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

Fire Department

Ventura, CA · ~91 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
20.4
Avg TCR
3.2
Industry avg
1
Fatality
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The verdict

Fire Department runs at 637% 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: 20.4 TCR = 637% of Fire departments (e.g., government, volunteer (except private)) BLS 3.2 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Fire Department safety composite

Fire Department scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 42% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 3%), 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).

F

19/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 20.4 per 100 workers

Safer than 10% of industry peers

DART rate
D 5.23 per 100 workers

Safer than 42% of industry peers

Fatalities
F 1

Safer than 3% 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

−9.3

2017→2024

Fire Department injury rate improved

Fire Department's TCR fell 9.3 from 17.8 in 2017 to 8.5 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 40.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.26× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=17.8 · 2018=8.4 · 2019=12.9 · 2020=16.0 · 2021=28.6 · 2022=40.1 · 2023=30.8 · 2024=8.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 922160 · Ventura, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 20.4 · 637% of ind

  • DART 5.2 DART
  • RANK #59/87
  • PHOTO SOUTHERN REGION : SLU
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 101 inj
  • SIZE ~91 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: SOUTHERN REGION : SLU (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 20.4 TCR (637% 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: 2017=17.8 · 2018=8.4 · 2019=12.9 · 2020=16 · 2021=28.6 · 2022=40.1 · 2023=30.8 · 2024=8.5 · BLS 3.2

Where Fire Department falls in its industry

793 Fire departments (e.g., govern establishments

Safer than 10% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 9.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #59 safest of 87 Fire departments (e.g., govern employers in California.

Fire Department (91 employees, TCR 20.4) 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 (91 employees, TCR 20.4) 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
2024 8.5 5.2 9 4 0
2023 30.8 21.8 20 14 0
2022 40.1 25.7 11 42 1
2021 28.6 8.5 17 20 0
2020 16.0 5.3 13 8 0
2019 12.9 4.6 11 6 0
2018 8.4 1.4 9 3 0
2017 17.8 5.9 11 4 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

922160 · CA · Ventura

793 Fire departments (e.g., government, volunteer (except private)) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 244 employers in Ventura, CA · 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 SOUTHERN REGION : SLU 20.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR City of Pekin - Fire Department 20.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR City of Silvis-Fire Department 20.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Station 21 Greenfield 20.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE CDK Agriculture, Inc. 91 FTE
STATE-SIZE Belridge 91 FTE
STATE-SIZE Micro Paradox 91 FTE
STATE-SIZE CFS, LP. 91 FTE
CITY-NEAR California Department of Transportation Facility 447 2,621 FTE
CITY-NEAR California Department of Transportation Facility 530 2,621 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6292-00000001 2,250 FTE
CITY-NEAR HSA Human Service Agency 1,516 FTE
NAT-TCR Brookwood Nursing Center, LLC dba Brookwood Skilled Nursing and Therapy 20.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Rilin - Providence 20.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Feld Entertainment Inc - D32 20.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Avamere at Seaside 20.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Saint-Gobain Carol Stream 91 FTE
NAT-SIZE The Welch Corp 91 FTE
NAT-SIZE Chester 91 FTE
NAT-SIZE DOCCR-Juvenile Detention Center 91 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.