Ambulatory surgical centers and clinics, freestanding · Minnesota

Brainerd Lakes Surgery Center

Baxter, MN · ~51 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
12.8
Avg TCR
3.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Brainerd Lakes Surgery Center runs at 336% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Ambulatory surgical centers and clinics, freestanding workplace, earning a grade F.

Brainerd Lakes Surgery Center: 12.8 TCR = 336% of Ambulatory surgical centers and clinics, freestanding BLS 3.8 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Brainerd Lakes Surgery Center safety composite

Brainerd Lakes Surgery Center scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 15%), 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

27/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 12.77 per 100 workers

Safer than 15% of industry peers

DART rate
F 2.95 per 100 workers

Safer than 25% 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

−6.5

2021→2024

Brainerd Lakes Surgery Center injury rate improved

Brainerd Lakes Surgery Center's TCR fell 6.5 from 15.4 in 2021 to 8.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 16.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.23× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=15.4 · 2022=10.1 · 2023=16.8 · 2024=8.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 621493 · Baxter, MN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 12.8 · 336% of ind

  • DART 3.0 DART
  • RANK #24/29
  • PHOTO Garnett
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 20 inj
  • SIZE ~51 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Garnett (0.0 TCR gap)

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Brainerd Lakes Surgery Center in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Brainerd Lakes Surgery Center averages 12.8 TCR (336% of the Ambulatory surgical centers and clinics, freestanding BLS benchmark).

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

Brainerd Lakes Surgery Center TCR series: 2021=15.4 · 2022=10.1 · 2023=16.8 · 2024=8.8 · BLS 3.8

Where Brainerd Lakes Surgery Center falls in its industry

498 Ambulatory surgical centers an establishments

Safer than 15% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #24 safest of 29 Ambulatory surgical centers an employers in Minnesota.

Brainerd Lakes Surgery Center (51 employees, TCR 12.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 47 employees and a TCR of 6.2 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 0200400600800 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Brainerd Lakes Surgery Center
Brainerd Lakes Surgery Center (51 employees, TCR 12.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 47 employees and a TCR of 6.2

Brainerd Lakes Surgery Center has more employees than the Ambulatory surgical centers and clinics, median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 6.2. 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 8.8 3.0 3 0 0
2023 16.8 4.8 7 0 0
2022 10.1 0.0 4 0 0
2021 15.4 0.0 6 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

621493 · MN · Baxter

498 Ambulatory surgical centers and clinics, freestanding employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 48 employers in Baxter, 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 Garnett 12.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Riverside Peninsula Surgery Center 12.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Physicians' Surgery Center of Nevada 12.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR The Headache & Pain Center 12.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE United Dairy, Union Dairy LLP 51 FTE
STATE-SIZE ON 51 FTE
STATE-SIZE Wes Hanson Builders 51 FTE
STATE-SIZE Minneapolis Office 51 FTE
CITY-NEAR MNDOT District 3 431 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 1654 416 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1654 365 FTE
CITY-NEAR BAXTER MN - 3163 220 FTE
NAT-TCR 3895 - Cedar Falls IA FDC 12.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Somont Oil 12.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Lakefield Veterinary Group - 168 12.8 TCR
NAT-TCR 1013 - North Buffalo 12.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE CL&D Graphics 51 FTE
NAT-SIZE Butte 51 FTE
NAT-SIZE S&K Products Company 51 FTE
NAT-SIZE Conroe, TX - 8489 Waukegan Road 51 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. 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.