Firefighting (except forest), government and volunteer (except private) · Kentucky

City of Paducah - Fire Department

Name: City of Paducah - Fire Department Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Paducah, KY · ~63 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

B
Good Safety Record: 2.0
Avg TCR: 3.2
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

City of Paducah - Fire Department runs at 63% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Firefighting (except forest), government and volunteer (except private) workplace, earning a grade B.

City of Paducah - Fire Department: 2.0 TCR = 63% of Firefighting (except forest), government and volunteer (except private) BLS 3.2 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

City of Paducah - Fire Department safety composite

City of Paducah - Fire Department scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 94% 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).

80/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): A 2.01 per 100 workers

Safer than 94% of industry peers
DART rate: B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 85% 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

−4.8

2021→2023

City of Paducah - Fire Department injury rate improved

City of Paducah - Fire Department's TCR fell 4.8 from 4.8 in 2021 to 0.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2021 at 4.8 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=4.8 · 2022=1.2 · 2023=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 922160 · Paducah, KY AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.0 · 63% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #1/6
PHOTO Village of Tinley Pa…
BOOK 3y book
INJ 3 inj
SIZE ~63 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Village of Tinley Park - Fire (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows City of Paducah - Fire Department averages 2.0 TCR (63% of the Firefighting (except forest), government and volunteer (except private) BLS benchmark).

City of Paducah - Fire Department TCR series: 2021=4.8 · 2022=1.2 · 2023=0 · BLS 3.2

Where City of Paducah - Fire Department falls in its industry

793 Firefighting (except forest), establishments

Safer than 94% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 9.8.

Grade B

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Kentucky alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #1 safest of 6 Firefighting (except forest), employers in Kentucky.

City of Paducah - Fire Department (63 employees, TCR 2.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 9.8

City of Paducah - Fire Department has more employees than the Firefighting (except forest), government 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
2023	0.0	0.0	0	0
2022	1.2	0.0	1	0
2021	4.8	4.8	2	1

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

922160 · KY · Paducah

793 Firefighting (except forest), government and volunteer (except private) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,805 rated employers in Kentucky with headcount on file · 198 employers in Paducah, KY · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Village of Tinley Park - Fire	TINLEY PARK, IL	2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Troy Fire Protection District	SHOREWOOD, IL	2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Town of Clayton-Fire Station 2	CLAYTON, NC	2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Fire Station II	FARMINGTON HILLS, MI	2.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Airdrie Stud	MIDWAY	63 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Mountain Water District	PIKEVILLE	63 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Louisville KY 1	LOUISVILLE	63 FTE
STATE-SIZE	SEKRI - Paris	PARIS	63 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Ingram barge Company	Paducah	2,071 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Baptist Health Paducah Hospital	Paducah	1,605 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Baptist Health Paducah	Paducah	1,459 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Baptist Heatlh Paducah	Paducah	1,398 FTE
NAT-TCR	DPR Construction - Portland	Portland, OR	2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR	Asplundh Tree Expert, LLC - 033	Plymouth, MA	2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR	Fayetteville Office	Fayetteville, NC	2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR	55619 Univ of Alabama	Tuscaloosa, AL	2.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Mereen Johnson	Minneapolis, MN	63 FTE
NAT-SIZE	The Waterview Woods	Eveleth, MN	63 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Carnivore Meat Company - Yeager	Green Bay, WI	63 FTE
NAT-SIZE	PJR & Associates, Inc.	Campbell Hill, IL	63 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: 2023, 2022, 2021. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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