K-12 Education · Minnesota

Challeger Elem / Preschool

Thief River Falls, MN · ~133 workers · 7 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

Challeger Elem / Preschool runs at 313% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical K-12 Education workplace, earning a grade F.

Challeger Elem / Preschool: 4.4 TCR = 313% of K-12 Education BLS 1.4 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Challeger Elem / Preschool safety composite

Challeger Elem / Preschool scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 28%), 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

39/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 4.38 per 100 workers

Safer than 42% of industry peers

DART rate
F 2.82 per 100 workers

Safer than 28% 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

−1.6

2017→2024

Challeger Elem / Preschool injury rate improved

Challeger Elem / Preschool's TCR fell 1.6 from 6.3 in 2017 to 4.7 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2017 at 6.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.64× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=6.3 · 2018=3.2 · 2019=6.0 · 2020=0.0 · 2022=5.9 · 2023=4.6 · 2024=4.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 611110 · Thief River Falls, MN ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 4.4 · 313% of ind

  • DART 2.8 DART
  • RANK #961/1589
  • PHOTO Lincoln Elementary S…
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 25 inj
  • SIZE ~133 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Lincoln Elementary School (0.0 TCR gap)

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Challeger Elem / Preschool in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Challeger Elem / Preschool averages 4.4 TCR (313% of the K-12 Education BLS benchmark).

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

Challeger Elem / Preschool TCR series: 2017=6.3 · 2018=3.2 · 2019=6 · 2020=0 · 2022=5.9 · 2023=4.6 · 2024=4.7 · BLS 1.4

Where Challeger Elem / Preschool falls in its industry

3,374 K-12 Education establishments

Safer than 42% 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 #961 safest of 1589 K-12 Education employers in Minnesota.

Challeger Elem / Preschool (133 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 Challeger Elem / Preschool
Challeger Elem / Preschool (133 employees, TCR 4.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 76 employees and a TCR of 3.8

Challeger Elem / Preschool has more employees than the K-12 Education 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
2024 4.7 2.8 5 0 0
2023 4.6 3.1 3 0 0
2022 5.9 0.0 4 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 6.0 4.5 4 0 0
2018 3.2 1.1 3 0 0
2017 6.3 1.0 6 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

611110 · MN · Thief River Falls

3,374 K-12 Education employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 42 employers in Thief River Falls, 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 Lincoln Elementary School 4.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Waconia Middle School 4.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR UNIVERSITY OF HARTFORD MAGNET SCHOOL 4.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR ACGC District Office 4.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Silver Tree Plumbing and Heating LLC. 133 FTE
STATE-SIZE Louisiana-Pacific Two Harbors 133 FTE
STATE-SIZE Strongwell 133 FTE
STATE-SIZE Cherne Industries 133 FTE
CITY-NEAR Textron Specialized Vehicles - Arctic Cat Thief River Falls 734 FTE
CITY-NEAR MN,THIEF RIVER FALLS - Downtown Campus - General Medical and Surgical Hospitals 386 FTE
CITY-NEAR MN,Thief River Falls-Medical Center-General Medical And Surgical Hospitals 339 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 3761 228 FTE
NAT-TCR Carlie C's IGA #780 4.4 TCR
NAT-TCR S03776 - WM of ME - Portland 4.4 TCR
NAT-TCR S05079 - WM - Kingston 4.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Louisiana United Methodist Children and Family Services 4.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Auburn Marriott Opelika at Grand National 133 FTE
NAT-SIZE Calinc Services, Inc. 133 FTE
NAT-SIZE ALTIVIA Petrochemicals, LLC - Haverhill Complex 133 FTE
NAT-SIZE Skytron LLC 133 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, 2020, 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.