Police and fire departments, combined · Michigan

City of Kalamazoo- Department of Public Safety

Kalamazoo, MI · ~274 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
11.3
Avg TCR
3.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

City of Kalamazoo- Department of Public Safety runs at 352% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Police and fire departments, combined workplace, earning a grade F.

City of Kalamazoo- Department of Public Safety: 11.3 TCR = 352% of Police and fire departments, combined BLS 3.2 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

City of Kalamazoo- Department of Public Safety safety composite

City of Kalamazoo- Department of Public Safety scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 53% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 19%), 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).

D

36/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 11.28 per 100 workers

Safer than 39% of industry peers

DART rate
F 8.52 per 100 workers

Safer than 19% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 53% 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

−3.2

2021→2024

City of Kalamazoo- Department of Public Safety injury rate improved

City of Kalamazoo- Department of Public Safety's TCR fell 3.2 from 13.3 in 2021 to 10.2 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 13.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.76× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=13.3 · 2022=12.7 · 2023=8.9 · 2024=10.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 922120 · Kalamazoo, MI ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 11.3 · 352% of ind

  • DART 8.5 DART
  • RANK #15/33
  • PHOTO Glenn County Sheriff…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 117 inj
  • SIZE ~274 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Glenn County Sheriff's Department (0.0 TCR gap)

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City of Kalamazoo- Department of Public Safety in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows City of Kalamazoo- Department of Public Safety averages 11.3 TCR (352% of the Police and fire departments, combined BLS benchmark).

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

City of Kalamazoo- Department of Public Safety TCR series: 2021=13.3 · 2022=12.7 · 2023=8.9 · 2024=10.2 · BLS 3.2

Where City of Kalamazoo- Department of Public Safety falls in its industry

716 Police and fire departments, c establishments

Safer than 39% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 9.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #15 safest of 33 Police and fire departments, c employers in Michigan.

City of Kalamazoo- Department of Public Safety (274 employees, TCR 11.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 95 employees and a TCR of 9.5 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 0200400600 0102030 Average employees Total Case Rate City of Kalamazoo- Department of Public Safety
City of Kalamazoo- Department of Public Safety (274 employees, TCR 11.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 95 employees and a TCR of 9.5

City of Kalamazoo- Department of Public Safety has more employees than the Police and fire departments, combined median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 9.5. 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 10.2 8.5 28 3 0
2023 8.9 5.8 25 1 0
2022 12.7 9.9 36 0 0
2021 13.3 10.2 28 10 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

922120 · MI · Kalamazoo

716 Police and fire departments, combined employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 353 employers in Kalamazoo, MI · 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 Glenn County Sheriff's Department 11.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR U.S. Border Patrol Sector - Yuma 11.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Police Department 11.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR City of Raleigh- Police Department 11.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE GR-Oliver Healthcare Packaging 274 FTE
STATE-SIZE Summit Polymers Inc. P18 274 FTE
STATE-SIZE Flat Rock Metal,Inc. 274 FTE
STATE-SIZE International Extrusions, Inc. 274 FTE
CITY-NEAR Bronson Methodist Hospital 4,909 FTE
CITY-NEAR Pfizer Kalamazoo - Portage Road 3,201 FTE
CITY-NEAR Stryker Instruments 2,240 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1855-MIKAL1 2,103 FTE
NAT-TCR Avera Gettysburg Hospital DBA Avera Missouri River Health Center 11.3 TCR
NAT-TCR 3M - Tonawanda 11.3 TCR
NAT-TCR PAM Specialty Hospital of New Braunfels 11.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Curry Rail Services - Hockley 11.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Amazon.com Services LLC - DPH9 274 FTE
NAT-SIZE SDICDSI Kearny Mesa 274 FTE
NAT-SIZE Jawonio Main Campus 274 FTE
NAT-SIZE 2409 - Austin Arboretum 274 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.