Fire fighter training schools · Connecticut

Connecticut Fire Academy

Windsor Locks, CT · ~73 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
13.6
Avg TCR
1.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Connecticut Fire Academy runs at 973% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Fire fighter training schools workplace, earning a grade F.

Connecticut Fire Academy: 13.6 TCR = 973% of Fire fighter training schools BLS 1.4 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Connecticut Fire Academy safety composite

Connecticut Fire Academy scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 0%), 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

14/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 13.62 per 100 workers

Safer than 0% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.59 per 100 workers

Safer than 4% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 50% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Connecticut Fire Academy: 9.3 → 17.9 TCR

Peak year 2023 @ 17.9 TCR · DART/TCR 0.26× in 2023

Connecticut Fire Academy's TCR rose 8.7 from 9.3 in 2021 to 17.9 in 2023. In 2023, DART was 0.26× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 611519 · Windsor Locks, CT ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 13.6 · 973% of ind

  • DART 3.6 DART
  • RANK P0
  • PHOTO The Crucible
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 7 inj
  • SIZE ~73 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: The Crucible (7.0 TCR gap)

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Connecticut Fire Academy in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Connecticut Fire Academy averages 13.6 TCR (973% of the Fire fighter training schools BLS benchmark).

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

Connecticut Fire Academy TCR series: 2021=9.3 · 2023=17.9 · BLS 1.4

Where Connecticut Fire Academy falls in its industry

13 Fire fighter training schools establishments

Safer than 0% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Connecticut Fire Academy (73 employees, TCR 13.6) among 9 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 126 employees and a TCR of 1.9 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 10 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 02004006008001,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Mount Carmel College of NursingSamuel Merritt University (215-350HAW)Dakota County Technical CollegeCARLETON EQUIPMENT CO - KALAMAZOOSamuel Merritt University (215-OAK)The CrucibleZiegler BLoomingtonAnoka Technical CollegeSamuel Merritt University (215-SAC)Connecticut Fire Academy
Connecticut Fire Academy (73 employees, TCR 13.6) among 9 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 126 employees and a TCR of 1.9

Connecticut Fire Academy has fewer employees than the Fire fighter training schools median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.9. 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
2023 17.9 3.6 5 0 0
2021 9.3 9.3 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

611519 · CT · Windsor Locks

13 Fire fighter training schools employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,008 rated employers in Connecticut with headcount on file · 88 employers in Windsor Locks, 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 The Crucible 6.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR 6808-0163 4.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Samuel Merritt University (215-350HAW) 3.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Samuel Merritt University (215-OAK) 3.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE CECO Concrete : Hartford 73 FTE
STATE-SIZE The Platt Bros. & Co., Inc 73 FTE
STATE-SIZE Forrest Machine Inc. 73 FTE
STATE-SIZE Connecticut Division 73 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hamilton Sundstrand 3,992 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation (Windsor Locks CT) 3,929 FTE
CITY-NEAR UTC Aerospace Systems Major Business Unit 3,700 FTE
CITY-NEAR BDLXL0001 BDLXL0001 542 FTE
NAT-TCR Champion Benton 13.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Snappy Popcorn 13.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Mantey Heights Stellar Senior Living 13.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Store 1037 13.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE A. Brown & Sons Nursery, Inc. 73 FTE
NAT-SIZE Omnium - Hampton, IA 73 FTE
NAT-SIZE County Counsel 73 FTE
NAT-SIZE Regency Management, Inc. 73 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, 2021. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.