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

Fire Station 209

Name: Fire Station 209 Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Alexandria, VA · ~29 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

F
Failing Safety Record: 12.2
Avg TCR: 3.2
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Fire Station 209 runs at 381% 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 209: 12.2 TCR = 381% of Fire departments (e.g., government, volunteer (except private)) BLS 3.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Fire Station 209 safety composite

Fire Station 209 scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (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).

39/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): D 12.18 per 100 workers

Safer than 36% of industry peers
DART rate: F 6.85 per 100 workers

Safer than 32% 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

−6.1

2019→2020

Fire Station 209 injury rate improved

Fire Station 209's TCR fell 6.1 from 15.2 in 2019 to 9.1 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2019 at 15.2 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0.56× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=15.2 · 2020=9.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 922160 · Alexandria, VA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 12.2 · 381% of ind

DART 6.8 DART
RANK #26/29
PHOTO Ridgefield Fire Depa…
BOOK 2y book
INJ 8 inj
SIZE ~29 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Ridgefield Fire Department (0.0 TCR gap)

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12.2
Ridgefield Fir

12.2
Fire Dept

12.2
Charlottesvill

12.2
Stratford Fire

12.1

What this shows Fire Station 209 averages 12.2 TCR (381% of the Fire departments (e.g., government, volunteer (except private)) BLS benchmark).

Fire Station 209 TCR series: 2019=15.2 · 2020=9.1 · BLS 3.2

Where Fire Station 209 falls in its industry

793 Fire departments (e.g., govern establishments

Safer than 36% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 9.8.

Grade F

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Virginia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #26 safest of 29 Fire departments (e.g., govern employers in Virginia.

Fire Station 209 (29 employees, TCR 12.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 9.8

Fire Station 209 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
2020	9.1	6.8	3	1	0
2019	15.2	12.7	5	1	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

922160 · VA · Alexandria

793 Fire departments (e.g., government, volunteer (except private)) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,673 rated employers in Virginia with headcount on file · 335 employers in Alexandria, VA · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Ridgefield Fire Department	RIDGEFIELD, CT	12.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Fire Dept	BAKERSFIELD, CA	12.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Charlottesville - Fire	CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA	12.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Stratford Fire Department	STRATFORD, CT	12.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE	WDC Greenhouse LLC	ELLKWOOD	29 FTE
STATE-SIZE	BIRDSONG PEANUTS - FRK/SOUTHAMPTON	FRANKLIN	29 FTE
STATE-SIZE	HAR-TRU Sports	TROY	29 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Har-Tru, LLC	TROY	29 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Alexandria Rail Facility/Telegraph Road	Alexandria	1,964 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Inova Alexandria Hospital	Alexandria	1,512 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Alexandria Rail Yard	Alexandria	996 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Inova Mount Vernon Hospital	Alexandria	950 FTE
NAT-TCR	Progressive Power Technologies	Harmony, PA	12.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	Gaslite Leasing, LLC	Canal Fulton, OH	12.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	Bat 46	Dekalb, IL	12.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	Minot Branch	Minot, ND	12.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE	ToolPro	Kennesaw, GA	29 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Gates Home Furnishings	Grants Pass, OR	29 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Tom's Bronco Parts, Inc.	Medford, OR	29 FTE
NAT-SIZE	RSCI Louisville	Louisville, KY	29 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: 2020, 2019. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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