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

Fire Department

Name: Fire Department Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Owatonna, MN · ~32 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

A
Excellent Safety Record: 1.6
Avg TCR: 3.2
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Fire Department runs at 49% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Fire departments (e.g., government, volunteer (except private)) workplace, earning a grade A.

Fire Department: 1.6 TCR = 49% 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 total case rate (tcr) (safer than 97% 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).

82/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): A 1.56 per 100 workers

Safer than 97% 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

−6.2

2017→2024

Fire Department injury rate improved

Fire Department's TCR fell 6.2 from 6.2 in 2017 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 6.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=6.2 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=6.3 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 922160 · Owatonna, MN AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 1.6 · 49% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #2/38
PHOTO Fire Department
BOOK 8y book
INJ 2 inj
SIZE ~32 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Fire Department (0.0 TCR gap)

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1.6
Fire Departmen

1.6
Daisy Mountain

1.5
Coal City Fire

1.5
Station 21

1.5

What this shows Fire Department averages 1.6 TCR (49% of the Fire departments (e.g., government, volunteer (except private)) BLS benchmark).

Fire Department TCR series: 2017=6.2 · 2018=0 · 2019=0 · 2020=0 · 2021=0 · 2022=6.3 · 2023=0 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.2

Where Fire Department falls in its industry

793 Fire departments (e.g., govern establishments

Safer than 97% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 9.8.

Grade A

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #2 safest of 38 Fire departments (e.g., govern employers in Minnesota.

Fire Department (32 employees, TCR 1.6) 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 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
2024	0.0	0.0	0
2023	0.0	0.0	0
2022	6.3	6.3	1
2021	0.0	0.0	0
2020	0.0	0.0	0
2019	0.0	0.0	0
2018	0.0	0.0	0
2017	6.2	0.0	1

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

922160 · MN · Owatonna

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 · 122 employers in Owatonna, 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	Fire Department	NEW BERN, NC	1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Daisy Mountain Fire District	ANTHEM, AZ	1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Coal City Fire Protection District - Station #1	COAL CITY, IL	1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Station 21	BLOOMINGDALE, IL	1.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE	MN Farm	MORRIS	32 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Schwartz SE Office	SLEEPY EYE	32 FTE
STATE-SIZE	High Bridge Combined Cycle	SAINT PAUL	32 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Steele Waseca Coop Electric	OWATONNA	32 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Downtown & Remote	Owatonna	1,694 FTE
CITY-NEAR	27-321862189	Owatonna	1,465 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Viracon	Owatonna	1,084 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Truth Hardware	Owatonna	631 FTE
NAT-TCR	STS Operating - Grand Prairie	Grand Prairie, TX	1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	Tops Products	Dallas, TX	1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	Springdale	Springdale, AR	1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	Cullum Construction Co.	Dallas, TX	1.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE	CAPS Fremont	Fremont, CA	32 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Reliable Cable TV Contractors, Inc. 12911 Halldale Avenue, Gardena, CA 90249	Gardena, CA	32 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Historic Restoration, Inc.	Gaithersburg, MD	32 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Holiday Inn Express Seminole	St. Petersburg, FL	32 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, 2019, 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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