Local Govt Utilities · Minnesota

City of Benson

Benson, MN · ~43 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.5
Avg TCR
3.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

City of Benson runs at 47% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Local Govt Utilities workplace, earning a grade A.

City of Benson: 1.5 TCR = 47% of Local Govt Utilities BLS 3.2 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

City of Benson safety composite

City of Benson scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 82% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).

C

73/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.5 per 100 workers

Safer than 80% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 82% 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

−2.5

2017→2024

City of Benson injury rate improved

City of Benson's TCR fell 2.5 from 2.5 in 2017 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 2.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=2.5 · 2018=2.6 · 2019=2.4 · 2020=0.0 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=2.9 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 921190 · Benson, MN AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 1.5 · 47% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #53/275
  • PHOTO City Hall
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~43 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: City Hall (0.0 TCR gap)

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City of Benson in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows City of Benson averages 1.5 TCR (47% of the Local Govt Utilities BLS benchmark).

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

City of Benson TCR series: 2017=2.5 · 2018=2.6 · 2019=2.4 · 2020=0 · 2022=0 · 2023=2.9 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.2

Where City of Benson falls in its industry

1,496 Local Govt Utilities establishments

Safer than 80% 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 #53 safest of 275 Local Govt Utilities employers in Minnesota.

City of Benson (43 employees, TCR 1.5) 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 Benson
City of Benson (43 employees, TCR 1.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 93 employees and a TCR of 4.6

City of Benson has fewer employees than the Local Govt Utilities median and a lower 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
2024 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 2.9 2.9 1 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 2.4 2.4 1 0 0
2018 2.6 2.6 1 0 0
2017 2.5 2.5 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

921190 · MN · Benson

1,496 Local Govt Utilities employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 17 employers in Benson, 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 Hall 1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR CITY OF ANNANDALE 1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR City of South San Francisco - City Hall Department 1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Blount County Government-General 1.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE United Farmers Cooperative 43 FTE
STATE-SIZE Edina Service Center 43 FTE
STATE-SIZE Wigen Water Technologies 43 FTE
STATE-SIZE Lennar Multi-Family - Central (MN) 43 FTE
CITY-NEAR Benson 520 FTE
CITY-NEAR CNH Industrial - Benson 325 FTE
CITY-NEAR Benson Public Schools 217 FTE
CITY-NEAR Swift County 134 FTE
NAT-TCR Forrest Solutions, Inc. 1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR American Communications Construction, Inc. 1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR 5305 - T05cos-Crad-Cos Co 1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Sodexo at Howard University Blackburn 1.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Locust Grove 43 FTE
NAT-SIZE Albany OR 43 FTE
NAT-SIZE MRC Ukiah Forestry 43 FTE
NAT-SIZE Fincher Trucking, LLC 43 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.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

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