Skilled Nursing Facility · Minnesota
Buffalo Lake Healthcare Center
Buffalo Lake, MN · ~87 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 7.7
- Avg TCR
- 6.5
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Buffalo Lake Healthcare Center runs at 119% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Skilled Nursing Facility workplace, earning a grade C.
Buffalo Lake Healthcare Center: 7.7 TCR = 119% of Skilled Nursing Facility BLS 6.5 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Buffalo Lake Healthcare Center safety composite
Buffalo Lake Healthcare Center scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% 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).
47/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 7.74 per 100 workers
Safer than 41% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 3.44 per 100 workers
Safer than 50% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- D 0
Safer than 51% 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%).
Rising injury rate
Buffalo Lake Healthcare Center: 11.0 → 12.0 TCR
Peak year 2024 @ 12.0 TCR · DART/TCR 0.44× in 2024
Buffalo Lake Healthcare Center's TCR rose 1.0 from 11.0 in 2017 to 12.0 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0.44× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 623110 · Buffalo Lake, MN ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade C · TCR 7.7 · 119% of ind
- DART 3.4 DART
- RANK #201/430
- PHOTO Medilodge of Rochest…
- BOOK 8y book
- INJ 35 inj
- SIZE ~87 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Medilodge of Rochester Hills (0.0 TCR gap)
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Buffalo Lake Healthcare Center in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Buffalo Lake Healthcare Center
7.7 TCR
- Medilodge of R
Medilodge of Rochester Hills
7.7 TCR
- New Iberia Man
New Iberia Manor South
7.7 TCR
- NSH Green Bay
NSH Green Bay LLC
7.7 TCR
- Beacon Brook H
Beacon Brook Health Care Center
7.7 TCR
What this shows Buffalo Lake Healthcare Center averages 7.7 TCR (119% of the Skilled Nursing Facility BLS benchmark).
Buffalo Lake Healthcare Center TCR series: 2017=11 · 2018=7.3 · 2019=8.7 · 2020=6.8 · 2021=3.4 · 2022=5.4 · 2023=7.3 · 2024=12 · BLS 6.5
Where Buffalo Lake Healthcare Center falls in its industry
15,252 Skilled Nursing Facility establishmentsSafer than 41% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.6.
Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #201 safest of 430 Skilled Nursing Facility employers in Minnesota.
Buffalo Lake Healthcare Center has fewer employees than the Skilled Nursing Facility median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 6.6. 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 | 12.0 | 3.4 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 7.3 | 7.3 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 5.4 | 5.4 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 3.4 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 6.8 | 1.7 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 8.7 | 1.7 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 7.3 | 1.8 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 11.0 | 7.3 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
623110 · MN · Buffalo Lake
15,252 Skilled Nursing Facility employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 8 employers in Buffalo Lake, 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 | Medilodge of Rochester Hills | 7.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | New Iberia Manor South | 7.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | NSH Green Bay LLC | 7.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Beacon Brook Health Care Center | 7.7 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | LS Black | 87 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Minger Construction Companies Incorporated | 87 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Herzog Roofing | 87 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Egan Company - Rochester, MN | 87 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | US 212 Beef Corporation | 186 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Kottke Trucking Inc. | 168 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Duane Kottke Trucking Corp | 154 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Buffalo Lake Elementary | 47 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Tuckers | 7.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Bay Metropolitan Transportation Authority | 7.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Lakeshore Glass & Metals, LLC | 7.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Sodexo at Olathe Medical Center | 7.7 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | USA Compression Partners - Southeast | 87 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | College Walk Retirement | 87 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Shaw Electric Company | 87 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Idabel Home Ownership Center/Transit Office | 87 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.