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

Kula Station

Kula, HI · ~15 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.4
Avg TCR
3.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Kula Station runs at 138% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Fire departments (e.g., government, volunteer (except private)) workplace, earning a grade D.

Kula Station: 4.4 TCR = 138% of Fire departments (e.g., government, volunteer (except private)) BLS 3.2 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Kula Station safety composite

Kula Station 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).

B

75/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 4.4 per 100 workers

Safer than 81% 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

−16.3

2019→2024

Kula Station injury rate improved

Kula Station's TCR fell 16.3 from 16.3 in 2019 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 16.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=16.3 · 2020=5.4 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=4.7 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 922160 · Kula, HI ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.4 · 138% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #11/16
  • PHOTO Suffolk Fire & Rescue
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~15 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Suffolk Fire & Rescue (0.0 TCR gap)

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Kula Station in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Kula Station averages 4.4 TCR (138% 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

Kula Station TCR series: 2019=16.3 · 2020=5.4 · 2021=0 · 2022=0 · 2023=4.7 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.2

Where Kula Station falls in its industry

793 Fire departments (e.g., govern establishments

Safer than 81% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 9.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Hawaii alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #11 safest of 16 Fire departments (e.g., govern employers in Hawaii.

Kula Station (15 employees, TCR 4.4) 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 Kula Station
Kula Station (15 employees, TCR 4.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 9.8

Kula Station 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 4.7 0.0 0 1 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 5.4 5.4 1 0 0
2019 16.3 10.8 2 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

922160 · HI · Kula

793 Fire departments (e.g., government, volunteer (except private)) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 2,022 rated employers in Hawaii with headcount on file · 4 employers in Kula, HI · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel Establishment Metric
NAICS-TCR Suffolk Fire & Rescue 4.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Lake Villa Fire Protection District 4.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR City of Effingham - Fire 4.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Fire Department 4.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Big Island Dairy LLC 15 FTE
STATE-SIZE 4829-12634 15 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hawaiian Crane & Rigging, Ltd. 15 FTE
STATE-SIZE Repair Hawaii 15 FTE
CITY-NEAR 36136052 KULA HOSPITAL 180 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2032-36136052 175 FTE
CITY-NEAR 14016 OKO A FARMS INC 18 FTE
NAT-TCR Skyland Grain, LLC- Cunningham 4.4 TCR
NAT-TCR LSI - NSH & Install 4.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Richmond District Office 4.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Stericycle - West Columbia,SC 4.4 TCR

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. 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.