Fire and rescue service · Michigan

Fire Department

Grand Rapids, MI · ~210 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
13.9
Avg TCR
3.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Fire Department runs at 434% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Fire and rescue service workplace, earning a grade F.

Fire Department: 13.9 TCR = 434% of Fire and rescue service BLS 3.2 · 5y 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 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).

F

34/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 13.9 per 100 workers

Safer than 30% of industry peers

DART rate
F 8.05 per 100 workers

Safer than 27% 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

−16.2

2020→2024

Fire Department injury rate improved

Fire Department's TCR fell 16.2 from 28.8 in 2020 to 12.7 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 28.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.58× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=28.8 · 2021=8.7 · 2022=9.0 · 2023=10.3 · 2024=12.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 922160 · Grand Rapids, MI ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 13.9 · 434% of ind

  • DART 8.1 DART
  • RANK #23/29
  • PHOTO Sioux City Fire Rescue
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 167 inj
  • SIZE ~210 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Sioux City Fire Rescue (0.1 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 13.9 TCR (434% of the Fire and rescue service BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-08-25

Fire Department TCR series: 2020=28.8 · 2021=8.7 · 2022=9 · 2023=10.3 · 2024=12.7 · BLS 3.2

Where Fire Department falls in its industry

793 Fire and rescue service establishments

Safer than 30% 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 #23 safest of 29 Fire and rescue service employers in Michigan.

Fire Department (210 employees, TCR 13.9) 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 (210 employees, TCR 13.9) 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 and rescue service 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 12.7 8.1 33 0 0
2023 10.3 7.3 27 0 0
2022 9.0 7.0 21 1 0
2021 8.7 6.1 19 1 0
2020 28.8 24.6 67 2 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

922160 · MI · Grand Rapids

793 Fire and rescue service employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 1,006 employers in Grand Rapids, 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 Sioux City Fire Rescue 14.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR 718 SUGAR GROVE FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT 13.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR South Whatcom Regional Fire Authority 14.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Orland Fire Protection District 14.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Systex Products Corporation 300 210 FTE
STATE-SIZE Stone Plastics and Manufacturing 210 FTE
STATE-SIZE PRA Vantage 210 FTE
STATE-SIZE Weber Automotive Corporation 210 FTE
CITY-NEAR SHHG-GR BUTTERWORTH CA 9,012 FTE
CITY-NEAR SH Butterworth Hospital 7,397 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mercy Health Saint Mary's Hospital-MH-MI 2,914 FTE
CITY-NEAR Steelcase - Grand Rapids / Kentwood 2,817 FTE
NAT-TCR City of Chesapeake - Maintenance and Operations 13.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Buttermilk Ski Area 13.9 TCR
NAT-TCR 5090 - CO Mesa County 13.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Meadows Farms- Richmond, VA 13.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Hyster-Yale Group 210 FTE
NAT-SIZE 2165 - Vista South Business Park Drive 210 FTE
NAT-SIZE 2770 - Pembroke 210 FTE
NAT-SIZE Amazon.com Services LLC - DJX2 210 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.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.