Elementary and secondary schools · Minnesota

Columbia Heights Public Schools ISD#13

Columbia Heights, MN · ~448 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
3.0
Avg TCR
1.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Columbia Heights Public Schools ISD#13 runs at 212% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Elementary and secondary schools workplace, earning a grade F.

Columbia Heights Public Schools ISD#13: 3.0 TCR = 212% of Elementary and secondary schools BLS 1.4 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Columbia Heights Public Schools ISD#13 safety composite

Columbia Heights Public Schools ISD#13 scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 62% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 45%), 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

53/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.97 per 100 workers

Safer than 62% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.57 per 100 workers

Safer than 45% 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%).

TCR Δ

−1.8

2017→2023

Columbia Heights Public Schools ISD#13 injury rate improved

Columbia Heights Public Schools ISD#13's TCR fell 1.8 from 4.1 in 2017 to 2.4 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2018 at 4.6 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.53× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=4.1 · 2018=4.6 · 2020=1.6 · 2022=2.2 · 2023=2.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade F · TCR 3.0 · 212% of ind

  • DART 1.6 DART
  • RANK #642/1589
  • PHOTO ST FRANCIS MIDDLE SC…
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 45 inj
  • SIZE ~448 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: ST FRANCIS MIDDLE SCHOOL (0.0 TCR gap)

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Columbia Heights Public Schools ISD#13 in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Columbia Heights Public Schools ISD#13 averages 3.0 TCR (212% of the Elementary and secondary schools BLS benchmark).

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

Columbia Heights Public Schools ISD#13 TCR series: 2017=4.1 · 2018=4.6 · 2020=1.6 · 2022=2.2 · 2023=2.4 · BLS 1.4

Where Columbia Heights Public Schools ISD#13 falls in its industry

3,374 Elementary and secondary schoo establishments

Safer than 62% 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 #642 safest of 1589 Elementary and secondary schoo employers in Minnesota.

Columbia Heights Public Schools ISD#13 (448 employees, TCR 3.0) 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 Public Schools ISD#13
Columbia Heights Public Schools ISD#13 (448 employees, TCR 3.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 76 employees and a TCR of 3.8

Columbia Heights Public Schools ISD#13 has more employees than the Elementary and secondary schools 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 2.4 1.6 9 0 0
2022 2.2 1.8 6 0 0
2020 1.6 1.6 5 0 0
2018 4.6 2.8 12 1 0
2017 4.1 3.5 13 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

611110 · MN · Columbia Heights

3,374 Elementary and secondary schools 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 ST FRANCIS MIDDLE SCHOOL 3.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR HIGH SCHOOL (200) 3.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR ISD 492 Austin Sumner Elementary 3.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Franklin Elementary 3.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE BTD Manufacturing Detroit Lakes 448 FTE
STATE-SIZE Foodservice Rogers - 0557 448 FTE
STATE-SIZE 7079 448 FTE
STATE-SIZE Shearer's Foods - PHM 449 FTE
CITY-NEAR Sullivan Lake 909 FTE
CITY-NEAR Columbia Heights ISD #13 442 FTE
CITY-NEAR Crest View Corporation 270 FTE
CITY-NEAR City of Columbia Heights 219 FTE
NAT-TCR Building 17 3.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Mika Metal Fabricating 3.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Courtyard Marriott Mechanicsburg 3.0 TCR
NAT-TCR County Market #026 3.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Bombard Mechanical LLC 448 FTE
NAT-SIZE North America : Mt. Vernon 448 FTE
NAT-SIZE Powers Management, LLC 448 FTE
NAT-SIZE Highland Il 448 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, 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.