Firefighting (except forest), government and volunteer (except private) · Arizona
Fire Department
Buckeye, AZ · ~128 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 3.6
- Avg TCR
- 3.2
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Fire Department runs at 112% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Firefighting (except forest), government and volunteer (except private) workplace, earning a grade C.
Fire Department: 3.6 TCR = 112% of Firefighting (except forest), government and volunteer (except private) BLS 3.2 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Fire Department safety composite
Fire Department scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 86% 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).
69/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- B 3.57 per 100 workers
Safer than 86% of industry peers
- DART rate
- C 2.13 per 100 workers
Safer than 63% 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
−1.3
2018→2024
Fire Department injury rate improved
Fire Department's TCR fell 1.3 from 4.0 in 2018 to 2.7 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 7.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.6× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2018=4.0 · 2019=2.3 · 2020=7.7 · 2022=2.7 · 2023=2.0 · 2024=2.7
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 922160 · Buckeye, AZ ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade C · TCR 3.6 · 112% of ind
- DART 2.1 DART
- RANK #8/20
- PHOTO Town of Chapel Hill …
- BOOK 6y book
- INJ 42 inj
- SIZE ~128 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Town of Chapel Hill - Fire Department (0.0 TCR gap)
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Fire Department in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Fire Department
3.6 TCR
- Town of Chapel
Town of Chapel Hill - Fire Department
3.6 TCR
- MALTA FIRE DEP
MALTA FIRE DEPARTMENT
3.6 TCR
- Daisy Mountain
Daisy Mountain Fire & Medical
3.5 TCR
- Tonto Basin Fi
Tonto Basin Fire District
3.5 TCR
What this shows Fire Department averages 3.6 TCR (112% of the Firefighting (except forest), government and volunteer (except private) BLS benchmark).
Fire Department TCR series: 2018=4 · 2019=2.3 · 2020=7.7 · 2022=2.7 · 2023=2 · 2024=2.7 · BLS 3.2
Where Fire Department falls in its industry
793 Firefighting (except forest), establishmentsSafer than 86% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 9.8.
Narrower to Arizona alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #8 safest of 20 Firefighting (except forest), employers in Arizona.
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 | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2.7 | 2.1 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 2.0 | 1.8 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 2.7 | 2.3 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| 2020 | 7.7 | 6.9 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 4.0 | 3.2 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
922160 · AZ · Buckeye
793 Firefighting (except forest), government and volunteer (except private) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 9,594 rated employers in Arizona with headcount on file · 82 employers in Buckeye, AZ · 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 | Town of Chapel Hill - Fire Department | 3.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Daisy Mountain Fire & Medical | 3.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Tonto Basin Fire District | 3.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | MALTA FIRE DEPARTMENT | 3.6 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | SWG TEMPE OPERATIONS CNTR 0042-FAC31 | 128 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Custom Ag-Pak | 128 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | ME Global - Tempe | 128 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | AGM Container Controls, Inc | 128 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | AZ State Prison Complex - Lewis | 1,334 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Az Department of Corrections | 1,162 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | ASPC-Lewis | 1,134 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 6031 | 964 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Agri-Feed, Inc. | 3.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Blackmore and Buckner Roofing a Tecta America Company LLC | 3.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Rogers Heating & Cooling | 3.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Aloft Denver Downtown | 3.6 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Monfort Heights | 128 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Whitewater Processing LLC | 128 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | HNL | 128 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | TP Orthodontics, Inc. | 128 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
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