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

City of Minneapolis Fire Department

Minneapolis, MN · ~469 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
30.5
Avg TCR
3.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

City of Minneapolis Fire Department runs at 953% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Fire departments (e.g., government, volunteer (except private)) workplace, earning a grade F.

City of Minneapolis Fire Department: 30.5 TCR = 953% of Fire departments (e.g., government, volunteer (except private)) BLS 3.2 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

City of Minneapolis Fire Department safety composite

City of Minneapolis Fire Department scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 0%), 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

16/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 30.5 per 100 workers

Safer than 0% of industry peers

DART rate
F 18.87 per 100 workers

Safer than 8% 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

−10.8

2021→2023

City of Minneapolis Fire Department injury rate improved

City of Minneapolis Fire Department's TCR fell 10.8 from 29.7 in 2021 to 18.9 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2022 at 42.9 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.62× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=29.7 · 2022=42.9 · 2023=18.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 922160 · Minneapolis, MN ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 30.5 · 953% of ind

  • DART 18.9 DART
  • RANK #38/38
  • PHOTO 267 WARRENVILLE FIRE…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 227 inj
  • SIZE ~469 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 267 WARRENVILLE FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT (0.6 TCR gap)

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City of Minneapolis Fire Department in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows City of Minneapolis Fire Department averages 30.5 TCR (953% 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

City of Minneapolis Fire Department TCR series: 2021=29.7 · 2022=42.9 · 2023=18.9 · BLS 3.2

Where City of Minneapolis Fire Department falls in its industry

793 Fire departments (e.g., govern establishments

Safer than 0% 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 #38 safest of 38 Fire departments (e.g., govern employers in Minnesota.

City of Minneapolis Fire Department (469 employees, TCR 30.5) 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 010203040 Average employees Total Case Rate City of Minneapolis Fire Department
City of Minneapolis Fire Department (469 employees, TCR 30.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 9.8

City of Minneapolis Fire Department has more employees than the Fire departments (e.g., government, volu 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 18.9 18.9 80 37 0
2022 42.9 42.9 74 177 0
2021 29.7 29.2 73 97 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

922160 · MN · Minneapolis

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 · 1,321 employers in Minneapolis, 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 267 WARRENVILLE FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT 29.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR City of Meriden Fire Camp Street 29.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Lifeguard HQ 29.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Station 5-1 EMS 28.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Willow Lake 470 FTE
STATE-SIZE Anoka County Jail 470 FTE
STATE-SIZE Southern Minnesota Beet Sugar Cooperative 467 FTE
STATE-SIZE Infinite Campus, Inc. 471 FTE
CITY-NEAR University of Minnesota Twin Cities 22,522 FTE
CITY-NEAR MN950 MN TELECOMMUTER 12,021 FTE
CITY-NEAR 0501 - City Center 8,459 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hennepin County Medical Center 7,030 FTE
NAT-TCR 048 Juvenile Detention Center 30.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Rockland Facility 30.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Governor Juan F. Luis Hospital and Medical Center 30.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Kemper Moving Systems 30.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE StarPak LLC 469 FTE
NAT-SIZE Alene Candles Midwest 469 FTE
NAT-SIZE Cardinal IG -Greenfield IG 469 FTE
NAT-SIZE West Star Aviation / Grand Junction 469 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, 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.