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

White Hills Fire Company #5

Shelton, CT · ~55 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.0
Avg TCR
3.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

White Hills Fire Company #5 runs at 157% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Fire departments (e.g., government, volunteer (except private)) workplace, earning a grade D.

White Hills Fire Company #5: 5.0 TCR = 157% of Fire departments (e.g., government, volunteer (except private)) BLS 3.2 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

White Hills Fire Company #5 safety composite

White Hills Fire Company #5 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).

C

74/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 5.01 per 100 workers

Safer than 78% 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%).

TCR Δ

−1111.1

2016→2024

White Hills Fire Company #5 injury rate improved

White Hills Fire Company #5's TCR fell 1111.1 from 1111.1 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 1111.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=1111.1 · 2017=0.0 · 2018=4.2 · 2019=4.4 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=10.3 · 2022=11.3 · 2023=10.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade D · TCR 5.0 · 157% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #16/113
  • PHOTO Village of Hinsdale …
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 7 inj
  • SIZE ~55 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Village of Hinsdale Fire Department (0.0 TCR gap)

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White Hills Fire Company #5 in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows White Hills Fire Company #5 averages 5.0 TCR (157% 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

White Hills Fire Company #5 TCR series: 2016=1111.1 · 2017=0 · 2018=4.2 · 2019=4.4 · 2020=0 · 2021=10.3 · 2022=11.3 · 2023=10 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.2

Where White Hills Fire Company #5 falls in its industry

793 Fire departments (e.g., govern establishments

Safer than 78% 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 #16 safest of 113 Fire departments (e.g., govern employers in Connecticut.

White Hills Fire Company #5 (55 employees, TCR 5.0) 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 White Hills Fire Company #5
White Hills Fire Company #5 (55 employees, TCR 5.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 9.8

White Hills Fire Company #5 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
2024 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 10.0 10.0 1 0 0
2022 11.3 11.3 1 0 0
2021 10.3 10.3 1 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 4.4 4.4 1 0 0
2018 4.2 4.2 1 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 1111.1 1111.1 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

922160 · CT · Shelton

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 · 111 employers in Shelton, 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 Village of Hinsdale Fire Department 5.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR TRI-STATE FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT 5.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Village of Oak Brook - Fire Dept 5.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Orem City Fire Department 5.0 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 AffinEco, LLC 1,740 FTE
CITY-NEAR SMG 1,487 FTE
CITY-NEAR SSC, Inc. 820 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lockheed Martin Corporation US CT Shelton Far Mill Crossng (5223) 655 FTE
NAT-TCR CHR 5.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Pitt Ohio - Harrisburg 5.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Kemper House Strongsville 5.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Agriland FS - Indianola 5.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Dunham Price, LLC 55 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sea Crest Development Corp. 55 FTE
NAT-SIZE Alta Enterprises LLC- Sterling Heights 55 FTE
NAT-SIZE Primetals Technologies-Decatur 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: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 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.