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

Fire Department

Norwich, CT · ~59 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
11.6
Avg TCR
3.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Fire Department runs at 363% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Fire departments (e.g., government, volunteer (except private)) workplace, earning a grade F.

Fire Department: 11.6 TCR = 363% of Fire departments (e.g., government, volunteer (except private)) BLS 3.2 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Fire Department safety composite

Fire Department scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 31%), 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).

D

39/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 11.61 per 100 workers

Safer than 39% of industry peers

DART rate
F 7.22 per 100 workers

Safer than 31% 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

−1.4

2016→2018

Fire Department injury rate improved

Fire Department's TCR fell 1.4 from 11.6 in 2016 to 10.1 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2017 at 13.2 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0.62× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=11.6 · 2017=13.2 · 2018=10.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 922160 · Norwich, CT ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 11.6 · 363% of ind

  • DART 7.2 DART
  • RANK #61/113
  • PHOTO Fire Rescue
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 23 inj
  • SIZE ~59 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Fire Rescue (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 11.6 TCR (363% 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: 2016=11.6 · 2017=13.2 · 2018=10.1 · BLS 3.2

Where Fire Department falls in its industry

793 Fire departments (e.g., govern establishments

Safer than 39% 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 #61 safest of 113 Fire departments (e.g., govern employers in Connecticut.

Fire Department (59 employees, TCR 11.6) 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 (59 employees, TCR 11.6) 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 departments (e.g., government, volu 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
2018 10.1 7.2 6 1 0
2017 13.2 13.2 9 0 0
2016 11.6 11.6 8 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

922160 · CT · Norwich

793 Fire departments (e.g., government, volunteer (except private)) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,008 rated employers in Connecticut with headcount on file · 63 employers in Norwich, 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 Fire Rescue 11.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Gardner Fire Protection District 11.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Fire Station 3 11.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Town of Rocky Hill -RHFD 11.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Eversource - Norwalk Gas 59 FTE
STATE-SIZE 90007870 General Dynamics 59 FTE
STATE-SIZE Nations Roof of New England 59 FTE
STATE-SIZE Mega Mechanical Systems Corp 59 FTE
CITY-NEAR BACKUS HOSPITAL 1,819 FTE
CITY-NEAR The William W Backus Hospital 1,604 FTE
CITY-NEAR The Arc Eastern Connecticut 467 FTE
CITY-NEAR SNE Southern New England 329 FTE
NAT-TCR OCY - Taunton 11.6 TCR
NAT-TCR 106 ABC Supply Co., Inc 11.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Fas Roc 11.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Marlette Homes Hermsiton 11.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Armortech Windows and Doors Clearwater 59 FTE
NAT-SIZE Autcoat, LLC 59 FTE
NAT-SIZE Venator Materials Corporation, LLC 59 FTE
NAT-SIZE Las Vegas Limousines LLC 59 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: 2018, 2017, 2016. 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.