Ambulance and fire service combined · Minnesota

Carlton Fire and Ambulance

Carlton, MN · ~54 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
16.0
Avg TCR
3.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Carlton Fire and Ambulance runs at 500% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Ambulance and fire service combined workplace, earning a grade F.

Carlton Fire and Ambulance: 16.0 TCR = 500% of Ambulance and fire service combined BLS 3.2 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Carlton Fire and Ambulance safety composite

Carlton Fire and Ambulance scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 10%), 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).

F

25/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 15.99 per 100 workers

Safer than 22% of industry peers

DART rate
F 15.95 per 100 workers

Safer than 10% 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

Carlton Fire and Ambulance: 0.0 → 15.9 TCR

Peak year 2020 @ 31.4 TCR · DART/TCR 1× in 2024

Carlton Fire and Ambulance's TCR rose 15.9 from 0.0 in 2019 to 15.9 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 31.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 922160 · Carlton, MN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 16.0 · 500% of ind

  • DART 15.9 DART
  • RANK #30/38
  • PHOTO City of Monroe Fire …
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~54 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: City of Monroe Fire Department (0.0 TCR gap)

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Carlton Fire and Ambulance in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Carlton Fire and Ambulance averages 16.0 TCR (500% of the Ambulance and fire service combined BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-08-25

Carlton Fire and Ambulance TCR series: 2019=0 · 2020=31.4 · 2022=22 · 2023=10.6 · 2024=15.9 · BLS 3.2

Where Carlton Fire and Ambulance falls in its industry

793 Ambulance and fire service com establishments

Safer than 22% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 9.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #30 safest of 38 Ambulance and fire service com employers in Minnesota.

Carlton Fire and Ambulance (54 employees, TCR 16.0) 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 Carlton Fire and Ambulance
Carlton Fire and Ambulance (54 employees, TCR 16.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 9.8

Carlton Fire and Ambulance has more employees than the Ambulance and fire service combined 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 15.9 15.9 1 0 0
2023 10.6 0.0 1 0 0
2022 22.0 0.0 2 0 0
2020 31.4 10.5 1 2 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

922160 · MN · Carlton

793 Ambulance and fire service combined employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 14 employers in Carlton, MN · 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 City of Monroe Fire Department 16.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR City of Fairfax Fire Department 16.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR North Kitsap Fire and Rescue 16.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR FIRE PUB. SAFETY 475 S. 300 E. 16.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Monticello Training Center 54 FTE
STATE-SIZE 09 Eveleth 54 FTE
STATE-SIZE Elder-Jones Inc. 54 FTE
STATE-SIZE Haldeman Homme, Inc. - Minneapolis - Corporate 54 FTE
CITY-NEAR Inter-Faith Care Center 155 FTE
CITY-NEAR Interfaith Care Center 140 FTE
CITY-NEAR South Terrace Elementary 52 FTE
CITY-NEAR Carlton High School 47 FTE
NAT-TCR Store 1017 16.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Trader Joe's 0138 Issaquah 16.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Administration 16.0 TCR
NAT-TCR The Sound Seattle 16.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Brookdale Senior Living 54 FTE
NAT-SIZE Bodie Mechanical Services, Inc. 54 FTE
NAT-SIZE Store 8017 54 FTE
NAT-SIZE Carps, LLC 54 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, 2020, 2019. 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.