Fire departments (e.g., government, volunteer (except private)) · Minnesota
Fire Department
Hutchinson, MN · ~32 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 15.6
- Avg TCR
- 3.2
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Fire Department runs at 488% 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: 15.6 TCR = 488% of Fire departments (e.g., government, volunteer (except private)) BLS 3.2 · 8y 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 dart rate (safer than 1%), 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).
23/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 15.61 per 100 workers
Safer than 23% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 37.86 per 100 workers
Safer than 1% 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
Fire Department: 0.0 → 37.9 TCR
Peak year 2024 @ 37.9 TCR · DART/TCR 2.43× in 2024
Fire Department's TCR rose 37.9 from 0.0 in 2017 to 37.9 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 2.43× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 922160 · Hutchinson, MN ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 15.6 · 488% of ind
- DART 37.9 DART
- RANK #29/38
- PHOTO County Fire Districts
- BOOK 8y book
- INJ 4 inj
- SIZE ~32 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: County Fire Districts (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
- This site
Fire Department
15.6 TCR
- County Fire Di
County Fire Districts
15.6 TCR
- Joliet Fire De
Joliet Fire Department
15.6 TCR
- Fire and EMS S
Fire and EMS Station
15.6 TCR
- Fire
Fire
15.6 TCR
What this shows Fire Department averages 15.6 TCR (488% of the Fire departments (e.g., government, volunteer (except private)) BLS benchmark).
Fire Department TCR series: 2017=0 · 2018=0 · 2019=20.3 · 2020=0 · 2021=17.4 · 2022=18.9 · 2023=30.4 · 2024=37.9 · BLS 3.2
Where Fire Department falls in its industry
793 Fire departments (e.g., govern establishmentsSafer than 23% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 9.8.
Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #29 safest of 38 Fire departments (e.g., govern employers in Minnesota.
Fire Department has fewer 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 37.9 | 37.9 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 | 30.4 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2022 | 18.9 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 17.4 | 17.4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 20.3 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
922160 · MN · Hutchinson
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 · 78 employers in Hutchinson, 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 | County Fire Districts | 15.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Joliet Fire Department | 15.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Fire and EMS Station | 15.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Fire | 15.6 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | MN Farm | 32 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Schwartz SE Office | 32 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | High Bridge Combined Cycle | 32 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Steele Waseca Coop Electric | 32 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Hutchinson | 1,536 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 0898 HUTCHINSON HOSPITAL | 483 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | WM 1738 | 314 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Heartland Agriculture | 298 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Trader Joe's 0567 Yorktown | 15.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | SATCO Products of California | 15.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Maynard Steel Casting Co. | 15.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | HW Cylar House | 15.6 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Nordic - Charlotte Master Depot | 32 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | OmniSource Transport, LLC - Northern Indiana Trucking | 32 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | DooleyMack Constructors of South Carolina, LLC | 32 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Bt Hq | 32 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
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