Swimming instruction · Minnesota

Bear Paddle Swim School

Minneapolis, MN · ~293 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
15.7
Avg TCR
1.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Bear Paddle Swim School runs at 1121% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Swimming instruction workplace, earning a grade F.

Bear Paddle Swim School: 15.7 TCR = 1121% of Swimming instruction BLS 1.4 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Bear Paddle Swim School safety composite

Bear Paddle Swim School scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 0%), 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

19/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 15.7 per 100 workers

Safer than 0% of industry peers

DART rate
F 6.07 per 100 workers

Safer than 19% 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

−24.9

2020→2023

Bear Paddle Swim School injury rate improved

Bear Paddle Swim School's TCR fell 24.9 from 31.6 in 2020 to 6.7 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2020 at 31.6 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.39× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=31.6 · 2022=8.8 · 2023=6.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 611620 · Minneapolis, MN ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 15.7 · 1121% of ind

  • DART 6.1 DART
  • RANK P0
  • PHOTO Parks Recreation Nei…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 22 inj
  • SIZE ~293 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Parks Recreation Neighborhoods (6.3 TCR gap)

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Bear Paddle Swim School in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Bear Paddle Swim School averages 15.7 TCR (1121% of the Swimming instruction BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-09-26

Bear Paddle Swim School TCR series: 2020=31.6 · 2022=8.8 · 2023=6.7 · BLS 1.4

Where Bear Paddle Swim School falls in its industry

13 Swimming instruction establishments

Safer than 0% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Year-by-Year Safety Data

Year TCR DART Injuries Illnesses Fatalities
2023 6.7 6.1 8 2 0
2022 8.8 1.5 12 0 0
2020 31.6 0.0 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

611620 · MN · Minneapolis

13 Swimming instruction employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 1,321 employers in Minneapolis, 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 Parks Recreation Neighborhoods 9.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Varsity Spirit, LLC - Camp 7.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Varsity Spirit 5.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Professional Ski Instructors of America 5.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Bobcat Doosan Litchfield 293 FTE
STATE-SIZE FedEx 2275 WALNUT STREET N 293 FTE
STATE-SIZE 6458-NBNC 293 FTE
STATE-SIZE Winona County 293 FTE
CITY-NEAR University of Minnesota Twin Cities 22,522 FTE
CITY-NEAR MN950 MN TELECOMMUTER 12,021 FTE
CITY-NEAR 0501 - City Center 8,459 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hennepin County Medical Center 7,030 FTE
NAT-TCR Everett #104 15.7 TCR
NAT-TCR North Georgia Truss Systems LLC 15.7 TCR
NAT-TCR DuBose Strapping, Inc. 15.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Allure of Geneseo 15.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Inham - Hammond/East Lake 293 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hilliard Fourth Street 293 FTE
NAT-SIZE Gahanna 700 293 FTE
NAT-SIZE Market Basket #14 293 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: 2023, 2022, 2020. 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.