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

City of Norwich: Fire Department

Norwich, CT · ~61 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
16.6
Avg TCR
3.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

City of Norwich: Fire Department runs at 519% 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 Norwich: Fire Department: 16.6 TCR = 519% of Fire departments (e.g., government, volunteer (except private)) BLS 3.2 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

City of Norwich: Fire Department safety composite

City of Norwich: Fire Department scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 20%), 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

35/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 16.61 per 100 workers

Safer than 20% of industry peers

DART rate
D 5.41 per 100 workers

Safer than 41% 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

−6.9

2019→2024

City of Norwich: Fire Department injury rate improved

City of Norwich: Fire Department's TCR fell 6.9 from 15.9 in 2019 to 9.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 21.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.33× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=15.9 · 2020=20.5 · 2021=12.3 · 2022=20.8 · 2023=21.1 · 2024=9.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade F · TCR 16.6 · 519% of ind

  • DART 5.4 DART
  • RANK #88/113
  • PHOTO Franklin Park Fire D…
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 60 inj
  • SIZE ~61 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Franklin Park Fire Department (0.0 TCR gap)

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City of Norwich: Fire Department in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows City of Norwich: Fire Department averages 16.6 TCR (519% 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 Norwich: Fire Department TCR series: 2019=15.9 · 2020=20.5 · 2021=12.3 · 2022=20.8 · 2023=21.1 · 2024=9 · BLS 3.2

Where City of Norwich: Fire Department falls in its industry

793 Fire departments (e.g., govern establishments

Safer than 20% 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 #88 safest of 113 Fire departments (e.g., govern employers in Connecticut.

City of Norwich: Fire Department (61 employees, TCR 16.6) 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 Norwich: Fire Department
City of Norwich: Fire Department (61 employees, TCR 16.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 9.8

City of Norwich: 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
2024 9.0 5.4 5 0 0
2023 21.1 15.8 11 1 0
2022 20.8 9.7 11 4 0
2021 12.3 9.6 9 0 0
2020 20.5 11.7 13 1 0
2019 15.9 7.2 11 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

922160 · CT · Norwich

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 · 63 employers in Norwich, 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 Franklin Park Fire Department 16.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Chatham Fire Department 16.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Richmond Township Fire Protection District 16.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR 077 LONG CREEK FPD 16.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Electric Division 61 FTE
STATE-SIZE Strategic Commercial Realty, Inc. 61 FTE
STATE-SIZE Danella Construction Corporation of Connecticut 61 FTE
STATE-SIZE Kim Industries Inc. 61 FTE
CITY-NEAR BACKUS HOSPITAL 1,819 FTE
CITY-NEAR The William W Backus Hospital 1,604 FTE
CITY-NEAR The Arc Eastern Connecticut 467 FTE
CITY-NEAR SNE Southern New England 329 FTE
NAT-TCR Kre-Bsl Husky Blenheim-Newport Operation LLC 16.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Starr Pass 16.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Aegis Living Kirkland Waterfront 16.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Remmey The Pallet Co Lehighton 16.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE 5015096 - SFO Terminal 1C 61 FTE
NAT-SIZE Mesa - Ventura 61 FTE
NAT-SIZE Skycoat LLC 61 FTE
NAT-SIZE 008m - Buford 61 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, 2021, 2020, 2019. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.