Discount Department Stores · Minnesota

2456 - Otsego

Otsego, MN · ~371 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.9
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

2456 - Otsego runs at 145% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Discount Department Stores workplace, earning a grade D.

2456 - Otsego: 4.9 TCR = 145% of Discount Department Stores BLS 3.4 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

2456 - Otsego safety composite

2456 - Otsego scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 55% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 45%), 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).

D

50/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 4.92 per 100 workers

Safer than 45% of industry peers

DART rate
C 1.08 per 100 workers

Safer than 55% 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

−0.9

2019→2024

2456 - Otsego injury rate improved

2456 - Otsego's TCR fell 0.9 from 2.5 in 2019 to 1.6 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 10.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.22× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=2.5 · 2021=7.0 · 2022=10.3 · 2023=3.2 · 2024=1.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade D · TCR 4.9 · 145% of ind

  • DART 1.1 DART
  • RANK #65/131
  • PHOTO 2853 - North Brunswick
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 21 inj
  • SIZE ~371 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 2853 - North Brunswick (0.0 TCR gap)

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2456 - Otsego in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows 2456 - Otsego averages 4.9 TCR (145% of the Discount Department Stores BLS benchmark).

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

2456 - Otsego TCR series: 2019=2.5 · 2021=7 · 2022=10.3 · 2023=3.2 · 2024=1.6 · BLS 3.4

Where 2456 - Otsego falls in its industry

4,991 Discount Department Stores establishments

Safer than 45% 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 #65 safest of 131 Discount Department Stores employers in Minnesota.

2456 - Otsego (371 employees, TCR 4.9) 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 2456 - Otsego
2456 - Otsego (371 employees, TCR 4.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 99 employees and a TCR of 4.4

2456 - Otsego 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 1.6 1.1 3 0 0
2023 3.2 1.6 6 0 0
2022 10.3 9.7 3 16 0
2021 7.0 4.8 5 8 0
2019 2.5 1.9 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

452112 · MN · Otsego

4,991 Discount Department Stores employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 23 employers in Otsego, 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 2853 - North Brunswick 4.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR WM 453 4.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR WM 1576 4.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Unit #0819 4.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE HiLine 371 FTE
STATE-SIZE 1473 371 FTE
STATE-SIZE 1351 - Rochester 370 FTE
STATE-SIZE WM 1627 370 FTE
CITY-NEAR Accurate Home Care, LLC 490 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2047 Coborn's Otsego 116 FTE
CITY-NEAR ISD 728 Prairie View E/M School 101 FTE
CITY-NEAR Ruan Transport Corp T550 RTC 93 FTE
NAT-TCR 2853 - North Brunswick 4.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Acme Wire Products Company, Inc. 4.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Mount Alverna Village 4.9 TCR
NAT-TCR CON-E-CO 4.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE DLC Resources 371 FTE
NAT-SIZE Coffeyville Resources Refining and Marketing 371 FTE
NAT-SIZE Vinton Steel, LLC. 371 FTE
NAT-SIZE Davis Mail Services, Inc 371 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.