Fire prevention offices, government · North Carolina
Fire - Town of Black Mountain
Black Mountain, NC · ~40 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 3.7
- Avg TCR
- 3.2
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Fire - Town of Black Mountain runs at 117% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Fire prevention offices, government workplace, earning a grade C.
Fire - Town of Black Mountain: 3.7 TCR = 117% of Fire prevention offices, government BLS 3.2 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Fire - Town of Black Mountain safety composite
Fire - Town of Black Mountain scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (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).
68/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- B 3.73 per 100 workers
Safer than 85% of industry peers
- DART rate
- C 2.58 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%).
Rising injury rate
Fire - Town of Black Mountain: 0.0 → 2.6 TCR
Peak year 2021 @ 11.3 TCR · DART/TCR 0.69× in 2023
Fire - Town of Black Mountain's TCR rose 2.6 from 0.0 in 2018 to 2.6 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2021 at 11.3 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.69× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 922160 · Black Mountain, NC ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade C · TCR 3.7 · 117% of ind
- DART 2.6 DART
- RANK #17/36
- PHOTO Fire (5300)
- BOOK 6y book
- INJ 6 inj
- SIZE ~40 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Fire (5300) (0.0 TCR gap)
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Fire - Town of Black Mountain in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Fire (5300)
Fire (5300)
3.8 TCR
- HEADQUARTERS :
HEADQUARTERS : Fire Academy
3.8 TCR
- This site
Fire - Town of Black Mountain
3.7 TCR
- Fulton Fire Pr
Fulton Fire Protection District
3.7 TCR
- Volunteer Fire
Volunteer Fire Department - Willington Hill F.D.
3.7 TCR
What this shows Fire - Town of Black Mountain averages 3.7 TCR (117% of the Fire prevention offices, government BLS benchmark).
Fire - Town of Black Mountain TCR series: 2018=0 · 2019=0 · 2020=0 · 2021=11.3 · 2022=8.6 · 2023=2.6 · BLS 3.2
Where Fire - Town of Black Mountain falls in its industry
793 Fire prevention offices, gover establishmentsSafer than 85% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 9.8.
Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #17 safest of 36 Fire prevention offices, gover employers in North Carolina.
Fire - Town of Black Mountain has fewer employees than the Fire prevention offices, government 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 8.6 | 2.9 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 11.3 | 3.8 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
922160 · NC · Black Mountain
793 Fire prevention offices, government employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 19 employers in Black Mountain, NC · 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 (5300) | 3.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | HEADQUARTERS : Fire Academy | 3.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Fulton Fire Protection District | 3.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Volunteer Fire Department - Willington Hill F.D. | 3.7 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Gary Thomas Farms | 40 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Tri-State Turf of NC | 40 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Fords Produce Company Inc | 40 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Pender Nursery Inc. | 40 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Distribution | 1,187 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Black Mountain Neuro Medical Traetment Center | 413 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Kearfott Corporation | 407 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Corporate | 392 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Compassus - Wausau AAH Plover | 3.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Ascension At Home Grand Blanc | 3.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Louisiana Children's Museum | 3.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Sierra 76 Inc | 3.7 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Plainwell Pines Nursing & Rehabilitation Community | 40 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | K.L. Jack and Co | 40 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Compassus Austin | 40 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Wapello Specialty Care | 40 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.