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

Blue Earth Fire Department

Name: Blue Earth Fire Department Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Blue Earth, MN · ~31 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

C
Average Safety Record: 0.0
Avg TCR: 3.2
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Blue Earth Fire Department runs at 0% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Fire departments (e.g., government, volunteer (except private)) workplace, earning a grade C.

Blue Earth Fire Department: 0.0 TCR = 0% of Fire departments (e.g., government, volunteer (except private)) BLS 3.2 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Blue Earth Fire Department safety composite

Blue Earth Fire Department scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 100% 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).

83/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): A 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 100% 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

Blue Earth Fire Department: 0.0 → 62.6 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 62.6 TCR

Blue Earth Fire Department's TCR rose 62.6 from 0.0 in 2018 to 62.6 in 2024.

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 922160 · Blue Earth, MN AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 0.0 · 0% of ind

DART 62.6 DART
RANK #0/38
PHOTO Fire Department
BOOK 6y book
INJ 2 inj
SIZE ~31 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Fire Department (0.2 TCR gap)

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City of Willma

0.5
HEADQUARTERS :

0.4
HEADQUARTERS :

0.3
Fire Departmen

0.2
This site

0

What this shows Blue Earth Fire Department averages 0.0 TCR (0% of the Fire departments (e.g., government, volunteer (except private)) BLS benchmark).

Blue Earth Fire Department TCR series: 2018=0 · 2020=60 · 2021=0 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · 2024=62.6 · BLS 3.2

Where Blue Earth Fire Department falls in its industry

793 Fire departments (e.g., govern establishments

Safer than 100% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 9.8.

Grade C

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #0 safest of 38 Fire departments (e.g., govern employers in Minnesota.

Blue Earth Fire Department (31 employees, TCR 0.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 9.8

Blue Earth Fire Department 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
2024	62.6	62.6	1
2023	0.0	0.0	0
2022	0.0	0.0	0
2021	0.0	0.0	0
2020	60.0	0.0	1
2018	0.0	0.0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

922160 · MN · Blue Earth

793 Fire departments (e.g., government, volunteer (except private)) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 15 employers in Blue Earth, MN · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Fire Department	WINDSOR LOCKS, CT	0.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	HEADQUARTERS : 1300 U Street Building	SACRAMENTO, CA	0.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	HEADQUARTERS : State Fire Marshal	SACRAMENTO, CA	0.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR	City of Willmar - Fire Station	WILLMAR, MN	0.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE	High Island Dairy	LE SUEUR	31 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Protein Sources, LLP	MAPLETON	31 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Black Dog Gen Plant-UC	BURNSVILLE	31 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Power Plant	HIBBING	31 FTE
CITY-NEAR	United Hospital District	Blue Earth	259 FTE
CITY-NEAR	St Lukes Main	Blue Earth	175 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Kerry Blue Earth	Blue Earth	161 FTE
CITY-NEAR	2892_5597	Blue Earth	144 FTE
NAT-TCR	Cedar Bay Entertainment LLC	Branson, MO	0.0 TCR
NAT-TCR	Cardinal Health 7000 and 7200	Dublin, OH	0.0 TCR
NAT-TCR	One Federal Street	Boston, MA	0.0 TCR
NAT-TCR	City of Fremont - Community Support Includes Recreation and Human Services	Fremont, Ca. 94537, CA	0.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Jasper County	Newton, IA	31 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Store 1057	Virginia Beach, VA	31 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Jones Contracting Corp.	West Point, IA	31 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Store 1170	Mableton, GA	31 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, 2018. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.