Child Care Services · Minnesota

301997 Kindercare

Name: 301997 Kindercare Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Prior Lake, MN · ~33 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

B
Good Safety Record: 2.1
Avg TCR: 3.8
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

301997 Kindercare runs at 56% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Child Care Services workplace, earning a grade B.

301997 Kindercare: 2.1 TCR = 56% of Child Care Services BLS 3.8 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

301997 Kindercare safety composite

301997 Kindercare scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 82% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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).

72/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): B 2.11 per 100 workers

Safer than 82% of industry peers
DART rate: B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 76% 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

−4.2

2023→2024

301997 Kindercare injury rate improved

301997 Kindercare's TCR fell 4.2 from 4.2 in 2023 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 4.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2023=4.2 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 624410 · Prior Lake, MN AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.1 · 56% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #9/62
PHOTO LIFESPAN EAST GREENV…
BOOK 2y book
INJ 1 inj
SIZE ~33 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: LIFESPAN EAST GREENVILLE (0.0 TCR gap)

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LIFESPAN EAST

2.1
Elm Street Chi

2.1
Marilyn E Thom

2.1

What this shows 301997 Kindercare averages 2.1 TCR (56% of the Child Care Services BLS benchmark).

301997 Kindercare TCR series: 2023=4.2 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.8

Where 301997 Kindercare falls in its industry

272 Child Care Services establishments

Safer than 82% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.

Grade B

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #9 safest of 62 Child Care Services employers in Minnesota.

301997 Kindercare (33 employees, TCR 2.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 36 employees and a TCR of 4.7

301997 Kindercare has fewer employees than the Child Care Services median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.7. 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	0.0	0.0	0	0	0
2023	4.2	0.0	1	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

624410 · MN · Prior Lake

272 Child Care Services employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 27 employers in Prior Lake, 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	LIFESPAN EAST GREENVILLE	EAST GREENVILLE, PA	2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Elm Street Child Development Center	GREENSBORO, NC	2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Marilyn E Thomas Center	TROTWOOD, OH	2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	New Haven Board of Education - Dr. Reginald Mayo ECLC	NEW HAVEN, CT	2.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Perham Egg LLC	PERHAM	33 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Gorans Brothers Inc.	BLOMKEST	33 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Las Vegas Raiders 17150004	MINNEAPOLIS	33 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Loeffler Construction & Consulting	LAKEVILLE	33 FTE
CITY-NEAR	City of Prior Lake	Prior Lake	160 FTE
CITY-NEAR	PHS - McKenna Crossing	Prior Lake	117 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Lunds - Prior Lake	Prior Lake	103 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Cal-Tex Electric, Inc.	Prior Lake	98 FTE
NAT-TCR	174 Kehrs Mill	Ballwin, MO	2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	Portland or Distribution Center	Portland, OR	2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	Cincinnati Museum center	Cincinnati, OH	2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	Reagens USA	Pasadena, TX	2.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Burlington	Burlington, WA	33 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Threaded Fasteners, Inc. (Tampa 007)	Tampa, FL	33 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Alpha Sheet Metal Works, Inc	Ladson, SC	33 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Essential Medical Supply, Inc.	Orlando, FL	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: 2024, 2023. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

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