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

Highland Township Fire Department

Highland, MI · ~33 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
21.5
Avg TCR
3.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Highland Township Fire Department runs at 673% 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.

Highland Township Fire Department: 21.5 TCR = 673% of Fire departments (e.g., government, volunteer (except private)) BLS 3.2 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Highland Township Fire Department safety composite

Highland Township Fire Department scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 8%), 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

25/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 21.54 per 100 workers

Safer than 8% of industry peers

DART rate
F 9.11 per 100 workers

Safer than 24% 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

−14.1

2016→2022

Highland Township Fire Department injury rate improved

Highland Township Fire Department's TCR fell 14.1 from 32.4 in 2016 to 18.2 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2021 at 36.4 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0.42× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=32.4 · 2017=12.8 · 2018=14.3 · 2019=19.2 · 2020=17.4 · 2021=36.4 · 2022=18.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 922160 · Highland, MI ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 21.5 · 673% of ind

  • DART 9.1 DART
  • RANK #29/29
  • PHOTO SOUTHERN REGION : MMU
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 17 inj
  • SIZE ~33 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: SOUTHERN REGION : MMU (0.0 TCR gap)

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Highland Township Fire Department in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Highland Township Fire Department averages 21.5 TCR (673% 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

Highland Township Fire Department TCR series: 2016=32.4 · 2017=12.8 · 2018=14.3 · 2019=19.2 · 2020=17.4 · 2021=36.4 · 2022=18.2 · BLS 3.2

Where Highland Township Fire Department falls in its industry

793 Fire departments (e.g., govern establishments

Safer than 8% 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 #29 safest of 29 Fire departments (e.g., govern employers in Michigan.

Highland Township Fire Department (33 employees, TCR 21.5) 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 Highland Township Fire Department
Highland Township Fire Department (33 employees, TCR 21.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 9.8

Highland Township 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
2022 18.2 9.1 3 1 0
2021 36.4 27.3 5 3 0
2020 17.4 8.7 1 3 0
2019 19.2 6.4 1 2 0
2018 14.3 7.2 2 0 0
2017 12.8 12.8 2 0 0
2016 32.4 12.9 3 2 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

922160 · MI · Highland

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 · 19 employers in Highland, 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 SOUTHERN REGION : MMU 21.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Citizens Fire Department 21.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR NORTHERN REGION : BTU 21.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Fire Emergency Services Station 71 21.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE PRH GROUP LLC 33 FTE
STATE-SIZE Three Rivers Svc Ctr 33 FTE
STATE-SIZE Alpena Power Company 33 FTE
STATE-SIZE Water Treatment City of Wyoming 33 FTE
CITY-NEAR Feldman Chevrolet of Highland 257 FTE
CITY-NEAR Milford High School 205 FTE
CITY-NEAR Midwest Glass Fabrictors 158 FTE
CITY-NEAR Administration Building 145 FTE
NAT-TCR Seafood City Supermarket - Henderson 21.5 TCR
NAT-TCR 161568-Chi-Nancy B Jefferson Sta 21.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Snyir Inc. 21.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Continuing Healthcare of Boardman 21.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Prairie Creek Grain Company, Inc. -Elwood 33 FTE
NAT-SIZE Store 1098 33 FTE
NAT-SIZE Juneaus SD FS 33 FTE
NAT-SIZE SouthernCarlson - Wylie 33 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: 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 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.