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

Fire Station 4

Salem, OR · ~35 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.2
Avg TCR
3.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Fire Station 4 runs at 164% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Fire departments (e.g., government, volunteer (except private)) workplace, earning a grade D.

Fire Station 4: 5.2 TCR = 164% of Fire departments (e.g., government, volunteer (except private)) BLS 3.2 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Fire Station 4 safety composite

Fire Station 4 scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 85% 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

73/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 5.24 per 100 workers

Safer than 76% 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

−12.3

2016→2024

Fire Station 4 injury rate improved

Fire Station 4's TCR fell 12.3 from 12.3 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 12.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=12.3 · 2017=8.5 · 2018=3.0 · 2019=5.7 · 2020=8.9 · 2021=3.0 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=5.8 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 922160 · Salem, OR ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 5.2 · 164% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #2/43
  • PHOTO Fire Department
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 13 inj
  • SIZE ~35 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Fire Department (0.0 TCR gap)

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Fire Station 4 in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Fire Station 4 averages 5.2 TCR (164% 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 4 TCR series: 2016=12.3 · 2017=8.5 · 2018=3 · 2019=5.7 · 2020=8.9 · 2021=3 · 2022=0 · 2023=5.8 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.2

Where Fire Station 4 falls in its industry

793 Fire departments (e.g., govern establishments

Safer than 76% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 9.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Oregon alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #2 safest of 43 Fire departments (e.g., govern employers in Oregon.

Fire Station 4 (35 employees, TCR 5.2) 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 4
Fire Station 4 (35 employees, TCR 5.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 9.8

Fire Station 4 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
2024 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 5.8 2.9 2 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 3.0 3.0 1 0 0
2020 8.9 3.0 3 0 0
2019 5.7 0.0 2 0 0
2018 3.0 3.0 1 0 0
2017 8.5 5.7 2 1 0
2016 12.3 12.3 2 0 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 Department 5.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Noroton Heights Fire Department 5.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Village of Niles Fire Department 5.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Gurnee Fire Department 5.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Schanno-McClaskey Orchards, Inc. 35 FTE
STATE-SIZE Ekstrom Nursery Inc. 35 FTE
STATE-SIZE Del Rio Farms 35 FTE
STATE-SIZE Redmond Maint HQ 35 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 3157 Keystone 5.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Grand Rapids 5.2 TCR
NAT-TCR U.S. Granules Corporation - ALMEG Division 5.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Gerali Custom Design, Inc. 5.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Crawfordsville LLC 35 FTE
NAT-SIZE The Smith & Oby Service Company 35 FTE
NAT-SIZE Houston Brothers Waterproofing, Inc 35 FTE
NAT-SIZE Store #92 35 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: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 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.