Firefighting (except forest), government and volunteer (except private) · Indiana
Decatur Township Fire Department
Indianapolis, IN · ~80 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 21.7
- Avg TCR
- 3.2
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Decatur Township Fire Department runs at 678% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Firefighting (except forest), government and volunteer (except private) workplace, earning a grade F.
Decatur Township Fire Department: 21.7 TCR = 678% of Firefighting (except forest), government and volunteer (except private) BLS 3.2 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Decatur Township Fire Department safety composite
Decatur Township Fire Department scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 8%), 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).
26/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 21.7 per 100 workers
Safer than 8% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 7.92 per 100 workers
Safer than 28% 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
Decatur Township Fire Department: 9.5 → 33.7 TCR
Peak year 2024 @ 33.7 TCR · DART/TCR 0.36× in 2024
Decatur Township Fire Department's TCR rose 24.1 from 9.5 in 2019 to 33.7 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0.36× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 922160 · Indianapolis, IN ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 21.7 · 678% of ind
- DART 7.9 DART
- RANK #12/12
- PHOTO Fire Emergency Servi…
- BOOK 4y book
- INJ 68 inj
- SIZE ~80 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Fire Emergency Services Station 71 (0.0 TCR gap)
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Decatur Township Fire Department in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Decatur Township Fire Department
21.7 TCR
- Fire Emergency
Fire Emergency Services Station 71
21.7 TCR
- NORTHERN REGIO
NORTHERN REGION : BTU
21.6 TCR
- Highland Towns
Highland Township Fire Department
21.5 TCR
- SOUTHERN REGIO
SOUTHERN REGION : MMU
21.5 TCR
What this shows Decatur Township Fire Department averages 21.7 TCR (678% of the Firefighting (except forest), government and volunteer (except private) BLS benchmark).
Decatur Township Fire Department TCR series: 2019=9.5 · 2020=20.7 · 2022=22.9 · 2024=33.7 · BLS 3.2
Where Decatur Township Fire Department falls in its industry
793 Firefighting (except forest), establishmentsSafer than 8% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 9.8.
Narrower to Indiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #12 safest of 12 Firefighting (except forest), employers in Indiana.
Decatur Township Fire Department has more employees than the Firefighting (except forest), government 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 | 33.7 | 7.9 | 30 | 4 | 0 |
| 2022 | 22.9 | 7.3 | 16 | 6 | 0 |
| 2020 | 20.7 | 16.7 | 13 | 8 | 0 |
| 2019 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
922160 · IN · Indianapolis
793 Firefighting (except forest), government and volunteer (except private) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,750 rated employers in Indiana with headcount on file · 2,074 employers in Indianapolis, IN · 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 | Fire Emergency Services Station 71 | 21.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | NORTHERN REGION : BTU | 21.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Highland Township Fire Department | 21.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | SOUTHERN REGION : MMU | 21.5 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | 180-NiSource-Crown Point IN-Operating HQ | 80 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | XL Industrial Services, Inc. | 80 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Directline Communications Inc. | 80 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Elbrecht Investments | 80 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Indiana University Health, Inc | 7,874 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Methodist Hospital | 6,862 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Eli Lilly - Lilly Corp Center | 6,482 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Lilly Technology Center | 6,472 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Progressive Care Center | 21.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Tradewater Health and Rehabilitation | 21.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | 6458-ZBKF | 21.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | San Joaquin County Department of Parks and Recreation | 21.7 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Hajoca 231 | 80 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Wooldridge Place Nursing Center | 80 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Hajoca 901 | 80 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Ascension Industries Inc. | 80 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
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