General public administration · Minnesota

City of Minneapolis - Water Dept

Minneapolis, MN · ~253 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
8.8
Avg TCR
3.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
Subscribe to safety-record updates (RSS)

The verdict

City of Minneapolis - Water Dept 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 Minneapolis - Water Dept: 8.8 TCR = 274% of General public administration BLS 3.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

City of Minneapolis - Water Dept safety composite

City of Minneapolis - Water Dept scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 13%), 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

27/100

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
F 6.72 per 100 workers

Safer than 13% 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

−1.4

2021→2022

City of Minneapolis - Water Dept injury rate improved

City of Minneapolis - Water Dept's TCR fell 1.4 from 9.5 in 2021 to 8.1 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2021 at 9.5 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0.77× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=9.5 · 2022=8.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade F · TCR 8.8 · 274% of ind

  • DART 6.7 DART
  • RANK #198/275
  • PHOTO City of Austin, Minn…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 34 inj
  • SIZE ~253 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: City of Austin, Minnesota (0.0 TCR gap)

Read with this employer → · Industry book → · Minnesota employers → · Look up another →

City of Minneapolis - Water Dept in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows City of Minneapolis - Water Dept 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 Minneapolis - Water Dept TCR series: 2021=9.5 · 2022=8.1 · BLS 3.2

Where City of Minneapolis - Water Dept 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 #198 safest of 275 General public administration employers in Minnesota.

City of Minneapolis - Water Dept (253 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 Minneapolis - Water Dept
City of Minneapolis - Water Dept (253 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 Minneapolis - Water Dept 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
2022 8.1 6.7 15 3 0
2021 9.5 8.6 19 2 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

921190 · MN · Minneapolis

1,496 General public administration 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 City of Austin, Minnesota 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 Cooked- Albert Lea MN 253 FTE
STATE-SIZE 1144 - Coon Rapids 253 FTE
STATE-SIZE Dart X Eagan MN 253 FTE
STATE-SIZE Maple Grove HQ 253 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 173 Riveria Beach (West Palm) 8.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Tri City Glass & Door - 2801 N 8.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Nhldo - Manchester 8.8 TCR
NAT-TCR 5472-NAI-0035-0035-01620 8.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Crane Pumps & Systems - Piqua 253 FTE
NAT-SIZE The Harper Corporation - General Contractors 253 FTE
NAT-SIZE Jabil Circuit 253 FTE
NAT-SIZE Honeywell Intelligrated 253 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, 2021. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.