Discount Department Stores · Minnesota

2449 - Waconia

Waconia, MN · ~290 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
9.4
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

2449 - Waconia runs at 277% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Discount Department Stores workplace, earning a grade F.

2449 - Waconia: 9.4 TCR = 277% of Discount Department Stores BLS 3.4 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

2449 - Waconia safety composite

2449 - Waconia scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 10%), 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 9.41 per 100 workers

Safer than 10% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.49 per 100 workers

Safer than 51% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 50% 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

−5.6

2019→2024

2449 - Waconia injury rate improved

2449 - Waconia's TCR fell 5.6 from 7.1 in 2019 to 1.5 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 17.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.16× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=7.1 · 2021=14.9 · 2022=17.7 · 2023=6.0 · 2024=1.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 452112 · Waconia, MN ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 9.4 · 277% of ind

  • DART 1.5 DART
  • RANK #113/131
  • PHOTO DDs DISCOUNTS Store …
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 24 inj
  • SIZE ~290 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: DDs DISCOUNTS Store 5218 (0.0 TCR gap)

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2449 - Waconia in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows 2449 - Waconia averages 9.4 TCR (277% of the Discount Department Stores BLS benchmark).

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

2449 - Waconia TCR series: 2019=7.1 · 2021=14.9 · 2022=17.7 · 2023=6 · 2024=1.5 · BLS 3.4

Where 2449 - Waconia falls in its industry

4,991 Discount Department Stores establishments

Safer than 10% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #113 safest of 131 Discount Department Stores employers in Minnesota.

2449 - Waconia (290 employees, TCR 9.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 99 employees and a TCR of 4.4 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 0100200300400 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate 2449 - Waconia
2449 - Waconia (290 employees, TCR 9.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 99 employees and a TCR of 4.4

2449 - Waconia has more employees than the Discount Department Stores median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.4. 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 1.5 1.5 2 0 0
2023 6.0 4.5 7 1 0
2022 17.7 17.0 5 19 0
2021 14.9 13.4 2 18 0
2019 7.1 5.3 8 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

452112 · MN · Waconia

4,991 Discount Department Stores employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 44 employers in Waconia, 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 DDs DISCOUNTS Store 5218 9.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR 1011 - Eastern Hills 9.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR 0694 - Woodbury Valley Creek Plaza 9.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Carthage Dirt Cheap 9.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Ergotron, Inc 290 FTE
STATE-SIZE Teleflex Vascular Solutions 6464 290 FTE
STATE-SIZE St Cloud Business Center 290 FTE
STATE-SIZE 5437 291 FTE
CITY-NEAR Ridgeview Waconia 2,057 FTE
CITY-NEAR Ridgeview Medical Center 1,793 FTE
CITY-NEAR Cabinetworks Group 441 FTE
CITY-NEAR Educational Services Center 415 FTE
NAT-TCR San Marino Retirement Community 9.4 TCR
NAT-TCR NY 9.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Construction 9.4 TCR
NAT-TCR 818-Eastside 9.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE 1266 - Woburn 290 FTE
NAT-SIZE 2729 - Wilmington 290 FTE
NAT-SIZE 1431 - Falls Church 290 FTE
NAT-SIZE Center for Rehab Medicine - EHC 290 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, 2019. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.