Executive offices, federal, state, and local (e.g., governor, mayor, president) · Minnesota
City of Cottage Grove
Cottage Grove, MN · ~366 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 4.3
- Avg TCR
- 3.2
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
City of Cottage Grove runs at 135% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Executive offices, federal, state, and local (e.g., governor, mayor, president) workplace, earning a grade D.
City of Cottage Grove: 4.3 TCR = 135% of Executive offices, federal, state, and local (e.g., governor, mayor, president) BLS 3.2 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)
City of Cottage Grove safety composite
City of Cottage Grove scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 54% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 18%), 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).
41/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 4.32 per 100 workers
Safer than 54% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 4.97 per 100 workers
Safer than 18% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- D 0
Safer than 52% 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
City of Cottage Grove: 5.2 → 5.8 TCR
Peak year 2024 @ 5.8 TCR · DART/TCR 1.15× in 2024
City of Cottage Grove's TCR rose 0.6 from 5.2 in 2018 to 5.8 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1.15× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 921110 · Cottage Grove, MN ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade D · TCR 4.3 · 135% of ind
- DART 5.0 DART
- RANK #62/139
- PHOTO City of Newberry
- BOOK 7y book
- INJ 60 inj
- SIZE ~366 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: City of Newberry (0.0 TCR gap)
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City of Cottage Grove in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
City of Cottage Grove
4.3 TCR
- City of Newber
City of Newberry
4.3 TCR
- City of Oakdal
City of Oakdale
4.3 TCR
- Municipio de L
Municipio de Las Marias (Recreacion y Deportes)
4.3 TCR
- City of Yorba
City of Yorba Linda
4.3 TCR
What this shows City of Cottage Grove averages 4.3 TCR (135% of the Executive offices, federal, state, and local (e.g., governor, mayor, president) BLS benchmark).
City of Cottage Grove TCR series: 2018=5.2 · 2019=5.2 · 2020=3.7 · 2021=4.4 · 2022=2.1 · 2023=3.8 · 2024=5.8 · BLS 3.2
Where City of Cottage Grove falls in its industry
1,010 Executive offices, federal, st establishmentsSafer than 54% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.8.
Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #62 safest of 139 Executive offices, federal, st employers in Minnesota.
City of Cottage Grove has more employees than the Executive offices, federal, state, and l median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.8. 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 | 5.8 | 5.0 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 3.8 | 2.1 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4 | 6 | 0 |
| 2020 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 5.2 | 5.2 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 5.2 | 1.4 | 10 | 1 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
921110 · MN · Cottage Grove
1,010 Executive offices, federal, state, and local (e.g., governor, mayor, president) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 33 employers in Cottage Grove, 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 Newberry | 4.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | City of Oakdale | 4.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Municipio de Las Marias (Recreacion y Deportes) | 4.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | City of Yorba Linda | 4.3 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Graco Inc. - George Aristides Riverside Center | 366 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Sysco Minnesota | 366 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | 2189 - Knollwood | 366 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | WM 1634 | 366 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Renewal by Andersen | 1,281 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Cottage Grove Site | 719 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Up North Plastics | 433 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | WM 2448 | 366 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Owens & Minor Baltimore | 4.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Sodexo at Nazareth Resident Dining | 4.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Scotch Plywood Company Fulton Division | 4.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | CAN025 | 4.3 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | City of Bothell | 366 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Donaldson Company, Inc. | 366 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Johnson Electric | 366 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Central Oregon Truck Company | 366 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.