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

Torrington Fire Department

Torrington, CT · ~55 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
19.1
Avg TCR
3.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Torrington Fire Department runs at 598% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Fire departments (e.g., government, volunteer (except private)) workplace, earning a grade F.

Torrington Fire Department: 19.1 TCR = 598% of Fire departments (e.g., government, volunteer (except private)) BLS 3.2 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Torrington Fire Department safety composite

Torrington Fire Department scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 13%), 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).

F

27/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 19.14 per 100 workers

Safer than 13% of industry peers

DART rate
F 8.94 per 100 workers

Safer than 24% 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

−6.1

2017→2021

Torrington Fire Department injury rate improved

Torrington Fire Department's TCR fell 6.1 from 19.5 in 2017 to 13.4 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2020 at 57.3 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.47× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=19.5 · 2018=23.4 · 2019=20.3 · 2020=57.3 · 2021=13.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade F · TCR 19.1 · 598% of ind

  • DART 8.9 DART
  • RANK #94/113
  • PHOTO Fire Department
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 57 inj
  • SIZE ~55 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Fire Department (0.0 TCR gap)

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Torrington Fire Department in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Torrington Fire Department averages 19.1 TCR (598% 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

Torrington Fire Department TCR series: 2017=19.5 · 2018=23.4 · 2019=20.3 · 2020=57.3 · 2021=13.4 · BLS 3.2

Where Torrington Fire Department falls in its industry

793 Fire departments (e.g., govern establishments

Safer than 13% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 9.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Connecticut alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #94 safest of 113 Fire departments (e.g., govern employers in Connecticut.

Torrington Fire Department (55 employees, TCR 19.1) 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 Torrington Fire Department
Torrington Fire Department (55 employees, TCR 19.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 9.8

Torrington Fire Department has more employees than the Fire departments (e.g., government, volu 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
2021 13.4 8.9 9 0 0
2020 57.3 8.2 13 22 0
2019 20.3 5.8 12 2 0
2018 23.4 9.3 15 0 0
2017 19.5 6.5 8 4 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

922160 · CT · Torrington

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 · 87 employers in Torrington, 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 Fire Department 19.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Village of Savoy 19.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Lakeside Fire Protection District 19.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Harris County Emergency Service District #9 19.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Haynes Construction Company 55 FTE
STATE-SIZE Corporate Construction Inc. 55 FTE
STATE-SIZE A.P. Construction Company 55 FTE
STATE-SIZE Connecticut 55 FTE
CITY-NEAR CHARLOTTE HUNGERFORD HOSPITAL 949 FTE
CITY-NEAR Charlotte Hungerford Hospital (540) 924 FTE
CITY-NEAR O&G Entire Company 801 FTE
CITY-NEAR O&G Industries, Inc. 783 FTE
NAT-TCR Heritage Manor - El Paso #114 19.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Dollar General (WC USX ZAN) 19.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Los Sures Management Company 19.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Hampton Inn Times Square North 19.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE CRI - East Ohio 55 FTE
NAT-SIZE The Landmark of Fridley 55 FTE
NAT-SIZE Roche Constructors, Inc. - Corporate 55 FTE
NAT-SIZE Fairhaven 55 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: 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.