General public administration · Minnesota

City of Austin, Minnesota

Austin, MN · ~206 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
8.8
Avg TCR
3.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

City of Austin, Minnesota runs at 274% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical General public administration workplace, earning a grade F.

City of Austin, Minnesota: 8.8 TCR = 274% of General public administration BLS 3.2 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

City of Austin, Minnesota safety composite

City of Austin, Minnesota scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 24%), 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)
F 8.76 per 100 workers

Safer than 24% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.92 per 100 workers

Safer than 48% 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%).

TCR Δ

−2.8

2017→2023

City of Austin, Minnesota injury rate improved

City of Austin, Minnesota's TCR fell 2.8 from 7.9 in 2017 to 5.1 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2018 at 15.6 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.22× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=7.9 · 2018=15.6 · 2019=6.4 · 2023=5.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 921190 · Austin, MN ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 8.8 · 274% of ind

  • DART 1.9 DART
  • RANK #197/275
  • PHOTO City of Minneapolis …
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 49 inj
  • SIZE ~206 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: City of Minneapolis - Water Dept (0.0 TCR gap)

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City of Austin, Minnesota in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows City of Austin, Minnesota averages 8.8 TCR (274% of the General public administration BLS benchmark).

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

City of Austin, Minnesota TCR series: 2017=7.9 · 2018=15.6 · 2019=6.4 · 2023=5.1 · BLS 3.2

Where City of Austin, Minnesota falls in its industry

1,496 General public administration establishments

Safer than 24% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #197 safest of 275 General public administration employers in Minnesota.

City of Austin, Minnesota (206 employees, TCR 8.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 93 employees and a TCR of 4.6 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 010203040 Average employees Total Case Rate City of Austin, Minnesota
City of Austin, Minnesota (206 employees, TCR 8.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 93 employees and a TCR of 4.6

City of Austin, Minnesota has more employees than the General public administration median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.6. 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
2023 5.1 1.9 8 0 0
2019 6.4 1.9 9 1 0
2018 15.6 5.9 20 4 0
2017 7.9 7.9 12 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

921190 · MN · Austin

1,496 General public administration employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 75 employers in Austin, 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 City of Minneapolis - Water Dept 8.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR City of Allen Park 8.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Village of Algonquin 8.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Village of Lemont Public Works Department 8.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Creation Technologies Minnesota Inc 206 FTE
STATE-SIZE Quality Tech Services, LLC 206 FTE
STATE-SIZE Albert Lea - Main Store 206 FTE
STATE-SIZE 8183 206 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hormel Foods - Austin 1,914 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hormel Foods - Austin Plant 1,884 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hormel Foods Corporation 1,581 FTE
CITY-NEAR Quality Pork Processors Inc. 1,208 FTE
NAT-TCR Tri City Glass & Door - 2801 N 8.8 TCR
NAT-TCR East Lansing PS* 8.8 TCR
NAT-TCR 173 Riveria Beach (West Palm) 8.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Yuma, Az #00042 8.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE GMC Farm 2 206 FTE
NAT-SIZE Super Stop & Shop 100421 206 FTE
NAT-SIZE Fineline Industries, LLC 206 FTE
NAT-SIZE Genesee Valley Presbyterian Nursing Center 206 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: 2023, 2019, 2018, 2017. 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.