Elementary and secondary schools · Minnesota

Buffalo High School

Buffalo, MN · ~200 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
4.5
Avg TCR
1.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Buffalo High School runs at 319% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Elementary and secondary schools workplace, earning a grade F.

Buffalo High School: 4.5 TCR = 319% of Elementary and secondary schools BLS 1.4 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Buffalo High School safety composite

Buffalo High School scores strongest on dart rate (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

46/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 4.46 per 100 workers

Safer than 41% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.2 per 100 workers

Safer than 50% 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

−2.5

2017→2019

Buffalo High School injury rate improved

Buffalo High School's TCR fell 2.5 from 5.5 in 2017 to 3.0 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2017 at 5.5 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0.27× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=5.5 · 2018=4.8 · 2019=3.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade F · TCR 4.5 · 319% of ind

  • DART 1.2 DART
  • RANK #985/1589
  • PHOTO Richmond Community S…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 23 inj
  • SIZE ~200 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Richmond Community Schools-Starr Elementary (0.0 TCR gap)

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Buffalo High School in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Buffalo High School averages 4.5 TCR (319% 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

Buffalo High School TCR series: 2017=5.5 · 2018=4.8 · 2019=3 · BLS 1.4

Where Buffalo High School falls in its industry

3,374 Elementary and secondary schoo 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 #985 safest of 1589 Elementary and secondary schoo employers in Minnesota.

Buffalo High School (200 employees, TCR 4.5) 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 Buffalo High School
Buffalo High School (200 employees, TCR 4.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 76 employees and a TCR of 3.8

Buffalo High School 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
2019 3.0 1.2 5 0 0
2018 4.8 2.1 9 0 0
2017 5.5 2.5 9 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

611110 · MN · Buffalo

3,374 Elementary and secondary schools employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 74 employers in Buffalo, 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 Richmond Community Schools-Starr Elementary 4.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Driggs Elementary School 4.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ashland Ridge Elementary School 4.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Dundee-Crown High School 4.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Rice Lake Construction Group 200 FTE
STATE-SIZE MMD Medical 200 FTE
STATE-SIZE Motion Systems : New Hope 200 FTE
STATE-SIZE Cinch Connectivity Solutions 200 FTE
CITY-NEAR Health One Buffalo (Buffalo Hospital) 532 FTE
CITY-NEAR Health One Buffalo 500 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 1577 404 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1577 320 FTE
NAT-TCR Mountain Manor of Paintsville 4.5 TCR
NAT-TCR CK2 4.5 TCR
NAT-TCR AmeriCare Plus - Norfolk 4.5 TCR
NAT-TCR 2073-SW-20730089-CS 4.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE CF Industries Verdigris 200 FTE
NAT-SIZE NR Inc 200 FTE
NAT-SIZE Schiff's Restaurant Service, Inc 200 FTE
NAT-SIZE AK Steel - Zanesville Works 200 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, 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.