Elementary schools · Minnesota

Big Woods Elementary

Saint Michael, MN · ~75 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
4.4
Avg TCR
1.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Big Woods Elementary runs at 316% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Elementary schools workplace, earning a grade F.

Big Woods Elementary: 4.4 TCR = 316% of Elementary schools BLS 1.4 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Big Woods Elementary safety composite

Big Woods Elementary scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 41%), 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)
D 4.42 per 100 workers

Safer than 41% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.75 per 100 workers

Safer than 42% 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

−1.8

2017→2019

Big Woods Elementary injury rate improved

Big Woods Elementary's TCR fell 1.8 from 5.3 in 2017 to 3.5 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2017 at 5.3 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0.4× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=5.3 · 2019=3.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 611110 · Saint Michael, MN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 4.4 · 316% of ind

  • DART 1.8 DART
  • RANK #977/1589
  • PHOTO EAST CENTRAL SENIOR …
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~75 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: EAST CENTRAL SENIOR HIGH (0.0 TCR gap)

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Big Woods Elementary in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Big Woods Elementary averages 4.4 TCR (316% of the Elementary schools BLS benchmark).

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

Big Woods Elementary TCR series: 2017=5.3 · 2019=3.5 · BLS 1.4

Where Big Woods Elementary falls in its industry

3,374 Elementary schools establishments

Safer than 41% 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 #977 safest of 1589 Elementary schools employers in Minnesota.

Big Woods Elementary (75 employees, TCR 4.4) 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 Big Woods Elementary
Big Woods Elementary (75 employees, TCR 4.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 76 employees and a TCR of 3.8

Big Woods Elementary has fewer employees than the Elementary 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
2019 3.5 1.8 2 0 0
2017 5.3 5.3 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

611110 · MN · Saint Michael

3,374 Elementary schools employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 14 employers in Saint Michael, 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 EAST CENTRAL SENIOR HIGH 4.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Cainhoy Elementary School 4.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Sanford 4.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Community Education 4.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Crossroad Construction, Inc. 75 FTE
STATE-SIZE BCI Construction, Inc 75 FTE
STATE-SIZE Midwest Asphalt Services, LLC 75 FTE
STATE-SIZE M. G. McGrath, Inc. Glass & Glazing 75 FTE
CITY-NEAR St. Michael-Albertville High School 177 FTE
CITY-NEAR St. Michael-Albertville Community Education Center 105 FTE
CITY-NEAR St. Michael-Albertville Middle School East 103 FTE
CITY-NEAR Marksman Metals Co. Inc. 94 FTE
NAT-TCR OMNI Hotels-Los Angeles 4.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Charles Jacquin et Cie, Inc. 4.4 TCR
NAT-TCR FedEx Supply Chain - Pin-Effingham 4.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Fas Clt 4.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Copperhead Pipeline and Construction Inc 75 FTE
NAT-SIZE William Lyon Homes, Inc. - AZ Division 75 FTE
NAT-SIZE Chatham Oaks 75 FTE
NAT-SIZE RCD Equipment 75 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: 2019, 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.