Fire departments (e.g., government, volunteer (except private)) · Oregon
Fire Station 1
Salem, OR · ~49 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 24.8
- Avg TCR
- 3.2
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Fire Station 1 runs at 776% 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 Station 1: 24.8 TCR = 776% of Fire departments (e.g., government, volunteer (except private)) BLS 3.2 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Fire Station 1 safety composite
Fire Station 1 scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 2%), 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).
18/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 24.83 per 100 workers
Safer than 2% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 15.23 per 100 workers
Safer than 11% 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%).
Rising injury rate
Fire Station 1: 4.7 → 24.4 TCR
Peak year 2020 @ 220.2 TCR · DART/TCR 0.61× in 2024
Fire Station 1's TCR rose 19.7 from 4.7 in 2016 to 24.4 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 220.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.61× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 922160 · Salem, OR ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 24.8 · 776% of ind
- DART 15.2 DART
- RANK #42/43
- PHOTO Fire Volunteer
- BOOK 9y book
- INJ 59 inj
- SIZE ~49 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Fire Volunteer (0.1 TCR gap)
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Fire Station 1 in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Kensington Vol
Kensington Vol Fire Department
25 TCR
- Fire Volunteer
Fire Volunteer
24.9 TCR
- This site
Fire Station 1
24.8 TCR
- NORTHERN REGIO
NORTHERN REGION : SKU
24.7 TCR
- NORTHERN REGIO
NORTHERN REGION : CZU
24.6 TCR
What this shows Fire Station 1 averages 24.8 TCR (776% of the Fire departments (e.g., government, volunteer (except private)) BLS benchmark).
Fire Station 1 TCR series: 2016=4.7 · 2017=14.5 · 2018=6 · 2019=45.2 · 2020=220.2 · 2021=25.4 · 2022=49.3 · 2023=29.2 · 2024=24.4 · BLS 3.2
Where Fire Station 1 falls in its industry
793 Fire departments (e.g., govern establishmentsSafer than 2% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 9.8.
Narrower to Oregon alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #42 safest of 43 Fire departments (e.g., govern employers in Oregon.
Fire Station 1 has fewer 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 | 24.4 | 15.2 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 29.2 | 23.9 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 49.3 | 35.6 | 15 | 3 | 0 |
| 2021 | 25.4 | 14.1 | 6 | 3 | 0 |
| 2020 | 220.2 | 137.7 | 5 | 3 | 0 |
| 2019 | 45.2 | 18.6 | 9 | 8 | 0 |
| 2018 | 6.0 | 3.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2017 | 14.5 | 2.9 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| 2016 | 4.7 | 1.0 | 2 | 7 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
922160 · OR · Salem
793 Fire departments (e.g., government, volunteer (except private)) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 8,031 rated employers in Oregon with headcount on file · 471 employers in Salem, OR · 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 Volunteer | 24.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | NORTHERN REGION : SKU | 24.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Kensington Vol Fire Department | 25.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | NORTHERN REGION : CZU | 24.6 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Polehn Farms Inc | 49 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Fessler Nursery Company | 49 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | UNIVERSAL SEED LLC | 49 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Sunnyview (Shared Services + MVS Admin + Warehouse) | 49 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Oregon State Hospital-Salem Campus | 2,036 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | North America Fulfillment Centers (FCs) : PDX7 | 1,559 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Chemeketa Community College | 1,551 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Human Service Building ODHS | 1,402 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Southland Health & Rehabilitation | 24.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | High Sierra Industries | 24.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | The Residence at Melrose Station | 24.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Civic Center District Maint. | 24.8 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Riverbend | 49 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Store #13 | 49 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Mobile Region | 49 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Store #42 | 49 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.