Elementary schools · Minnesota

Columbus Elementary School

Forest Lake, MN · ~63 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
2.4
Avg TCR
1.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Columbus Elementary School runs at 172% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Elementary schools workplace, earning a grade D.

Columbus Elementary School: 2.4 TCR = 172% of Elementary schools BLS 1.4 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Columbus Elementary School safety composite

Columbus Elementary School scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 79% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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).

C

68/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.41 per 100 workers

Safer than 70% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 79% 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%).

Columbus Elementary School held a steady TCR band

Columbus Elementary School's TCR held near 0.1 from 2.5 in 2023 to 2.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 2.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2023=2.5 · 2024=2.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 611110 · Forest Lake, MN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 2.4 · 172% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #493/1589
  • PHOTO Barnum Elementary Sc…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~63 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Barnum Elementary School (0.0 TCR gap)

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Columbus Elementary School in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Columbus Elementary School averages 2.4 TCR (172% of the Elementary schools BLS benchmark).

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

Columbus Elementary School TCR series: 2023=2.5 · 2024=2.3 · BLS 1.4

Where Columbus Elementary School falls in its industry

3,374 Elementary schools establishments

Safer than 70% 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 #493 safest of 1589 Elementary schools employers in Minnesota.

Columbus Elementary School (63 employees, TCR 2.4) 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 Columbus Elementary School
Columbus Elementary School (63 employees, TCR 2.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 76 employees and a TCR of 3.8

Columbus Elementary School has fewer employees than the Elementary 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
2024 2.3 0.0 1 0 0
2023 2.5 2.5 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

611110 · MN · Forest Lake

3,374 Elementary schools employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 71 employers in Forest Lake, 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 Barnum Elementary School 2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Longfellow Elementary School 2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Raven Stream Elementary School 2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR LOVEJOY ELEMENTARY 2.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Riverview 63 FTE
STATE-SIZE Freeborn Mower Cooperative Services 63 FTE
STATE-SIZE BELTRAMI ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE 63 FTE
STATE-SIZE Steenberg Watrud Construction LLC 63 FTE
CITY-NEAR Forest Lake YMCA 1,477 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 2274 451 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2274 399 FTE
CITY-NEAR Vinco, Inc. 288 FTE
NAT-TCR Ladel - Delhi 2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Mt. Pleasant 2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Gowanda Electronics 2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Creve Coeur 2.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE The Terrace at Priceville 63 FTE
NAT-SIZE CA03-MMI-MMI-SONORA 63 FTE
NAT-SIZE Photo-Sonics, Inc. 63 FTE
NAT-SIZE Gawar - Warrenton 63 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: 2024, 2023. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.