Ambulance and fire service combined · Connecticut
Oxford Fire Departments
Oxford, CT · ~128 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 5.2
- Avg TCR
- 3.2
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Oxford Fire Departments runs at 162% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Ambulance and fire service combined workplace, earning a grade D.
Oxford Fire Departments: 5.2 TCR = 162% of Ambulance and fire service combined BLS 3.2 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Oxford Fire Departments safety composite
Oxford Fire Departments 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).
74/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- B 5.19 per 100 workers
Safer than 77% 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%).
Rising injury rate
Oxford Fire Departments: 0.0 → 11.7 TCR
Peak year 2020 @ 200.0 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2023
Oxford Fire Departments's TCR rose 11.7 from 0.0 in 2017 to 11.7 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2020 at 200.0 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 922160 · Oxford, CT ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade D · TCR 5.2 · 162% of ind
- DART 0.0 DART
- RANK #18/113
- PHOTO Lincoln Rural Fire P…
- BOOK 6y book
- INJ 10 inj
- SIZE ~128 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Lincoln Rural Fire Protection District (0.0 TCR gap)
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Oxford Fire Departments in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Oxford Fire Departments
5.2 TCR
- Lincoln Rural
Lincoln Rural Fire Protection District
5.2 TCR
- St. Charles Fi
St. Charles Fire Department
5.2 TCR
- Gurnee Fire De
Gurnee Fire Department
5.2 TCR
- City of Greens
City of Greensboro- Fire Department
5.2 TCR
What this shows Oxford Fire Departments averages 5.2 TCR (162% of the Ambulance and fire service combined BLS benchmark).
Oxford Fire Departments TCR series: 2017=0 · 2019=0 · 2020=200 · 2021=0 · 2022=14.3 · 2023=11.7 · BLS 3.2
Where Oxford Fire Departments falls in its industry
793 Ambulance and fire service com establishmentsSafer than 77% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 9.8.
Narrower to Connecticut alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #18 safest of 113 Ambulance and fire service com employers in Connecticut.
Oxford Fire Departments has more employees than the Ambulance and fire service combined 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 | 11.7 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 14.3 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 200.0 | 0.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
922160 · CT · Oxford
793 Ambulance and fire service combined employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,008 rated employers in Connecticut with headcount on file · 28 employers in Oxford, CT · 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 | Lincoln Rural Fire Protection District | 5.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | St. Charles Fire Department | 5.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Gurnee Fire Department | 5.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | City of Greensboro- Fire Department | 5.2 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | MJ Daly, LLC | 128 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Scapa Tapes NA, Inc | 128 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Veeder-Root (Simsbury) | 128 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | NEBCT | 128 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Oxford, CT #248 | 169 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | PTA Plastics Oxford | 162 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Northeast STIHL | 68 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Oxford Fire and Ambulance | 58 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Foodland Markets #52 | 5.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | ARC Industries East | 5.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Jackson County Government | 5.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Carlie C's IGA #820 | 5.2 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Ridgewood Rehabilitation & Care Center | 128 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Madison County Memorial Hospital | 128 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Keystone Plastics, Inc | 128 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | JLM-Raymond | 128 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.