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

Fire Department

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Lonsdale, MN · ~27 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · September 26, 2026

F
Failing Safety Record: 45.3
Avg TCR: 3.2
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Fire Department runs at 1415% 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: 45.3 TCR = 1415% of Fire departments (e.g., government, volunteer (except private)) BLS 3.2 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Fire Department safety composite

Fire Department scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 85% 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).

43/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 45.27 per 100 workers

Safer than 0% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Fire Department: 41.2 → 49.4 TCR

Peak year 2023 @ 115.3 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2024

Fire Department's TCR rose 8.2 from 41.2 in 2022 to 49.4 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 115.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade F · TCR 45.3 · 1415% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #38/38
PHOTO 267 WARRENVILLE FIRE…
BOOK 3y book
INJ 2 inj
SIZE ~27 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 267 WARRENVILLE FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT (15.3 TCR gap)

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45.3
267 WARRENVILL

29.9
City of Meride

29.8
Lifeguard HQ

29.5
Station 5-1 EM

28.6

What this shows Fire Department averages 45.3 TCR (1415% of the Fire departments (e.g., government, volunteer (except private)) BLS benchmark).

Fire Department TCR series: 2022=41.2 · 2023=115.3 · 2024=49.4 · BLS 3.2

Where 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.

Grade F

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.

Fire Department (27 employees, TCR 45.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 9.8

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
2024	49.4	0.0	0	1
2023	115.3	76.9	1	2
2022	41.2	0.0	1	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

922160 · MN · Lonsdale

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 · 8 employers in Lonsdale, MN · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	267 WARRENVILLE FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT	WARRENVILLE, IL	29.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR	City of Meriden Fire Camp Street	MERIDEN, CT	29.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Lifeguard HQ	HUNTINGTON BEACH, CA	29.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Station 5-1 EMS	PALMER, AK	28.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Cass Forest Products	CASS LAKE	27 FTE
STATE-SIZE	6276-62762010-005248	MINNEAPOLIS	27 FTE
STATE-SIZE	505526 MN1775 ROOSEVELT RD	SAINT CLOUD	27 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Lakefield Veterinary Group - 162	EDINA	27 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Minnesota Millwork & Fixtures	Lonsdale	64 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Mindak Commercial Construction, LLC.	Lonsdale	47 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Lonsdale K-4	Lonsdale	46 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Mackenthun's Lonsdale	Lonsdale	44 FTE
NAT-TCR	Governor Juan F. Luis Hospital and Medical Center	Christiansted, VI	30.0 TCR
NAT-TCR	048 Juvenile Detention Center	Peoria, IL	30.0 TCR
NAT-TCR	Rockland Facility	Rockland, ME	30.0 TCR
NAT-TCR	Kemper Moving Systems	Huntsville, AL	30.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Reo Welding Co., Inc.	Colonie, NY	27 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Lahey Arlington	Arlington, MA	27 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Memorial Hermann University Place Retirement Center	Houston, TX	27 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Location 300	Yonkers, NY	27 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.

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