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

Fire Department

Battle Creek, MI · ~79 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
14.4
Avg TCR
3.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Fire Department runs at 451% 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.

Fire Department: 14.4 TCR = 451% of Fire departments (e.g., government, volunteer (except private)) BLS 3.2 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Fire Department safety composite

Fire Department scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 27%), 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

38/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 14.44 per 100 workers

Safer than 27% of industry peers

DART rate
D 5.26 per 100 workers

Safer than 41% 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

−17.9

2016→2023

Fire Department injury rate improved

Fire Department's TCR fell 17.9 from 24.2 in 2016 to 6.3 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2016 at 24.2 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.36× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=24.2 · 2018=5.1 · 2019=16.9 · 2020=20.9 · 2021=13.3 · 2022=14.4 · 2023=6.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 922160 · Battle Creek, MI ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 14.4 · 451% of ind

  • DART 5.3 DART
  • RANK #25/29
  • PHOTO North Aurora Fire Pr…
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 80 inj
  • SIZE ~79 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: North Aurora Fire Protection District (0.0 TCR gap)

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Fire Department in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Fire Department averages 14.4 TCR (451% 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

Fire Department TCR series: 2016=24.2 · 2018=5.1 · 2019=16.9 · 2020=20.9 · 2021=13.3 · 2022=14.4 · 2023=6.3 · BLS 3.2

Where Fire Department falls in its industry

793 Fire departments (e.g., govern establishments

Safer than 27% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 9.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #25 safest of 29 Fire departments (e.g., govern employers in Michigan.

Fire Department (79 employees, TCR 14.4) 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 Fire Department
Fire Department (79 employees, TCR 14.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 9.8

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 6.3 5.3 5 1 0
2022 14.4 12.3 14 0 0
2021 13.3 10.0 6 6 0
2020 20.9 15.7 12 8 0
2019 16.9 11.6 15 1 0
2018 5.1 5.1 4 1 0
2016 24.2 21.2 24 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

922160 · MI · Battle Creek

793 Fire departments (e.g., government, volunteer (except private)) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 161 employers in Battle Creek, 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 North Aurora Fire Protection District 14.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR 577 NORTH AURORA FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT 14.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Fire Station 12 14.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR City of Alton, IL - Fire 14.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Fontanesi and Kann 79 FTE
STATE-SIZE Van Dyken Mechanical 79 FTE
STATE-SIZE Grapids Home Services 79 FTE
STATE-SIZE Sharon's Heating & Air Conditioning 79 FTE
CITY-NEAR Denso Manufacturing of Michigan 2,702 FTE
CITY-NEAR BRONSON BATTLE CREEK 1,530 FTE
CITY-NEAR Battle Creek HQ Corporate Office 1,118 FTE
CITY-NEAR I I Stanley Co., Inc. 729 FTE
NAT-TCR ISD #701 District Wide 14.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Man-Inc-Mansfield Juvenile Treat 14.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Arden Courts of Winter Springs 14.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Nutrisol LLC 14.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE 2109-Residence/Springhill Chicago 79 FTE
NAT-SIZE Roxford Produce International 79 FTE
NAT-SIZE DATTCO - Cheshire 79 FTE
NAT-SIZE Saint Louis 79 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, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.