Ambulance and fire service combined · Connecticut

City of Middletown - Fire Service

Middletown, CT · ~62 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 Middletown - Fire Service runs at 161% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Ambulance and fire service combined workplace, earning a grade D.

City of Middletown - Fire Service: 5.2 TCR = 161% of Ambulance and fire service combined BLS 3.2 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

City of Middletown - Fire Service safety composite

City of Middletown - Fire Service 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

63/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 5.16 per 100 workers

Safer than 77% of industry peers

DART rate
C 3.06 per 100 workers

Safer than 55% 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

−6.0

2022→2024

City of Middletown - Fire Service injury rate improved

City of Middletown - Fire Service's TCR fell 6.0 from 9.0 in 2022 to 3.1 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 9.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.59× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=9.0 · 2023=3.4 · 2024=3.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade D · TCR 5.2 · 161% of ind

  • DART 3.1 DART
  • RANK #17/113
  • PHOTO Bensenville Fire Pro…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 13 inj
  • SIZE ~62 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Bensenville Fire Protection District (0.0 TCR gap)

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City of Middletown - Fire Service in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows City of Middletown - Fire Service averages 5.2 TCR (161% of the Ambulance and fire service combined BLS benchmark).

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

City of Middletown - Fire Service TCR series: 2022=9 · 2023=3.4 · 2024=3.1 · BLS 3.2

Where City of Middletown - Fire Service falls in its industry

793 Ambulance and fire service com establishments

Safer than 77% 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 #17 safest of 113 Ambulance and fire service com employers in Connecticut.

City of Middletown - Fire Service (62 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 Middletown - Fire Service
City of Middletown - Fire Service (62 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 Middletown - Fire Service has more employees than the Ambulance and fire service combined 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 3.1 3.1 1 0 0
2023 3.4 2.3 3 0 0
2022 9.0 6.0 9 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

922160 · CT · Middletown

793 Ambulance and fire service combined employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,008 rated employers in Connecticut with headcount on file · 119 employers in Middletown, 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 Bensenville Fire Protection District 5.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Admin Offices - Kahului 5.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR St. Charles Fire Department 5.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Fire Station I 5.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Bartlett Brainard Eacott 62 FTE
STATE-SIZE NPL East LLC - Connecticut 62 FTE
STATE-SIZE 16-CT 62 FTE
STATE-SIZE Botanical Extract Manufacturer 62 FTE
CITY-NEAR Pratt & Whitney Middletown 2,686 FTE
CITY-NEAR MIDDLESEX HEALTH SYSTEM INC. 2,666 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6458-MIDD 1,435 FTE
CITY-NEAR Middletown Public Schools 1,105 FTE
NAT-TCR Leisure Village 5.2 TCR
NAT-TCR PEC-Canyon Lake 5.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Olean General Hospital 5.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Azura Kenosha 5.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Kobelco Compressors Manufacturing Indiana Inc. 62 FTE
NAT-SIZE Alpine Construction Services 62 FTE
NAT-SIZE Puget Paving & Construction, Inc. 62 FTE
NAT-SIZE Bettendorf Health Care Center 62 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.