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

Town of Hamden - Fire Department

Hamden, CT · ~100 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
10.6
Avg TCR
3.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Town of Hamden - Fire Department runs at 333% 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.

Town of Hamden - Fire Department: 10.6 TCR = 333% of Fire departments (e.g., government, volunteer (except private)) BLS 3.2 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Town of Hamden - Fire Department safety composite

Town of Hamden - Fire Department scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 45%), 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).

D

49/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 10.64 per 100 workers

Safer than 45% of industry peers

DART rate
D 3.5 per 100 workers

Safer than 52% 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

−7.0

2018→2022

Town of Hamden - Fire Department injury rate improved

Town of Hamden - Fire Department's TCR fell 7.0 from 10.5 in 2018 to 3.5 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2020 at 22.0 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0.33× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=10.5 · 2019=6.7 · 2020=22.0 · 2021=10.6 · 2022=3.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 922160 · Hamden, CT ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 10.6 · 333% of ind

  • DART 3.5 DART
  • RANK #53/113
  • PHOTO Tualatin Valley Fire…
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 56 inj
  • SIZE ~100 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Tualatin Valley Fire & Rescue (0.0 TCR gap)

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Town of Hamden - Fire Department in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Town of Hamden - Fire Department averages 10.6 TCR (333% 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 Hamden - Fire Department TCR series: 2018=10.5 · 2019=6.7 · 2020=22 · 2021=10.6 · 2022=3.5 · BLS 3.2

Where Town of Hamden - Fire Department falls in its industry

793 Fire departments (e.g., govern establishments

Safer than 45% 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 #53 safest of 113 Fire departments (e.g., govern employers in Connecticut.

Town of Hamden - Fire Department (100 employees, TCR 10.6) 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 Hamden - Fire Department
Town of Hamden - Fire Department (100 employees, TCR 10.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 9.8

Town of Hamden - 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
2022 3.5 3.5 5 1 0
2021 10.6 9.2 12 4 0
2020 22.0 16.6 14 19 0
2019 6.7 6.0 9 1 0
2018 10.5 9.8 16 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

922160 · CT · Hamden

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 · 80 employers in Hamden, 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 Tualatin Valley Fire & Rescue 10.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Fire Department 10.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Cary Fire Protection District 10.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Northwest Fire District 10.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Hobbs Inc 100 FTE
STATE-SIZE Public Works 100 FTE
STATE-SIZE All State Construction Inc. 100 FTE
STATE-SIZE NPI Medical Inc. 100 FTE
CITY-NEAR CTtransit 1,290 FTE
CITY-NEAR Whitney Center 286 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hamden Markets LLC, dba ShopRite of Hamden 261 FTE
CITY-NEAR Arden House 226 FTE
NAT-TCR HG813 10.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Rhodes 240 - Sikeston IMO's 10.6 TCR
NAT-TCR 5472-NAI-0034-0034-02649 10.6 TCR
NAT-TCR 4765-STLCX0DHL 10.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Beard Equipment Company Mobile 100 FTE
NAT-SIZE Affordable Office Interiors Inc 100 FTE
NAT-SIZE Wayzata PN Clinic 100 FTE
NAT-SIZE Osseo Middle School 100 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: 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.