Elementary and secondary schools · Minnesota

Benson Public Schools

Benson, MN · ~217 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
6.1
Avg TCR
1.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Benson Public Schools runs at 433% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Elementary and secondary schools workplace, earning a grade F.

Benson Public Schools: 6.1 TCR = 433% of Elementary and secondary schools BLS 1.4 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Benson Public Schools safety composite

Benson Public Schools scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 58% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 27%), 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

44/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.06 per 100 workers

Safer than 27% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0.01 per 100 workers

Safer than 58% 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

−10.9

2017→2024

Benson Public Schools injury rate improved

Benson Public Schools's TCR fell 10.9 from 10.9 in 2017 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 11.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=10.9 · 2019=3.9 · 2020=11.5 · 2021=6.1 · 2022=5.6 · 2023=4.4 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade F · TCR 6.1 · 433% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #1205/1589
  • PHOTO ISD 742 Westwood Ele…
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 46 inj
  • SIZE ~217 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: ISD 742 Westwood Elementary (0.0 TCR gap)

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Benson Public Schools in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Benson Public Schools averages 6.1 TCR (433% of the Elementary and secondary schools BLS benchmark).

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

Benson Public Schools TCR series: 2017=10.9 · 2019=3.9 · 2020=11.5 · 2021=6.1 · 2022=5.6 · 2023=4.4 · 2024=0 · BLS 1.4

Where Benson Public Schools falls in its industry

3,374 Elementary and secondary schoo establishments

Safer than 27% 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 #1205 safest of 1589 Elementary and secondary schoo employers in Minnesota.

Benson Public Schools (217 employees, TCR 6.1) 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 Benson Public Schools
Benson Public Schools (217 employees, TCR 6.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 76 employees and a TCR of 3.8

Benson Public Schools has more employees than the Elementary and secondary schools 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 0.0 0.0 3 0 0
2023 4.4 0.6 7 0 0
2022 5.6 4.2 8 0 0
2021 6.1 1.0 6 0 0
2020 11.5 2.3 9 1 0
2019 3.9 1.0 4 0 0
2017 10.9 0.0 9 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

611110 · MN · Benson

3,374 Elementary and secondary schools employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 17 employers in Benson, 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 ISD 742 Westwood Elementary 6.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR 1459-0161 6.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Dowling 6.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Beaver Lake Education Center 6.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE H2I Group, Inc. - Corporate 217 FTE
STATE-SIZE 6340-VIKING-MN007 217 FTE
STATE-SIZE 2800 217 FTE
STATE-SIZE COON RAPIDS MN - 3028 217 FTE
CITY-NEAR Benson 520 FTE
CITY-NEAR CNH Industrial - Benson 325 FTE
CITY-NEAR Swift County 134 FTE
CITY-NEAR Benson Hospital 103 FTE
NAT-TCR Crookham Company 6.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Devon Industries 6.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Rolling Ridge 6.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Cibola County 6.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE ASM Knoxville 217 FTE
NAT-SIZE LovelaceUNM Rehabilitation Hospital 217 FTE
NAT-SIZE Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Austin 217 FTE
NAT-SIZE North Shore Supply Company.Inc. 217 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, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 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.