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

County Fire/ Special Districts

San Bernardino, CA · ~993 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
9.0
Avg TCR
3.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

County Fire/ Special Districts runs at 280% 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.

County Fire/ Special Districts: 9.0 TCR = 280% of Fire departments (e.g., government, volunteer (except private)) BLS 3.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

County Fire/ Special Districts safety composite

County Fire/ Special Districts scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 55% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 40%), 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

49/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 8.96 per 100 workers

Safer than 55% of industry peers

DART rate
D 5.55 per 100 workers

Safer than 40% 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%).

Rising injury rate

County Fire/ Special Districts: 7.7 → 10.2 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 10.2 TCR · DART/TCR 0.62× in 2018

County Fire/ Special Districts's TCR rose 2.5 from 7.7 in 2017 to 10.2 in 2018. In 2018, DART was 0.62× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 922160 · San Bernardino, CA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 9.0 · 280% of ind

  • DART 5.5 DART
  • RANK #21/87
  • PHOTO Oswego Fire Protecti…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 230 inj
  • SIZE ~993 FTE

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

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County Fire/ Special Districts in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows County Fire/ Special Districts averages 9.0 TCR (280% 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

County Fire/ Special Districts TCR series: 2017=7.7 · 2018=10.2 · BLS 3.2

Where County Fire/ Special Districts falls in its industry

793 Fire departments (e.g., govern establishments

Safer than 55% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 9.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #21 safest of 87 Fire departments (e.g., govern employers in California.

County Fire/ Special Districts (993 employees, TCR 9.0) 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 05001,0001,500 0102030 Average employees Total Case Rate County Fire/ Special Districts
County Fire/ Special Districts (993 employees, TCR 9.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 9.8

County Fire/ Special Districts has more employees than the Fire departments (e.g., government, volu 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
2018 10.2 5.5 144 3 0
2017 7.7 2.9 86 29 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

922160 · CA · San Bernardino

793 Fire departments (e.g., government, volunteer (except private)) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 332 employers in San Bernardino, CA · 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 Oswego Fire Protection District 9.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Fire Department 9.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Aurora Fire Department 9.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR City of Asheville Fire Department 9.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE SANCXUPDH SAN - UPS DHL 994 FTE
STATE-SIZE 6458-SACR 992 FTE
STATE-SIZE VF Outdoor 992 FTE
STATE-SIZE Burlington Stores - San Bernardino Distribution Center 992 FTE
CITY-NEAR Sheriff Department 3,321 FTE
CITY-NEAR North America Fulfillment Centers (FCs) : ONT2 2,856 FTE
CITY-NEAR Transitional Assistance Department 2,824 FTE
CITY-NEAR Amazon Transportation Services : ONT5 2,475 FTE
NAT-TCR Prime Pak Foods 9.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Pdx Airport (Orair) 9.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Harbor Village North 9.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Save-A-Lot #45100 9.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE North America Fulfillment Centers (FCs) : CVG3 993 FTE
NAT-SIZE General Mills (Wellston) 993 FTE
NAT-SIZE Rubbermaid Food Storage 993 FTE
NAT-SIZE Land O'Lakes, Inc. - Sales Force 993 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.