Firefighting services (except forest and private) · Connecticut
Town of Waterford Fire Services
Waterford, CT · ~34 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 10.9
- Avg TCR
- 3.2
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Town of Waterford Fire Services runs at 341% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Firefighting services (except forest and private) workplace, earning a grade F.
Town of Waterford Fire Services: 10.9 TCR = 341% of Firefighting services (except forest and private) BLS 3.2 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Town of Waterford Fire Services safety composite
Town of Waterford Fire Services scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 32%), 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).
41/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 10.92 per 100 workers
Safer than 43% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 6.79 per 100 workers
Safer than 32% 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
−10.9
2017→2024
Town of Waterford Fire Services injury rate improved
Town of Waterford Fire Services's TCR fell 10.9 from 17.7 in 2017 to 6.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 21.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.62× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2017=17.7 · 2018=21.7 · 2019=15.9 · 2020=3.7 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=10.6 · 2024=6.8
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 922160 · Waterford, CT ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 10.9 · 341% of ind
- DART 6.8 DART
- RANK #55/113
- PHOTO St. Tammany Fire Dis…
- BOOK 7y book
- INJ 21 inj
- SIZE ~34 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: St. Tammany Fire District No. 3 (0.0 TCR gap)
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Town of Waterford Fire Services in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Town of Waterford Fire Services
10.9 TCR
- St. Tammany Fi
St. Tammany Fire District No. 3
10.9 TCR
- Palatine Rural
Palatine Rural Fire Protection District
10.9 TCR
- Parkway Fire D
Parkway Fire Department
10.9 TCR
- Fire Departmen
Fire Department
10.9 TCR
What this shows Town of Waterford Fire Services averages 10.9 TCR (341% of the Firefighting services (except forest and private) BLS benchmark).
Town of Waterford Fire Services TCR series: 2017=17.7 · 2018=21.7 · 2019=15.9 · 2020=3.7 · 2021=0 · 2022=10.6 · 2024=6.8 · BLS 3.2
Where Town of Waterford Fire Services falls in its industry
793 Firefighting services (except establishmentsSafer than 43% 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 #55 safest of 113 Firefighting services (except employers in Connecticut.
Town of Waterford Fire Services has fewer employees than the Firefighting services (except forest and 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6.8 | 6.8 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 10.6 | 7.1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 15.9 | 15.9 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 21.7 | 8.7 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 17.7 | 14.7 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
922160 · CT · Waterford
793 Firefighting services (except forest and private) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,008 rated employers in Connecticut with headcount on file · 81 employers in Waterford, 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 | St. Tammany Fire District No. 3 | 10.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Palatine Rural Fire Protection District | 10.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Parkway Fire Department | 10.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Fire Department | 10.9 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Herb Holden Trucking, Inc. | 34 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Eversource - Waterbury Freight | 34 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Mattern Construction Inc. | 34 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | City Of Meriden Public Works | 34 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | MILLSTONE NUC | 958 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | WM 2331 | 362 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 2331 | 323 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Bayview Health Care | 229 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Hyatt Regency Monterey Hotel and Spa on Del Monte Golf Course | 10.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Courtyard Springwoods Village | 10.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Manor | 10.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Johnston Plant | 10.9 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Scott Metals | 34 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Quintanilla Ag, Inc | 34 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | At Home Stores #177 | 34 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Volpi | 34 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.