Fire departments (e.g., government, volunteer (except private)) · Connecticut
Unit 10: Fire Protection
Niantic, CT · ~29 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 8.8
- Avg TCR
- 3.2
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Unit 10: Fire Protection runs at 276% 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.
Unit 10: Fire Protection: 8.8 TCR = 276% of Fire departments (e.g., government, volunteer (except private)) BLS 3.2 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Unit 10: Fire Protection safety composite
Unit 10: Fire Protection 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).
65/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- C 8.82 per 100 workers
Safer than 56% 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
Unit 10: Fire Protection: 0.0 → 11.2 TCR
Peak year 2019 @ 16.0 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2021
Unit 10: Fire Protection's TCR rose 11.2 from 0.0 in 2017 to 11.2 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2019 at 16.0 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 922160 · Niantic, CT ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 8.8 · 276% of ind
- DART 0.0 DART
- RANK #39/113
- PHOTO Fire Station 9
- BOOK 5y book
- INJ 9 inj
- SIZE ~29 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Fire Station 9 (0.0 TCR gap)
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Unit 10: Fire Protection in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Unit 10: Fire Protection
8.8 TCR
- Fire Station 9
Fire Station 9
8.8 TCR
- Pine Rock Fire
Pine Rock Fire Company #4
8.8 TCR
- Freeport Fire
Freeport Fire Department - City of Freeport
8.8 TCR
- City of St. Mi
City of St. Michael Fire Dept
8.8 TCR
What this shows Unit 10: Fire Protection averages 8.8 TCR (276% of the Fire departments (e.g., government, volunteer (except private)) BLS benchmark).
Unit 10: Fire Protection TCR series: 2017=0 · 2018=5.7 · 2019=16 · 2020=11.2 · 2021=11.2 · BLS 3.2
Where Unit 10: Fire Protection falls in its industry
793 Fire departments (e.g., govern establishmentsSafer than 56% 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 #39 safest of 113 Fire departments (e.g., govern employers in Connecticut.
Unit 10: Fire Protection has fewer 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 11.2 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 11.2 | 7.5 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 2019 | 16.0 | 4.0 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 2018 | 5.7 | 5.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
922160 · CT · Niantic
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 · 15 employers in Niantic, 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 Station 9 | 8.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Pine Rock Fire Company #4 | 8.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Freeport Fire Department - City of Freeport | 8.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | City of St. Michael Fire Dept | 8.8 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | First Taxing District Water Department Treatment Plant | 29 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Jacobs - Norwalk - OMI | 29 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Cocchiola Paving, Inc. | 29 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Public Works - Streets amd Roads | 29 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | York Correctional Institution | 507 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Bride Brook Health and Rehabilitation Center | 150 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | York Correctional Institute | 92 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | B-X Niantic LLC | 90 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | APP Anacortes | 8.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Palo Alto Medical Foundation (378-10145) | 8.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Scott Ellis Enterprises | 8.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Broadway Resource Recovery, LLC | 8.8 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Flavel Grocery Outlet 183 | 29 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Potters Industries Muscatine | 29 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Butech, Inc. (440) | 29 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Pebble Beach - Del Monte Golf Course | 29 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.