Fire and rescue service · Connecticut

Fire Department

East Hartford, CT · ~134 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
6.8
Avg TCR
3.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Fire Department runs at 212% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Fire and rescue service workplace, earning a grade F.

Fire Department: 6.8 TCR = 212% of Fire and rescue service BLS 3.2 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Fire Department safety composite

Fire Department scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 67% 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

58/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 6.79 per 100 workers

Safer than 67% of industry peers

DART rate
D 3.29 per 100 workers

Safer than 53% 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

−3.7

2016→2024

Fire Department injury rate improved

Fire Department's TCR fell 3.7 from 6.9 in 2016 to 3.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 10.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.48× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=6.9 · 2017=3.8 · 2018=8.8 · 2019=10.7 · 2020=7.6 · 2021=6.3 · 2022=7.6 · 2023=6.0 · 2024=3.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 922160 · East Hartford, CT ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 6.8 · 212% of ind

  • DART 3.3 DART
  • RANK #28/113
  • PHOTO Octavia Fire Protect…
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 88 inj
  • SIZE ~134 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Octavia Fire Protection 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 6.8 TCR (212% of the Fire and rescue service BLS benchmark).

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

Fire Department TCR series: 2016=6.9 · 2017=3.8 · 2018=8.8 · 2019=10.7 · 2020=7.6 · 2021=6.3 · 2022=7.6 · 2023=6 · 2024=3.3 · BLS 3.2

Where Fire Department falls in its industry

793 Fire and rescue service establishments

Safer than 67% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 9.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Connecticut alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #28 safest of 113 Fire and rescue service employers in Connecticut.

Fire Department (134 employees, TCR 6.8) 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 (134 employees, TCR 6.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 9.8

Fire Department has more employees than the Fire and rescue service 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 3.3 3.3 6 0 0
2023 6.0 6.0 11 0 0
2022 7.6 5.7 9 3 0
2021 6.3 5.0 8 2 0
2020 7.6 6.9 12 0 0
2019 10.7 7.6 15 2 0
2018 8.8 5.0 12 2 0
2017 3.8 3.2 6 0 0
2016 6.9 2.5 9 2 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

922160 · CT · East Hartford

793 Fire and rescue service employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,008 rated employers in Connecticut with headcount on file · 119 employers in East Hartford, 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 Octavia Fire Protection District 6.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Morris Fire Protection & Ambulance District 6.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR City of Royal Oak - Fire Department 6.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Forreston Fire Protection District 6.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Logo Sportswear Inc - Wallingford 134 FTE
STATE-SIZE Eemax, Inc. 134 FTE
STATE-SIZE 2807-2327 134 FTE
STATE-SIZE Big Y Foods, Inc. Monroe 134 FTE
CITY-NEAR Pratt & Whitney East Hartford 9,837 FTE
CITY-NEAR Cyient, Inc. 1,228 FTE
CITY-NEAR Cyient, Inc (US combined) 1,074 FTE
CITY-NEAR DDS North Region 755 FTE
NAT-TCR Atlas Butler 6.8 TCR
NAT-TCR 90 Cafferty Road Operating Company, LP 6.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Carbide Industries LLC 6.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Lassiter Lumber Company, LLC 6.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE IHG Army Hotels - Joint Base San Antonio (Holiday Inn Express/Candlewood Suites/Army Lodging) 134 FTE
NAT-SIZE COH Recreation Multi-Gen 134 FTE
NAT-SIZE Owens & Minor Atlanta 134 FTE
NAT-SIZE O&R Middletown 134 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: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.