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

Milford Fire Department - Station 5

Name: Milford Fire Department - Station 5 Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Milford, CT · ~16 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

D
Poor Safety Record: 4.6
Avg TCR: 3.2
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Milford Fire Department - Station 5 runs at 143% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Fire departments (e.g., government, volunteer (except private)) workplace, earning a grade D.

Milford Fire Department - Station 5: 4.6 TCR = 143% of Fire departments (e.g., government, volunteer (except private)) BLS 3.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Milford Fire Department - Station 5 safety composite

Milford Fire Department - Station 5 scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 81% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 37%), 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).

58/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): B 4.57 per 100 workers

Safer than 81% of industry peers
DART rate: D 6.09 per 100 workers

Safer than 37% 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

Milford Fire Department - Station 5: 0.0 → 9.1 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 9.1 TCR · DART/TCR 1.33× in 2018

Milford Fire Department - Station 5's TCR rose 9.1 from 0.0 in 2017 to 9.1 in 2018. In 2018, DART was 1.33× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 922160 · Milford, CT ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.6 · 143% of ind

DART 6.1 DART
RANK #13/113
PHOTO Middletown Fire Depa…
BOOK 2y book
INJ 2 inj
SIZE ~16 FTE

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

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4.5
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What this shows Milford Fire Department - Station 5 averages 4.6 TCR (143% of the Fire departments (e.g., government, volunteer (except private)) BLS benchmark).

Milford Fire Department - Station 5 TCR series: 2017=0 · 2018=9.1 · BLS 3.2

Where Milford Fire Department - Station 5 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.

Grade D

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Connecticut alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #13 safest of 113 Fire departments (e.g., govern employers in Connecticut.

Milford Fire Department - Station 5 (16 employees, TCR 4.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 9.8

Milford Fire Department - Station 5 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
2018	9.1	6.1	2	1	0
2017	0.0	0.0	0	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

922160 · CT · Milford

793 Fire departments (e.g., government, volunteer (except private)) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,008 rated employers in Connecticut with headcount on file · 130 employers in Milford, CT · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Middletown Fire Department	MIDDLETOWN, CT	4.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Fire Department	OLNEY, IL	4.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	La Grange Fire Department	LA GRANGE, IL	4.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	City of Chicago Heights Fire Department	CHICAGO HEIGHTS, IL	4.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Town of East Lyme Water/Sewer	EAST LYME	16 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Barkhamsted Headquarters	PLEASANT VALLEY	16 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Town of Waterford Utility Commission	WATERFORD	16 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Public Works	CANTON	16 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Edgewell	Milford	808 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Milford Hospital	Milford	660 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Bridgeport Hospital Milford Campus	Milford	559 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Edgewell Personal care	Milford	526 FTE
NAT-TCR	0014 - El Cajon, Ca	El Cajon, CA	4.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	Nazareth - BMW	Nazareth, PA	4.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	Giant Eagle #3188	West Milflin, PA	4.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	Residence - Nashville	Nashville, TN	4.6 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: 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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