Independent School District · Minnesota

Austin Public Schools ISD #492 Woodson School

Austin, MN · ~73 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
2.2
Avg TCR
1.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Austin Public Schools ISD #492 Woodson School runs at 156% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Independent School District workplace, earning a grade D.

Austin Public Schools ISD #492 Woodson School: 2.2 TCR = 156% of Independent School District BLS 1.4 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Austin Public Schools ISD #492 Woodson School safety composite

Austin Public Schools ISD #492 Woodson School scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 74% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 20%), 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

49/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.18 per 100 workers

Safer than 74% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.89 per 100 workers

Safer than 20% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Austin Public Schools ISD #492 Woodson School: 2.6 → 3.9 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 3.9 TCR · DART/TCR 1.78× in 2024

Austin Public Schools ISD #492 Woodson School's TCR rose 1.3 from 2.6 in 2017 to 3.9 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1.78× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 611110 · Austin, MN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 2.2 · 156% of ind

  • DART 3.9 DART
  • RANK #439/1589
  • PHOTO IND SCHOOL DIST 84 S…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~73 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: IND SCHOOL DIST 84 SLEEPY EYE PUBLIC SCHOOLS (0.0 TCR gap)

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Austin Public Schools ISD #492 Woodson School in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Austin Public Schools ISD #492 Woodson School averages 2.2 TCR (156% of the Independent School District BLS benchmark).

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

Austin Public Schools ISD #492 Woodson School TCR series: 2017=2.6 · 2023=0 · 2024=3.9 · BLS 1.4

Where Austin Public Schools ISD #492 Woodson School falls in its industry

3,374 Independent School District establishments

Safer than 74% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #439 safest of 1589 Independent School District employers in Minnesota.

Austin Public Schools ISD #492 Woodson School (73 employees, TCR 2.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 76 employees and a TCR of 3.8 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 02,0004,0006,0008,00010,000 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Austin Public Schools ISD #492 Woodson School
Austin Public Schools ISD #492 Woodson School (73 employees, TCR 2.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 76 employees and a TCR of 3.8

Austin Public Schools ISD #492 Woodson School has fewer employees than the Independent School District median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.8. 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
2024 3.9 3.9 2 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 2.6 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

611110 · MN · Austin

3,374 Independent School District employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 75 employers in Austin, 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 IND SCHOOL DIST 84 SLEEPY EYE PUBLIC SCHOOLS 2.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Forest Lake Area Education Center 2.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Downtown Doral Charter Elementary School 2.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR North Albany Elementary 2.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE City of Sleepy Eye 73 FTE
STATE-SIZE Kellington 73 FTE
STATE-SIZE D&D Shop - 23405 Ct Rd 10 Corcoran 73 FTE
STATE-SIZE U.S. SiteWork, Inc. 73 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hormel Foods - Austin 1,914 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hormel Foods - Austin Plant 1,884 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hormel Foods Corporation 1,581 FTE
CITY-NEAR Quality Pork Processors Inc. 1,208 FTE
NAT-TCR Pilot Corporation of America 2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Maples Industries 2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR S04110 - Coastal Plains RDF 2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Kyzen Corporation 2.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Coil Manufacturing Inc 73 FTE
NAT-SIZE Midco International Inc. 73 FTE
NAT-SIZE Epoxy Technology, Inc. 73 FTE
NAT-SIZE Lamothermic Corporation 73 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, 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.