Fire and rescue service · Indiana

City of Michigan City - Fire Department

Michigan City, IN · ~103 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
18.6
Avg TCR
3.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

City of Michigan City - Fire Department runs at 582% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Fire and rescue service workplace, earning a grade F.

City of Michigan City - Fire Department: 18.6 TCR = 582% of Fire and rescue service BLS 3.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

City of Michigan City - Fire Department safety composite

City of Michigan City - Fire Department scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 15%), 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

27/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 18.63 per 100 workers

Safer than 15% of industry peers

DART rate
F 9.27 per 100 workers

Safer than 23% 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

City of Michigan City - Fire Department: 13.6 → 23.7 TCR

Peak year 2023 @ 23.7 TCR · DART/TCR 0.5× in 2023

City of Michigan City - Fire Department's TCR rose 10.1 from 13.6 in 2022 to 23.7 in 2023. In 2023, DART was 0.5× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 922160 · Michigan City, IN ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 18.6 · 582% of ind

  • DART 9.3 DART
  • RANK #11/12
  • PHOTO CyFair Volunteer Fir…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 25 inj
  • SIZE ~103 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: CyFair Volunteer Fire Department (0.0 TCR gap)

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City of Michigan City - Fire Department in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows City of Michigan City - Fire Department averages 18.6 TCR (582% of the Fire and rescue service BLS benchmark).

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

City of Michigan City - Fire Department TCR series: 2022=13.6 · 2023=23.7 · BLS 3.2

Where City of Michigan City - Fire Department falls in its industry

793 Fire and rescue service establishments

Safer than 15% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 9.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Indiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #11 safest of 12 Fire and rescue service employers in Indiana.

City of Michigan City - Fire Department (103 employees, TCR 18.6) 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 City of Michigan City - Fire Department
City of Michigan City - Fire Department (103 employees, TCR 18.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 9.8

City of Michigan City - Fire Department has more employees than the Fire and rescue service 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
2023 23.7 9.3 17 6 0
2022 13.6 6.8 8 6 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

922160 · IN · Michigan City

793 Fire and rescue service employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,750 rated employers in Indiana with headcount on file · 111 employers in Michigan City, IN · 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 CyFair Volunteer Fire Department 18.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Guilford Fire Department 18.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR SOUTHERN REGION : TUU 18.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Mt. Morris Fire Protection District 18.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Gas Division 103 FTE
STATE-SIZE Korte Electric Inc 103 FTE
STATE-SIZE Morristown OVC 103 FTE
STATE-SIZE Mossberg & Company, LLC 103 FTE
CITY-NEAR Franciscan Health Michigan City 938 FTE
CITY-NEAR Blue Chip Casino Hotel Spa 772 FTE
CITY-NEAR Michigan City High School 603 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hearthside Foods Solutions 602 FTE
NAT-TCR Fairfield Inn & Suites by Marriott Hollister 18.6 TCR
NAT-TCR 4795-PD-DRO-DURANGO-DRO-PDMT 18.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Washington Center 18.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Hartwell Health and Rehabilitation 18.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Feldman Brothers Electrical Supply Co, Inc 103 FTE
NAT-SIZE Joanne's House 103 FTE
NAT-SIZE Statesville Container 103 FTE
NAT-SIZE Transitions at Oakwood, LLC 103 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: 2023, 2022. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.