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

City of Waseca - Fire Department

Waseca, MN · ~26 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
8.6
Avg TCR
3.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

City of Waseca - Fire Department runs at 269% 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 Waseca - Fire Department: 8.6 TCR = 269% of Fire departments (e.g., government, volunteer (except private)) BLS 3.2 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

City of Waseca - Fire Department safety composite

City of Waseca - Fire Department 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

66/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 8.61 per 100 workers

Safer than 57% 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%).

TCR Δ

−25.8

2022→2024

City of Waseca - Fire Department injury rate improved

City of Waseca - Fire Department's TCR fell 25.8 from 25.8 in 2022 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 25.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=25.8 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade F · TCR 8.6 · 269% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #13/38
  • PHOTO City Government - Fi…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~26 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: City Government - Fire Protection (0.0 TCR gap)

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City of Waseca - Fire Department in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows City of Waseca - Fire Department averages 8.6 TCR (269% 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 Waseca - Fire Department TCR series: 2022=25.8 · 2023=0 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.2

Where City of Waseca - Fire Department falls in its industry

793 Fire departments (e.g., govern establishments

Safer than 57% 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 #13 safest of 38 Fire departments (e.g., govern employers in Minnesota.

City of Waseca - Fire Department (26 employees, TCR 8.6) 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 Waseca - Fire Department
City of Waseca - Fire Department (26 employees, TCR 8.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 9.8

City of Waseca - Fire Department 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 25.8 0.0 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

922160 · MN · Waseca

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 · 40 employers in Waseca, 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 Government - Fire Protection 8.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Milford Fire Department - Station 8 8.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR CITY OF MARION, ILLINOIS Fire Department 8.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Village of Roselle Fire Department 8.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Becker 26 FTE
STATE-SIZE Silverstreak Dairy LLC, Silverstreak Dairy 26 FTE
STATE-SIZE Schwartz Farms Huiras MN 26 FTE
STATE-SIZE Golden Egg 26 FTE
CITY-NEAR Federal Correctional Institution 833 FTE
CITY-NEAR WASECA MN 238 FTE
CITY-NEAR Cinch Connectivity Solutions 200 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 1038 181 FTE
NAT-TCR Texas Roof Management, Inc. 8.6 TCR
NAT-TCR 1st State Insulation 8.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Alaris Health at St Mary'S 8.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Munie Trenching & Excavating, Inc. 8.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE enginequest llc 26 FTE
NAT-SIZE Big R of Evergreen, LLC. 26 FTE
NAT-SIZE 417 Weldon 26 FTE
NAT-SIZE Big R of Cortez, Inc. 26 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.