General public administration · North Carolina

Fire Department

Name: Fire Department Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Kannapolis, NC · ~113 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

C
Average Safety Record: 3.1
Avg TCR: 3.2
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Fire Department runs at 98% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical General public administration workplace, earning a grade C.

Fire Department: 3.1 TCR = 98% of General public administration BLS 3.2 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Fire Department safety composite

Fire Department scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 63% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 41%), 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).

52/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): C 3.13 per 100 workers

Safer than 63% of industry peers
DART rate: D 2.43 per 100 workers

Safer than 41% of industry peers
Fatalities: D 0

Safer than 51% 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

Fire Department: 0.6 → 6.5 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 6.5 TCR · DART/TCR 0.78× in 2024

Fire Department's TCR rose 5.8 from 0.6 in 2018 to 6.5 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0.78× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 921190 · Kannapolis, NC AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 3.1 · 98% of ind

DART 2.4 DART
RANK #42/105
PHOTO City of Jasper, Indi…
BOOK 6y book
INJ 27 inj
SIZE ~113 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: City of Jasper, Indiana (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Fire Department averages 3.1 TCR (98% of the General public administration BLS benchmark).

Fire Department TCR series: 2018=0.6 · 2019=1.6 · 2020=0.4 · 2022=4.3 · 2023=5.3 · 2024=6.5 · BLS 3.2

Where Fire Department falls in its industry

1,496 General public administration establishments

Safer than 63% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.6.

Grade C

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #42 safest of 105 General public administration employers in North Carolina.

Fire Department (113 employees, TCR 3.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 93 employees and a TCR of 4.6

Fire Department has more employees than the General public administration median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.6. 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
2024	6.5	2.4	8	0
2023	5.3	3.3	7	1
2022	4.3	4.3	6	0
2020	0.4	0.4	1	0
2019	1.6	1.6	4	0
2018	0.6	0.6	1	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

921190 · NC · Kannapolis

1,496 General public administration employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 57 employers in Kannapolis, NC · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	City of Jasper, Indiana	JASPER, IN	3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Ogden City - Muni Bldg.	ODEN, UT	3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	OBRAS PUBLICAS MUNICIPAL	SAN LORENZO, PR	3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Town of Simsbury General Government	SIMSBURY, CT	3.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Pike Louisiana Statewide Operations	MOUNT AIRY	113 FTE
STATE-SIZE	:ightserve Corporation	CHARLOTTE	113 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Airo Mechanical	MOORESVILLE	113 FTE
STATE-SIZE	FESS Fire Protection	MORRISVILLE	113 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Kannapolis City Schools	Kannapolis	850 FTE
CITY-NEAR	City of Kannapolis	Kannapolis	532 FTE
CITY-NEAR	WM 2005	Kannapolis	427 FTE
CITY-NEAR	2005	Kannapolis	404 FTE
NAT-TCR	Fort Meade MD	Fort Meade, MD	3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	Goodwill Industries Inc-Benson Park Plaza	Omaha, NE	3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	483015-Bangor \| PA \| KBS-200	Bangor, PA	3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	Seneca Foods Oakfield	Oakfield, WI	3.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Nyx Logistics LLC	Grand Blanc, MI	113 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Peace Island Medical Center	Friday Harbor, WA	113 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Marlen International, Inc.	Riverside, MO	113 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Law Enforcement Center	Red Wing, MN	113 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, 2020, 2019, 2018. 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.