Ambulance and fire service combined · Minnesota

Saint Paul Fire Department

Saint Paul, MN · ~526 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
20.9
Avg TCR
3.2
Industry avg
2
Fatalities
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The verdict

Saint Paul Fire Department runs at 653% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Ambulance and fire service combined workplace, earning a grade F.

Saint Paul Fire Department: 20.9 TCR = 653% of Ambulance and fire service combined BLS 3.2 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Saint Paul Fire Department safety composite

Saint Paul Fire Department scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 10% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (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).

F

7/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 20.89 per 100 workers

Safer than 9% of industry peers

DART rate
F 15.66 per 100 workers

Safer than 10% of industry peers

Fatalities
F 2

Safer than 1% 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

−146.4

2017→2023

Saint Paul Fire Department injury rate improved

Saint Paul Fire Department's TCR fell 146.4 from 163.5 in 2017 to 17.1 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2017 at 163.5 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.75× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=163.5 · 2019=19.6 · 2020=26.0 · 2023=17.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 922160 · Saint Paul, MN ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 20.9 · 653% of ind

  • DART 15.7 DART
  • RANK #35/38
  • PHOTO Fire Station 9
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 357 inj
  • SIZE ~526 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Fire Station 9 (0.1 TCR gap)

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Saint Paul Fire Department in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Saint Paul Fire Department averages 20.9 TCR (653% of the Ambulance and fire service combined BLS benchmark).

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

Saint Paul Fire Department TCR series: 2017=163.5 · 2019=19.6 · 2020=26 · 2023=17.1 · BLS 3.2

Where Saint Paul Fire Department falls in its industry

793 Ambulance and fire service com establishments

Safer than 9% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 9.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #35 safest of 38 Ambulance and fire service com employers in Minnesota.

Saint Paul Fire Department (526 employees, TCR 20.9) 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 Saint Paul Fire Department
Saint Paul Fire Department (526 employees, TCR 20.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 9.8

Saint Paul Fire Department has more employees than the Ambulance and fire service combined 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
2023 17.1 15.7 99 19 1
2020 26.0 23.8 92 64 1
2019 19.6 19.4 84 28 0
2017 163.5 158.3 82 12 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

922160 · MN · Saint Paul

793 Ambulance and fire service combined employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 291 employers in Saint Paul, 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 Fire Station 9 20.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR City of Jacksonville Fire Department 20.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR FIRE #1 211 SO. 500 E. 20.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR City of New Haven - FIRE 826 Woodward Avenue 20.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Shutterfly Shakopee 526 FTE
STATE-SIZE 9407 - Woodbury TFC 525 FTE
STATE-SIZE Orono ISD #278 527 FTE
STATE-SIZE ETOC Company, Inc. 525 FTE
CITY-NEAR HE-Midway Corporate Campus 2,194 FTE
CITY-NEAR Minnesota Department of Public Safety 2,100 FTE
CITY-NEAR Minnesota Department of Human Services, Central Office, Andersen, DC1 & Golden Rule 1,486 FTE
CITY-NEAR FV St Josephs Hospital 1,426 FTE
NAT-TCR Nuno Iron & Mfg. Inc. 20.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Jenks Living Center, LLC dba Grace Skilled Nursing and Therapy, Jenks 20.9 TCR
NAT-TCR McCoys Building Supply-New Braunfels Millwork 20.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Smyle Logistics LLC 20.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Corporate Office 526 FTE
NAT-SIZE Romeo Engine 526 FTE
NAT-SIZE Lincoln Terminal 526 FTE
NAT-SIZE Corporate Corp 526 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: 2023, 2020, 2019, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.