Firefighting / EMS · Connecticut

Fire Department

Waterbury, CT · ~227 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
8.0
Avg TCR
3.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Fire Department runs at 249% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Firefighting / EMS workplace, earning a grade F.

Fire Department: 8.0 TCR = 249% of Firefighting / EMS BLS 3.2 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Fire Department safety composite

Fire Department scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 61% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 35%), 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

50/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 7.98 per 100 workers

Safer than 61% of industry peers

DART rate
D 6.35 per 100 workers

Safer than 35% 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

−1.2

2016→2023

Fire Department injury rate improved

Fire Department's TCR fell 1.2 from 9.6 in 2016 to 8.3 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2021 at 9.8 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.8× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=9.6 · 2017=7.8 · 2018=6.5 · 2019=7.3 · 2020=8.2 · 2021=9.8 · 2022=6.3 · 2023=8.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 922160 · Waterbury, CT ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 8.0 · 249% of ind

  • DART 6.3 DART
  • RANK #31/113
  • PHOTO Wilson Fire Company
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 125 inj
  • SIZE ~227 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Wilson Fire Company (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 8.0 TCR (249% of the Firefighting / EMS BLS benchmark).

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

Fire Department TCR series: 2016=9.6 · 2017=7.8 · 2018=6.5 · 2019=7.3 · 2020=8.2 · 2021=9.8 · 2022=6.3 · 2023=8.3 · BLS 3.2

Where Fire Department falls in its industry

793 Firefighting / EMS establishments

Safer than 61% 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 #31 safest of 113 Firefighting / EMS employers in Connecticut.

Fire Department (227 employees, TCR 8.0) 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 (227 employees, TCR 8.0) 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 Firefighting / EMS 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 8.3 6.3 16 5 0
2022 6.3 4.3 15 1 0
2021 9.8 7.0 14 10 0
2020 8.2 7.8 19 1 0
2019 7.3 4.9 14 4 0
2018 6.5 4.5 14 2 0
2017 7.8 7.8 19 0 0
2016 9.6 9.6 14 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

922160 · CT · Waterbury

793 Firefighting / EMS employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,008 rated employers in Connecticut with headcount on file · 218 employers in Waterbury, 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 Wilson Fire Company 8.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Municipal Fire Dept. 8.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Village of Glenview Fire Department 8.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Rochelle Fire Department 8.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE 1916 - North Haven 227 FTE
STATE-SIZE Main 228 FTE
STATE-SIZE THOM-Thomaston 228 FTE
STATE-SIZE United Concrete Products, Inc. 228 FTE
CITY-NEAR Saint Mary's Hospital 1,654 FTE
CITY-NEAR Waterbury Hospital 1,472 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hartford-Saint Mary's Hospital 1,292 FTE
CITY-NEAR Naugatuck Valley Community College 1,277 FTE
NAT-TCR 127 - Barstow 8.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Milwaukee 8.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Belle Plaine Specialty Care 8.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Lasell Village 8.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Varney, Inc. 227 FTE
NAT-SIZE Richmond DC & HUB 227 FTE
NAT-SIZE Four Seasons Healthcare & Wellness 227 FTE
NAT-SIZE 5th Axis Inc 227 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, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.