Pavement, highway, road, street, bridge or airport runway, construction · Minnesota
Brown County Highway Department
New Ulm, MN · ~25 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 3.5
- Avg TCR
- 2.8
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Brown County Highway Department runs at 125% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Pavement, highway, road, street, bridge or airport runway, construction workplace, earning a grade D.
Brown County Highway Department: 3.5 TCR = 125% of Pavement, highway, road, street, bridge or airport runway, construction BLS 2.8 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Brown County Highway Department safety composite
Brown County Highway Department scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 81% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 44%), 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).
59/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 3.49 per 100 workers
Safer than 44% of industry peers
- DART rate
- B 0 per 100 workers
Safer than 81% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- D 0
Safer than 53% 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
−3.7
2019→2024
Brown County Highway Department injury rate improved
Brown County Highway Department's TCR fell 3.7 from 3.7 in 2019 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 8.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2019=3.7 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=3.9 · 2022=8.6 · 2023=4.8 · 2024=0.0
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 237310 · New Ulm, MN ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade D · TCR 3.5 · 125% of ind
- DART 0.0 DART
- RANK #48/107
- PHOTO Northern General Con…
- BOOK 6y book
- INJ 5 inj
- SIZE ~25 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Northern General Contractors Inc (0.0 TCR gap)
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Brown County Highway Department in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Brown County Highway Department
3.5 TCR
- Northern Gener
Northern General Contractors Inc
3.5 TCR
- Falcon Contrac
Falcon Contracting, Inc.
3.5 TCR
- Calumet Civil
Calumet Civil Contractors, Inc
3.5 TCR
- RoadSafe Traff
RoadSafe Traffic LP
3.5 TCR
What this shows Brown County Highway Department averages 3.5 TCR (125% of the Pavement, highway, road, street, bridge or airport runway, construction BLS benchmark).
Brown County Highway Department TCR series: 2019=3.7 · 2020=0 · 2021=3.9 · 2022=8.6 · 2023=4.8 · 2024=0 · BLS 2.8
Where Brown County Highway Department falls in its industry
4,078 Pavement, highway, road, stree establishmentsSafer than 44% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.
Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #48 safest of 107 Pavement, highway, road, stree employers in Minnesota.
Brown County Highway Department has fewer employees than the Pavement, highway, road, street, bridge median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.0. 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 | 4.8 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 8.6 | 8.6 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
237310 · MN · New Ulm
4,078 Pavement, highway, road, street, bridge or airport runway, construction employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 79 employers in New Ulm, 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 | Northern General Contractors Inc | 3.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Falcon Contracting, Inc. | 3.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Calumet Civil Contractors, Inc | 3.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | RoadSafe Traffic LP | 3.5 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | GDM Seeds, Inc - Hutchinson, MN | 25 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Park Rapids Trucking | 25 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Country Pork LLP | 25 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Select Genetics MN IPH 03-0110-10, 50, 51, 52, 970 | 25 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | J&R Schugel Trucking, Inc. | 926 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | New Ulm | 722 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | New Ulm Medical Center | 640 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Martin Luther College | 441 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Meade District Hospital | 3.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Architectural Design and Signs | 3.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | 828 - Splut, Inc. | 3.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Stone Masters, Inc. | 3.5 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Freehold Cartage Inc., Pennsylvania | 25 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Staker Parson Oil Terminal | 25 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Trend Builders LLC | 25 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Ludell Manufacturing | 25 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.