Orange County Fire Authority
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IRVINE, CA | Fire departments (e.g., government, volunteer (except private))
~1,433 avg employees | 2 years of OSHA data
Orange County Fire Authority has an average TCR of 16.3, which is 508% of the industry average (3.2) for Fire departments (e.g., government, volunteer (except private)). This is significantly worse than average.
Safety Insights for Orange County Fire Authority
Orange County Fire Authority operates an establishment with approximately 1,433 full-time equivalent workers in IRVINE, CA, classified under the Fire departments (e.g., government, volunteer (except private)) industry (NAICS 922160). Across 2 years of mandatory OSHA Injury Tracking Application (ITA) reporting, this employer has accumulated 644 recordable injuries, 7 occupational illnesses, and 1 workplace fatality. The average Total Case Rate (TCR) of 16.3 injuries per 100 full-time workers per year provides the anchor metric for the F letter grade (Failing Safety Record).
Benchmarked against the Bureau of Labor Statistics industry average of 3.2 for Fire departments (e.g., government, volunteer (except private)), Orange County Fire Authority's workforce experiences 508% of the typical injury burden. This ratio matters because TCR already normalizes for hours worked — a 200,000-hour exposure base equals roughly 100 full-time workers — so establishments with very different headcounts can be compared directly. A TCR above the benchmark flags a higher-than-typical risk profile for jobseekers, insurers, and enforcement agencies to examine.
Multi-year trend analysis is the single most reliable signal here: a one-year spike could reflect a single severe event, whereas sustained elevation across 2 reporting cycles points to systemic hazard exposure. Readers evaluating Orange County Fire Authority as an employer, contractor, investment, or regulatory target should examine the yearly DART rate (days away, restricted, or transferred), the fatality count of 1, and any year-over-year deterioration shown in the table below. All figures come directly from employer-submitted OSHA Form 300A summaries — there is no modeling, estimation, or third-party adjustment layered on top of the government data.
Verify This Employer with OSHA
All injury, illness, and fatality figures on this page are sourced from Orange County Fire Authority's own mandatory OSHA Form 300A summaries. Cross-check the underlying establishment record directly against the federal source — name, NAICS classification, recordable case totals, and inspection history are all searchable on OSHA's Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data system.
Verify on OSHA Establishment SearchSource: U.S. Department of Labor — OSHA Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data. NAICS 922160 — Fire departments (e.g., government, volunteer (except private)).
DART Rate — Transparent Calculation (2019)
DART (Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred) is computed by OSHA as incidents × 200,000 ÷ hours worked. The 200,000-hour denominator equals roughly 100 full-time workers, which lets establishments of very different sizes be compared directly.
126 DART incidents × 200,000 ÷ 4,120,196 hours worked = 6.12 DART
Methodology: 29 CFR 1904 — OSHA Form 300A recordkeeping
Cross-Validating Context — Establishment vs Industry vs State
| Benchmark | TCR | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Orange County Fire Authority (this establishment) | 16.25 | OSHA ITA Form 300A, 2-year avg |
| Fire departments (e.g., government, volunteer (except private)) industry avg | 3.20 | BLS IIF, NAICS 922160 |
| California state avg (all industries) | 58.88 | OSHA ITA, state-level rollup |
Industry benchmarks: Bureau of Labor Statistics — Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities (IIF) program
Reportable Incident Timeline
Year-by-year reportable incidents (recordable injuries + illnesses + fatalities) submitted by Orange County Fire Authority to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application. Each row anchors to OSHA's inspection records search where you can pull the underlying inspection case numbers and citations for that establishment-year.
- 2019: 296 reportable incidents · 293 injuries, 2 illnesses, 1 fatality — OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2018: 356 reportable incidents · 351 injuries, 5 illnesses, 0 fatalities — OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
Source: OSHA Inspection Information System (IMIS) — inspection case-number records
Year-by-Year Safety Data
| Year | TCR | DART | Injuries | Illnesses | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 14.3 | 6.1 | 293 | 2 | 1 |
| 2018 | 18.2 | 8.5 | 351 | 5 | 0 |
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