Independent School District · Minnesota

Austin Public Schools ISD#492-Ellis Middle School

Austin, MN · ~104 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
2.0
Avg TCR
1.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Austin Public Schools ISD#492-Ellis Middle School runs at 142% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Independent School District workplace, earning a grade D.

Austin Public Schools ISD#492-Ellis Middle School: 2.0 TCR = 142% of Independent School District BLS 1.4 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Austin Public Schools ISD#492-Ellis Middle School safety composite

Austin Public Schools ISD#492-Ellis Middle School scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 79% 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).

C

71/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.99 per 100 workers

Safer than 78% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 79% 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

−3.1

2017→2024

Austin Public Schools ISD#492-Ellis Middle School injury rate improved

Austin Public Schools ISD#492-Ellis Middle School's TCR fell 3.1 from 3.1 in 2017 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2017 at 3.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=3.1 · 2023=2.9 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade D · TCR 2.0 · 142% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #373/1589
  • PHOTO Washington Elementary
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~104 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Washington Elementary (0.0 TCR gap)

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Austin Public Schools ISD#492-Ellis Middle 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-Ellis Middle School averages 2.0 TCR (142% 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-Ellis Middle School TCR series: 2017=3.1 · 2023=2.9 · 2024=0 · BLS 1.4

Where Austin Public Schools ISD#492-Ellis Middle School falls in its industry

3,374 Independent School District establishments

Safer than 78% 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 #373 safest of 1589 Independent School District employers in Minnesota.

Austin Public Schools ISD#492-Ellis Middle School (104 employees, TCR 2.0) 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-Ellis Middle School
Austin Public Schools ISD#492-Ellis Middle School (104 employees, TCR 2.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 76 employees and a TCR of 3.8

Austin Public Schools ISD#492-Ellis Middle School has more 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 2.9 1.5 2 0 0
2017 3.1 1.5 2 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 Washington Elementary 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Luverne Community Education 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR WANDO HIGH 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR LaCrescent-Hokah Public Schools 2.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE White Bear Lake Service Center-PB 104 FTE
STATE-SIZE Cool Air Mechanical Inc 104 FTE
STATE-SIZE Dairy Farmers of America 104 FTE
STATE-SIZE Brakebush Wells 104 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 At Home Stores #175 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR HSMD-Health Services MD 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR San Juan Water District 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Sodexo at Santa Rosa County S.B. 2.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Rouses Market #10 104 FTE
NAT-SIZE NMI Industrial Holdings Inc DBA NMI Industrial 104 FTE
NAT-SIZE Trader Joe's 0018 S. Pasadena 104 FTE
NAT-SIZE Trader Joe's 0036 Culver City 104 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.

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

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