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

City of St. Michael Fire Dept

St. Michael, MN · ~30 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
8.8
Avg TCR
3.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

City of St. Michael Fire Dept runs at 274% 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 St. Michael Fire Dept: 8.8 TCR = 274% of Fire departments (e.g., government, volunteer (except private)) BLS 3.2 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

City of St. Michael Fire Dept safety composite

City of St. Michael Fire Dept scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 85% 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).

C

65/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 8.78 per 100 workers

Safer than 56% 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%).

City of St. Michael Fire Dept held a steady TCR band

City of St. Michael Fire Dept's TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2020 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 22.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=0.0 · 2021=21.7 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=22.2 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 922160 · St. Michael, MN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 8.8 · 274% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #14/38
  • PHOTO Freeport Fire Depart…
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~30 FTE

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

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City of St. Michael Fire Dept in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows City of St. Michael Fire Dept averages 8.8 TCR (274% 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 St. Michael Fire Dept TCR series: 2020=0 · 2021=21.7 · 2022=0 · 2023=22.2 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.2

Where City of St. Michael Fire Dept falls in its industry

793 Fire departments (e.g., govern establishments

Safer than 56% 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 #14 safest of 38 Fire departments (e.g., govern employers in Minnesota.

City of St. Michael Fire Dept (30 employees, TCR 8.8) 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 St. Michael Fire Dept
City of St. Michael Fire Dept (30 employees, TCR 8.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 9.8

City of St. Michael Fire Dept 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 Illnesses Fatalities
2024 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 22.2 0.0 1 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 21.7 0.0 1 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

922160 · MN · St. Michael

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 · 22 employers in St. Michael, 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 Freeport Fire Department - City of Freeport 8.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR CITY OF ROCHELLE FIRE DEPARTMENT 8.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Pine Rock Fire Company #4 8.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Unit 10: Fire Protection 8.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Nelson Nursery 30 FTE
STATE-SIZE Northern Plains Dairy 30 FTE
STATE-SIZE United Dairy, Westland Dairy 30 FTE
STATE-SIZE Pipestone Grow Finish 30 FTE
CITY-NEAR St. Michael - Albertville High School 390 FTE
CITY-NEAR PCiRoads LLC 297 FTE
CITY-NEAR Community Education Center 287 FTE
CITY-NEAR Rachel Contracting 173 FTE
NAT-TCR Drake's: The Barn 8.8 TCR
NAT-TCR GA410 Atlanta WH 8.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Hilton Garden Inn 8.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Lmmm Dallas #42, LTD. 8.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Pacific Lock Company 30 FTE
NAT-SIZE Galtronics USA Inc 30 FTE
NAT-SIZE PGC (Main) 30 FTE
NAT-SIZE Tanner Lumber Company Norton 30 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.