Public property management services, government · Minnesota

Cottonwood County Public Works

Windom, MN · ~30 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
7.6
Avg TCR
3.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Cottonwood County Public Works runs at 238% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Public property management services, government workplace, earning a grade F.

Cottonwood County Public Works: 7.6 TCR = 238% of Public property management services, government BLS 3.2 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Cottonwood County Public Works safety composite

Cottonwood County Public Works scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 29%), 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

35/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.62 per 100 workers

Safer than 30% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.81 per 100 workers

Safer than 29% 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

−7.5

2018→2024

Cottonwood County Public Works injury rate improved

Cottonwood County Public Works's TCR fell 7.5 from 11.3 in 2018 to 3.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 11.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.5× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=11.3 · 2019=11.3 · 2020=11.7 · 2021=3.9 · 2022=7.7 · 2023=3.6 · 2024=3.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 921190 · Windom, MN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 7.6 · 238% of ind

  • DART 3.8 DART
  • RANK #181/275
  • PHOTO City of Reedley
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 14 inj
  • SIZE ~30 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: City of Reedley (0.0 TCR gap)

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Cottonwood County Public Works in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Cottonwood County Public Works averages 7.6 TCR (238% of the Public property management services, government BLS benchmark).

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

Cottonwood County Public Works TCR series: 2018=11.3 · 2019=11.3 · 2020=11.7 · 2021=3.9 · 2022=7.7 · 2023=3.6 · 2024=3.8 · BLS 3.2

Where Cottonwood County Public Works falls in its industry

1,496 Public property management ser establishments

Safer than 30% 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 #181 safest of 275 Public property management ser employers in Minnesota.

Cottonwood County Public Works (30 employees, TCR 7.6) 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 Cottonwood County Public Works
Cottonwood County Public Works (30 employees, TCR 7.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 93 employees and a TCR of 4.6

Cottonwood County Public Works has fewer employees than the Public property management services, gov 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
2024 3.8 3.8 1 0 0
2023 3.6 3.6 1 0 0
2022 7.7 3.8 2 0 0
2021 3.9 3.9 1 0 0
2020 11.7 3.9 3 0 0
2019 11.3 7.6 3 0 0
2018 11.3 3.8 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

921190 · MN · Windom

1,496 Public property management services, government employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 38 employers in Windom, 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 Reedley 7.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Town of Portland - All Others 7.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Public Works Department 7.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR City of Cleveland 7.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Nelson Nursery 30 FTE
STATE-SIZE Northern Plains Dairy 30 FTE
STATE-SIZE United Dairy, Westland Dairy 30 FTE
STATE-SIZE Pipestone Grow Finish 30 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hylife foods 914 FTE
CITY-NEAR Windom 566 FTE
CITY-NEAR Toro Main Plant 499 FTE
CITY-NEAR Windom Area Schools 204 FTE
NAT-TCR ASPC- Winslow 7.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Ptcr Poplar Bluff 7.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Town of Portland - All Others 7.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Personal Assistance - Saginaw 7.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Diversified Metal Fabrication 30 FTE
NAT-SIZE Industrial Water Engineering 30 FTE
NAT-SIZE Small's Asphalt Paving, Inc. 30 FTE
NAT-SIZE Contra Costa Door Co. 30 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, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.