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

Fire Station #2

Manchester, CT · ~39 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
9.2
Avg TCR
3.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Fire Station #2 runs at 287% 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 #2: 9.2 TCR = 287% of Fire departments (e.g., government, volunteer (except private)) BLS 3.2 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Fire Station #2 safety composite

Fire Station #2 scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 60% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 52%), 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)
D 9.17 per 100 workers

Safer than 54% of industry peers

DART rate
C 2.49 per 100 workers

Safer than 60% 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

−16.7

2016→2018

Fire Station #2 injury rate improved

Fire Station #2's TCR fell 16.7 from 19.2 in 2016 to 2.5 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2016 at 19.2 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0.27× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=19.2 · 2017=5.8 · 2018=2.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 922160 · Manchester, CT ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 9.2 · 287% of ind

  • DART 2.5 DART
  • RANK #44/113
  • PHOTO 2962-00001300
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 10 inj
  • SIZE ~39 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 2962-00001300 (0.0 TCR gap)

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Fire Station #2 in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Fire Station #2 averages 9.2 TCR (287% 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 Station #2 TCR series: 2016=19.2 · 2017=5.8 · 2018=2.5 · BLS 3.2

Where Fire Station #2 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 #44 safest of 113 Fire departments (e.g., govern employers in Connecticut.

Fire Station #2 (39 employees, TCR 9.2) 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 Station #2
Fire Station #2 (39 employees, TCR 9.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 9.8

Fire Station #2 has fewer 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
2018 2.5 2.5 1 0 0
2017 5.8 5.8 2 0 0
2016 19.2 19.2 7 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

922160 · CT · Manchester

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 · 145 employers in Manchester, 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 2962-00001300 9.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Willimantic Fire Department 9.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Fire Station 208 9.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Fire Station #5 9.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Water pollution control authority 39 FTE
STATE-SIZE AJ WASTE SYSTEMS LLC 39 FTE
STATE-SIZE yrc 39 FTE
STATE-SIZE CEF CT 39 FTE
CITY-NEAR Manchester Memorial Hospital 1,652 FTE
CITY-NEAR 235 MANCHESTER CT 412 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 1891 387 FTE
CITY-NEAR Home Office 381 FTE
NAT-TCR NationServe a Division of Overhead Door 9.2 TCR
NAT-TCR JCC 9.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Bonnet Creek - Resort 9.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Chicago Riverfront 9.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Tucker FS (SSS,SAT) 39 FTE
NAT-SIZE Johnson Controls BE - KOCH Filter Mira Loma - 13384 39 FTE
NAT-SIZE Cumming Service Center 39 FTE
NAT-SIZE Renaissance Marinette 39 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: 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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