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

Town of Chapel Hill - Fire Department

Chapel Hill, NC · ~93 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.6
Avg TCR
3.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Town of Chapel Hill - Fire Department runs at 111% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Fire departments (e.g., government, volunteer (except private)) workplace, earning a grade C.

Town of Chapel Hill - Fire Department: 3.6 TCR = 111% of Fire departments (e.g., government, volunteer (except private)) BLS 3.2 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Town of Chapel Hill - Fire Department safety composite

Town of Chapel Hill - Fire Department scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 86% 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).

C

71/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 3.56 per 100 workers

Safer than 86% of industry peers

DART rate
C 1.43 per 100 workers

Safer than 66% 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

−1.8

2016→2018

Town of Chapel Hill - Fire Department injury rate improved

Town of Chapel Hill - Fire Department's TCR fell 1.8 from 3.5 in 2016 to 1.8 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2017 at 5.4 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0.4× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=3.5 · 2017=5.4 · 2018=1.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 922160 · Chapel Hill, NC ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 3.6 · 111% of ind

  • DART 1.4 DART
  • RANK #16/36
  • PHOTO Fire Department
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 11 inj
  • SIZE ~93 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Fire Department (0.0 TCR gap)

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Town of Chapel Hill - Fire Department in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Town of Chapel Hill - Fire Department averages 3.6 TCR (111% 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

Town of Chapel Hill - Fire Department TCR series: 2016=3.5 · 2017=5.4 · 2018=1.8 · BLS 3.2

Where Town of Chapel Hill - Fire Department falls in its industry

793 Fire departments (e.g., govern establishments

Safer than 86% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 9.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #16 safest of 36 Fire departments (e.g., govern employers in North Carolina.

Town of Chapel Hill - Fire Department (93 employees, TCR 3.6) 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 Town of Chapel Hill - Fire Department
Town of Chapel Hill - Fire Department (93 employees, TCR 3.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 9.8

Town of Chapel Hill - Fire Department has more 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 1.8 1.4 5 0 0
2017 5.4 3.6 4 2 0
2016 3.5 1.8 2 2 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

922160 · NC · Chapel Hill

793 Fire departments (e.g., government, volunteer (except private)) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 104 employers in Chapel Hill, NC · 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 3.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Daisy Mountain Fire & Medical 3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Tonto Basin Fire District 3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR MALTA FIRE DEPARTMENT 3.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Tri Pointe Homes Charlotte 93 FTE
STATE-SIZE UFP-Mid Atlantic LLC 93 FTE
STATE-SIZE Advanced Exterior Systems 93 FTE
STATE-SIZE Lightserve Corporation 93 FTE
CITY-NEAR University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 21,973 FTE
CITY-NEAR UNC Health Care 11,237 FTE
CITY-NEAR Spec Personnel, LLC 644 FTE
CITY-NEAR Brookdale chapel hill 509 FTE
NAT-TCR Rocklin One Hour Heating and Air Conditioning 3.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Penske : 5194-00 Starbucks-DCM/Dallas, TX 3.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Plainville Community Schools Toffolon Elementary School 3.6 TCR
NAT-TCR 21Z3-U3 3.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE 52611 Chandler DC - HSS 93 FTE
NAT-SIZE EOS Fitness - Avondale 93 FTE
NAT-SIZE SCC at Clear Brook Crossing Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center 93 FTE
NAT-SIZE Senior Care of Onion Creek 93 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: 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.