Independent School District · Minnesota

Austin Public Schools ISD#492-Austin Public Schools ISD #492 - Oakland Educational Center

Austin, MN · ~44 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
13.4
Avg TCR
1.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Austin Public Schools ISD#492-Austin Public Schools ISD #492 - Oakland Educational Center runs at 955% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Independent School District workplace, earning a grade F.

Austin Public Schools ISD#492-Austin Public Schools ISD #492 - Oakland Educational Center: 13.4 TCR = 955% of Independent School District BLS 1.4 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Austin Public Schools ISD#492-Austin Public Schools ISD #492 - Oakland Educational Center safety composite

Austin Public Schools ISD#492-Austin Public Schools ISD #492 - Oakland Educational Center scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 6%), 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

18/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 13.37 per 100 workers

Safer than 6% of industry peers

DART rate
F 6.97 per 100 workers

Safer than 8% 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

−12.2

2017→2024

Austin Public Schools ISD#492-Austin Public Schools ISD #492 - Oakland Educational Center injury rate improved

Austin Public Schools ISD#492-Austin Public Schools ISD #492 - Oakland Educational Center's TCR fell 12.2 from 22.7 in 2017 to 10.5 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2017 at 22.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.52× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=22.7 · 2023=7.0 · 2024=10.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade F · TCR 13.4 · 955% of ind

  • DART 7.0 DART
  • RANK #1527/1589
  • PHOTO Oak View Elementary
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 11 inj
  • SIZE ~44 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Oak View Elementary (0.0 TCR gap)

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Austin Public Schools ISD#492-Austin Public Schools ISD #492 - Oakland Educational Center 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-Austin Public Schools ISD #492 - Oakland Educational Center averages 13.4 TCR (955% 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-Austin Public Schools ISD #492 - Oakland Educational Center TCR series: 2017=22.7 · 2023=7 · 2024=10.5 · BLS 1.4

Where Austin Public Schools ISD#492-Austin Public Schools ISD #492 - Oakland Educational Center falls in its industry

3,374 Independent School District establishments

Safer than 6% 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 #1527 safest of 1589 Independent School District employers in Minnesota.

Austin Public Schools ISD#492-Austin Public Schools ISD #492 - Oakland Educational Center (44 employees, TCR 13.4) 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-Austin Public Schools ISD #492 - Oakland Educational Center
Austin Public Schools ISD#492-Austin Public Schools ISD #492 - Oakland Educational Center (44 employees, TCR 13.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 76 employees and a TCR of 3.8

Austin Public Schools ISD#492-Austin Public Schools ISD #492 - Oakland Educational Center has fewer employees than the Independent School District median and a higher 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 10.5 7.0 3 0 0
2023 7.0 3.5 2 0 0
2017 22.7 3.8 6 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 Oak View Elementary 13.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR F. J. Kennedy School 13.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Transportation - GR 13.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Northbrook School District 28 13.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE West River 44 FTE
STATE-SIZE Monticello Training Ctr-LL 44 FTE
STATE-SIZE Water Treatment Facility 44 FTE
STATE-SIZE WasteWater Treatment Facility 44 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 Westbrook - Terminal 13.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Woodlands Place Rehabilitation Suites 13.4 TCR
NAT-TCR City of Delano 13.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Inglewood Healthcare Center 13.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Wonder Lake Fire Protection District 44 FTE
NAT-SIZE United West Covina 44 FTE
NAT-SIZE Tudor Stone & Brickwork 44 FTE
NAT-SIZE Dixie Plywood and Lumber Company of Atlanta 44 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.