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

Fire Department

South Windsor, CT · ~101 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
9.0
Avg TCR
3.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Fire Department runs at 281% 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: 9.0 TCR = 281% of Fire departments (e.g., government, volunteer (except private)) BLS 3.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Fire Department safety composite

Fire Department scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 54% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 39%), 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

48/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 8.98 per 100 workers

Safer than 54% of industry peers

DART rate
D 5.79 per 100 workers

Safer than 39% 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

−6.4

2022→2023

Fire Department injury rate improved

Fire Department's TCR fell 6.4 from 12.2 in 2022 to 5.8 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2022 at 12.2 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.64× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=12.2 · 2023=5.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 922160 · South Windsor, CT ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 9.0 · 281% of ind

  • DART 5.8 DART
  • RANK #41/113
  • PHOTO Oswego Fire Protecti…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~101 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Oswego 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 9.0 TCR (281% 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: 2022=12.2 · 2023=5.8 · BLS 3.2

Where Fire Department falls in its industry

793 Fire departments (e.g., govern establishments

Safer than 54% 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 #41 safest of 113 Fire departments (e.g., govern employers in Connecticut.

Fire Department (101 employees, TCR 9.0) 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 (101 employees, TCR 9.0) 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 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
2023 5.8 5.8 1 0 0
2022 12.2 12.2 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

922160 · CT · South Windsor

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 · 117 employers in South Windsor, 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 Oswego Fire Protection District 9.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Aurora Fire Department 9.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR City of Asheville Fire Department 9.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR County Fire/ Special Districts 9.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Public Works 101 FTE
STATE-SIZE Country Pure Foods - Ellington, Connecticut 101 FTE
STATE-SIZE Har-Conn Chrome Company 101 FTE
STATE-SIZE Morgan Truck Body LLC MCT 101 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1223 Swn1000 630 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6458-ZSWN 579 FTE
CITY-NEAR Broadridge Customer Communications, LLC 571 FTE
CITY-NEAR New England Mechanical Services, Inc. 413 FTE
NAT-TCR Winco Inc 9.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Landmark of Baton Rouge 9.0 TCR
NAT-TCR CACHIC-AEG-CHICO 9.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Desert Winds development, Inc. 9.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE RPM Transportation 101 FTE
NAT-SIZE Cloverpatch Camp and Glenville 101 FTE
NAT-SIZE POLAR BLOCK SALES INC. dba Renewal by Andersen 101 FTE
NAT-SIZE Broken Arrow 101 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: 2023, 2022. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.