inj
  • SIZE ~641 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Gurnee Fire Department (0.0 TCR gap)

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City of Greensboro- Fire Department in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows City of Greensboro- Fire Department averages 5.2 TCR (163% of the Fire and rescue service BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-08-25

City of Greensboro- Fire Department TCR series: 2022=4.8 · 2023=7 · 2024=3.9 · BLS 3.2

Where City of Greensboro- Fire Department falls in its industry

793 Fire and rescue service establishments

Safer than 77% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 9.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #21 safest of 36 Fire and rescue service employers in North Carolina.

City of Greensboro- Fire Department (641 employees, TCR 5.2) 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 City of Greensboro- Fire Department
City of Greensboro- Fire Department (641 employees, TCR 5.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 9.8

City of Greensboro- Fire Department has more employees than the Fire and rescue service 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 3.9 2.3 21 1 0
2023 7.0 2.5 32 7 0
2022 4.8 2.7 26 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

922160 · NC · Greensboro

793 Fire and rescue service employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 920 employers in Greensboro, NC · 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 Gurnee Fire Department 5.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Noroton Heights Fire Department 5.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Village of Niles Fire Department 5.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Lincoln Rural Fire Protection District 5.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Charlotte Manufacturing Operations 641 FTE
STATE-SIZE IS - MFG US - Mebane, NC 642 FTE
STATE-SIZE Industrial Solutions : IS - MFG US - Mebane, NC 642 FTE
STATE-SIZE PactivEvergreen Mooresville 643 FTE
CITY-NEAR MHCMH-Cone-Moses H Cone Memorial Hospital 3,806 FTE
CITY-NEAR Guilford County Local Government - All Employees 3,270 FTE
CITY-NEAR Guilford County Local Government 3,194 FTE
CITY-NEAR NCGRE - GREENSBORO HUB 2,447 FTE
NAT-TCR Spring Valley Health & Rehabilitation Center 5.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Puget Paving & Construction, Inc. 5.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Reyco Systems Caldwell 5.2 TCR
NAT-TCR 0250 - Santa Ana South Coast 5.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Coca Cola Puerto Rico Bottler 641 FTE
NAT-SIZE Howmet Aerospace Inc 641 FTE
NAT-SIZE General Services Departments 641 FTE
NAT-SIZE Clinton Corn Plant 641 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, 2022. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.