Independent School District · Minnesota

Columbia Heights ISD #13-Highland Elementary

Columbia Heights, MN · ~120 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
2.8
Avg TCR
1.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Columbia Heights ISD #13-Highland Elementary runs at 203% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Independent School District workplace, earning a grade F.

Columbia Heights ISD #13-Highland Elementary: 2.8 TCR = 203% of Independent School District BLS 1.4 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Columbia Heights ISD #13-Highland Elementary safety composite

Columbia Heights ISD #13-Highland Elementary scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 63% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 19%), 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

44/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.84 per 100 workers

Safer than 63% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.1 per 100 workers

Safer than 19% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 50% 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

Columbia Heights ISD #13-Highland Elementary: 0.7 → 4.1 TCR

Peak year 2019 @ 4.3 TCR · DART/TCR 1.44× in 2023

Columbia Heights ISD #13-Highland Elementary's TCR rose 3.4 from 0.7 in 2017 to 4.1 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2019 at 4.3 TCR. In 2023, DART was 1.44× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 611110 · Columbia Heights, MN ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 2.8 · 203% of ind

  • DART 4.1 DART
  • RANK #614/1589
  • PHOTO San Mateo County Off…
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 12 inj
  • SIZE ~120 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: San Mateo County Office of Education (0.0 TCR gap)

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Columbia Heights ISD #13-Highland Elementary in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Columbia Heights ISD #13-Highland Elementary averages 2.8 TCR (203% of the Independent School District BLS benchmark).

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

Columbia Heights ISD #13-Highland Elementary TCR series: 2017=0.7 · 2018=3.6 · 2019=4.3 · 2020=4.3 · 2022=0 · 2023=4.1 · BLS 1.4

Where Columbia Heights ISD #13-Highland Elementary falls in its industry

3,374 Independent School District establishments

Safer than 63% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #614 safest of 1589 Independent School District employers in Minnesota.

Columbia Heights ISD #13-Highland Elementary (120 employees, TCR 2.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 76 employees and a TCR of 3.8 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 02,0004,0006,0008,00010,000 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Columbia Heights ISD #13-Highland Elementary
Columbia Heights ISD #13-Highland Elementary (120 employees, TCR 2.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 76 employees and a TCR of 3.8

Columbia Heights ISD #13-Highland Elementary has more employees than the Independent School District median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.8. 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
2023 4.1 4.1 2 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 4.3 4.3 2 0 0
2019 4.3 4.3 2 0 0
2018 3.6 1.4 5 0 0
2017 0.7 0.7 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

611110 · MN · Columbia Heights

3,374 Independent School District employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 27 employers in Columbia Heights, 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 San Mateo County Office of Education 2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR 1459-0175 2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR WEST ASHLEY HIGH 2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR ISD 16 Spring Lake Park, WWIS - Westwood Inter. School 2.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE South 501 MNE8 120 FTE
STATE-SIZE CenterPoint Energy - Evergreen 120 FTE
STATE-SIZE Schwieters Co. Inc. 120 FTE
STATE-SIZE Central Package & Display 120 FTE
CITY-NEAR Sullivan Lake 909 FTE
CITY-NEAR Columbia Heights Public Schools ISD#13 448 FTE
CITY-NEAR Columbia Heights ISD #13 442 FTE
CITY-NEAR Crest View Corporation 270 FTE
NAT-TCR Vollrath Company LLC, Dane 2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR RPM Industries, LLC 2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Hatchery (Talladega) 2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Alpine Demolition Services, LLC 2.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Skagit Horticulture - MB 120 FTE
NAT-SIZE Library 120 FTE
NAT-SIZE Advanced Concrete Cutting & Coring, LLC 120 FTE
NAT-SIZE Nucor Buildings Group SC-VA 120 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, 2022, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.