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

Fire Department

Cornelius, NC · ~11 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
6.1
Avg TCR
3.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Fire Department runs at 192% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Fire departments (e.g., government, volunteer (except private)) workplace, earning a grade D.

Fire Department: 6.1 TCR = 192% of Fire departments (e.g., government, volunteer (except private)) BLS 3.2 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Fire Department safety composite

Fire Department scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 85% 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).

C

72/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 6.14 per 100 workers

Safer than 72% 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

−16.0

2021→2024

Fire Department injury rate improved

Fire Department's TCR fell 16.0 from 16.0 in 2021 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 16.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=16.0 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=8.5 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 922160 · Cornelius, NC ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 6.1 · 192% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #24/36
  • PHOTO Clackamas County Fir…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~11 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Clackamas County Fire District (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

TCR

What this shows Fire Department averages 6.1 TCR (192% 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

Fire Department TCR series: 2021=16 · 2022=0 · 2023=8.5 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.2

Where Fire Department falls in its industry

793 Fire departments (e.g., govern establishments

Safer than 72% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 9.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #24 safest of 36 Fire departments (e.g., govern employers in North Carolina.

Fire Department (11 employees, TCR 6.1) 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 0200400600800 0102030 Average employees Total Case Rate Fire Department
Fire Department (11 employees, TCR 6.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 9.8

Fire Department has fewer 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
2024 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 8.5 8.5 1 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 16.0 16.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

922160 · NC · Cornelius

793 Fire departments (e.g., government, volunteer (except private)) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 30 employers in Cornelius, NC · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel Establishment Metric
NAICS-TCR Clackamas County Fire District 6.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Great Hill Hose Fire Department 6.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Fire Station 14 6.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Town of Normal - Fire 6.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Leggett Farming Partnership 11 FTE
STATE-SIZE PHRG CLT-RIO 11 FTE
STATE-SIZE Gaines Construction 11 FTE
STATE-SIZE MEPPI - RURAL HALL 11 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6921-00179 150 FTE
CITY-NEAR Store 1474 142 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6921-00416 126 FTE
CITY-NEAR Granite Contracting LLC 122 FTE
NAT-TCR SPI - WN Merrill - Water St 6.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Lake Erie Metropark 6.1 TCR
NAT-TCR AJM Packaging - Taylor 6.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Holston Health and Rehabilitation 6.1 TCR

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: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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