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

Fire Protection

Bethel, CT · ~152 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
13.5
Avg TCR
3.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Fire Protection runs at 421% 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 Protection: 13.5 TCR = 421% of Fire departments (e.g., government, volunteer (except private)) BLS 3.2 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Fire Protection safety composite

Fire Protection scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 85% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 32%), 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).

C

56/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 13.47 per 100 workers

Safer than 32% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 85% 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

−13.3

2016→2023

Fire Protection injury rate improved

Fire Protection's TCR fell 13.3 from 21.4 in 2016 to 8.1 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2019 at 53.9 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=21.4 · 2017=35.0 · 2018=1.8 · 2019=53.9 · 2021=1.1 · 2023=8.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade F · TCR 13.5 · 421% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #75/113
  • PHOTO East Haven Fire Depa…
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 21 inj
  • SIZE ~152 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: East Haven Fire Department (0.0 TCR gap)

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Fire Protection in the TCR neighbourhood

Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers

TCR

What this shows Fire Protection averages 13.5 TCR (421% 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 Protection TCR series: 2016=21.4 · 2017=35 · 2018=1.8 · 2019=53.9 · 2021=1.1 · 2023=8.1 · BLS 3.2

Where Fire Protection falls in its industry

793 Fire departments (e.g., govern establishments

Safer than 32% 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 #75 safest of 113 Fire departments (e.g., govern employers in Connecticut.

Fire Protection (152 employees, TCR 13.5) 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 Protection
Fire Protection (152 employees, TCR 13.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 9.8

Fire Protection 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
2023 8.1 0.0 10 5 0
2021 1.1 0.0 1 1 0
2019 53.9 0.0 5 2 0
2018 1.8 0.0 3 0 0
2017 35.0 4.4 1 7 0
2016 21.4 0.0 1 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

922160 · CT · Bethel

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 · 64 employers in Bethel, 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 East Haven Fire Department 13.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Park Ridge Fire Department 13.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR 627 MANHATTAN FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT 13.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Bedford Park Fire Department 13.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Michels Power Inc-CT-South Windsor 152 FTE
STATE-SIZE Conair LLC - East Windsor, NJ 152 FTE
STATE-SIZE HPC Foodservice 152 FTE
STATE-SIZE 2807-3248 152 FTE
CITY-NEAR ComNet Communications, LLC 533 FTE
CITY-NEAR Leir 315 FTE
CITY-NEAR Memry Corporation #3 and #15 299 FTE
CITY-NEAR Memry Corporation #3 269 FTE
NAT-TCR JB Radiator Specialties, Inc. 13.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Meadowbrook at Oconto Falls 13.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Primrose Retirement Community of Gillette 13.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Avamere at Newberg 13.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Va Terminal 152 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hanover Park, IL (CCG) 152 FTE
NAT-SIZE BERRYQDC 152 FTE
NAT-SIZE Degan Construction, LLC 152 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, 2021, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.