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

City of Hartford Fire Department

Hartford, CT · ~297 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
13.4
Avg TCR
3.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

City of Hartford Fire Department runs at 420% 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 of Hartford Fire Department: 13.4 TCR = 420% of Fire departments (e.g., government, volunteer (except private)) BLS 3.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

City of Hartford Fire Department safety composite

City of Hartford Fire Department scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 22%), 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).

F

34/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 13.44 per 100 workers

Safer than 32% of industry peers

DART rate
F 9.34 per 100 workers

Safer than 22% 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

−8.2

2017→2018

City of Hartford Fire Department injury rate improved

City of Hartford Fire Department's TCR fell 8.2 from 17.5 in 2017 to 9.3 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2017 at 17.5 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0.69× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=17.5 · 2018=9.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 922160 · Hartford, CT ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 13.4 · 420% of ind

  • DART 9.3 DART
  • RANK #74/113
  • PHOTO 627 MANHATTAN FIRE P…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 78 inj
  • SIZE ~297 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 627 MANHATTAN FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT (0.0 TCR gap)

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City of Hartford Fire Department in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows City of Hartford Fire Department averages 13.4 TCR (420% 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

City of Hartford Fire Department TCR series: 2017=17.5 · 2018=9.3 · BLS 3.2

Where City of Hartford Fire Department falls in its industry

793 Fire departments (e.g., govern establishments

Safer than 32% 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 #74 safest of 113 Fire departments (e.g., govern employers in Connecticut.

City of Hartford Fire Department (297 employees, TCR 13.4) 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 Hartford Fire Department
City of Hartford Fire Department (297 employees, TCR 13.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 9.8

City of Hartford Fire Department 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
2018 9.3 9.3 26 6 0
2017 17.5 17.5 52 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

922160 · CT · Hartford

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 · 270 employers in Hartford, 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 627 MANHATTAN FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT 13.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Bedford Park Fire Department 13.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Fire Station #82 & Fire Training Center 13.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Fire Protection 13.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE CNG - Meadow Street 297 FTE
STATE-SIZE Microbest Inc 297 FTE
STATE-SIZE Skilled Nursing Facility-Long Term-THSC 297 FTE
STATE-SIZE Morris Group Inc 298 FTE
CITY-NEAR HARTFORD HOSPITAL 7,842 FTE
CITY-NEAR Saint Francis Hospital 4,674 FTE
CITY-NEAR LAZ Parking California, LLC 4,117 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hartford-Saint Francis Hospital 3,165 FTE
NAT-TCR Southern Pines Center (Ncsou) 13.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Ecommerce Nj Warehouse 13.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Depoe Bay - Resort 13.4 TCR
NAT-TCR North 13.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Dakkota Chicago 297 FTE
NAT-SIZE Reading (Parea) 297 FTE
NAT-SIZE Carlisle (Alexander Spring Road) 297 FTE
NAT-SIZE Columbus Community Hospital 297 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: 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.