Fire and rescue service · North Carolina

Franklin Fire Department

Franklin, NC · ~20 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
11.0
Avg TCR
3.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Franklin Fire Department runs at 343% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Fire and rescue service workplace, earning a grade F.

Franklin Fire Department: 11.0 TCR = 343% of Fire and rescue service BLS 3.2 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Franklin Fire Department safety composite

Franklin Fire Department scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 85% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 43%), 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

60/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 10.99 per 100 workers

Safer than 43% 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

−19.2

2022→2024

Franklin Fire Department injury rate improved

Franklin Fire Department's TCR fell 19.2 from 19.2 in 2022 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 19.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=19.2 · 2023=13.8 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 922160 · Franklin, NC ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 11.0 · 343% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #34/36
  • PHOTO 923 MANTENO COMMUNIT…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~20 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 923 MANTENO COMMUNITY FPD (0.0 TCR gap)

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Franklin Fire Department in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Franklin Fire Department averages 11.0 TCR (343% of the Fire and rescue service BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-08-25

Franklin Fire Department TCR series: 2022=19.2 · 2023=13.8 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.2

Where Franklin Fire Department falls in its industry

793 Fire and rescue service establishments

Safer than 43% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 9.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #34 safest of 36 Fire and rescue service employers in North Carolina.

Franklin Fire Department (20 employees, TCR 11.0) 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 Franklin Fire Department
Franklin Fire Department (20 employees, TCR 11.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 9.8

Franklin Fire Department has fewer employees than the Fire and rescue service 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 13.8 6.9 2 0 0
2022 19.2 9.6 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

922160 · NC · Franklin

793 Fire and rescue service employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 34 employers in Franklin, 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 923 MANTENO COMMUNITY FPD 11.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR HEADQUARTERS: COMBINED ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS 11.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Washburn Fire Protection District 11.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Station 71 11.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Steve Thomas Farms 20 FTE
STATE-SIZE Kent Smith Farms 20 FTE
STATE-SIZE Ron Richmond 20 FTE
STATE-SIZE Thomas Family Farms, Inc. 20 FTE
CITY-NEAR Macon County, NC 540 FTE
CITY-NEAR MH Angel Medical Center, LLLP 341 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 1217 279 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1217 252 FTE
NAT-TCR 3841 - UDC-Suffolk 11.0 TCR
NAT-TCR GEL Orange City 11.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Masonic Homes of Louisville 11.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Actlien Property Management LLC 11.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Atlas Metal Works, LLC 20 FTE
NAT-SIZE Heighten America, Inc. 20 FTE
NAT-SIZE Johnson Center 20 FTE
NAT-SIZE Cedar Fiber Co. 20 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

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