General services departments, government · Minnesota

City of Minneapolis Public Works Solid Waste and Recycling

Minneapolis, MN · ~165 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
22.4
Avg TCR
3.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

City of Minneapolis Public Works Solid Waste and Recycling runs at 701% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical General services departments, government workplace, earning a grade F.

City of Minneapolis Public Works Solid Waste and Recycling: 22.4 TCR = 701% of General services departments, government BLS 3.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

City of Minneapolis Public Works Solid Waste and Recycling safety composite

City of Minneapolis Public Works Solid Waste and Recycling scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 1%), 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).

F

14/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 22.42 per 100 workers

Safer than 1% of industry peers

DART rate
F 20.61 per 100 workers

Safer than 1% 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

−3.6

2020→2022

City of Minneapolis Public Works Solid Waste and Recycling injury rate improved

City of Minneapolis Public Works Solid Waste and Recycling's TCR fell 3.6 from 24.2 in 2020 to 20.6 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2020 at 24.2 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0.92× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=24.2 · 2022=20.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade F · TCR 22.4 · 701% of ind

  • DART 20.6 DART
  • RANK #272/275
  • PHOTO Public Works
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 62 inj
  • SIZE ~165 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Public Works (0.0 TCR gap)

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City of Minneapolis Public Works Solid Waste and Recycling in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows City of Minneapolis Public Works Solid Waste and Recycling averages 22.4 TCR (701% of the General services departments, government BLS benchmark).

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

City of Minneapolis Public Works Solid Waste and Recycling TCR series: 2020=24.2 · 2022=20.6 · BLS 3.2

Where City of Minneapolis Public Works Solid Waste and Recycling falls in its industry

1,496 General services departments, establishments

Safer than 1% 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 #272 safest of 275 General services departments, employers in Minnesota.

City of Minneapolis Public Works Solid Waste and Recycling (165 employees, TCR 22.4) 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 Minneapolis Public Works Solid Waste and Recycling
City of Minneapolis Public Works Solid Waste and Recycling (165 employees, TCR 22.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 93 employees and a TCR of 4.6

City of Minneapolis Public Works Solid Waste and Recycling has more employees than the General services departments, government 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
2022 20.6 20.6 27 0 0
2020 24.2 21.5 35 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

921190 · MN · Minneapolis

1,496 General services departments, government employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 1,321 employers in Minneapolis, 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 Public Works 22.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Yuba County Juvenile Hall/Camp Singer 22.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR City of Tustin 22.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Village of Round Lake 22.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Perham, MN (Arvig) 165 FTE
STATE-SIZE APTIM @ Flint Hills - Pine Bend 165 FTE
STATE-SIZE Uhl Company, Inc - Maple Grove 165 FTE
STATE-SIZE NEI Electric, Inc 165 FTE
CITY-NEAR University of Minnesota Twin Cities 22,522 FTE
CITY-NEAR MN950 MN TELECOMMUTER 12,021 FTE
CITY-NEAR 0501 - City Center 8,459 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hennepin County Medical Center 7,030 FTE
NAT-TCR Northern Region : Neu 22.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Public Works 22.4 TCR
NAT-TCR AZP024 22.4 TCR
NAT-TCR J. P. Mascaro & Sons - Allentown Division 22.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Old Town Trolley Tours of St. Augustine, Inc. 165 FTE
NAT-SIZE CDC - Film Plant 165 FTE
NAT-SIZE Wilson Pines Nursing & Rehabiliation 165 FTE
NAT-SIZE Union Electric Steel - Harmon Creek 165 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: 2022, 2020. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.