Elementary and secondary schools · Minnesota

Cowern Elementary

North St. Paul, MN · ~63 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
1.5
Avg TCR
1.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Cowern Elementary runs at 106% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Elementary and secondary schools workplace, earning a grade C.

Cowern Elementary: 1.5 TCR = 106% of Elementary and secondary schools BLS 1.4 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Cowern Elementary safety composite

Cowern Elementary scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 86% 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).

B

75/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.49 per 100 workers

Safer than 86% 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%).

Cowern Elementary held a steady TCR band

Cowern Elementary's TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2017 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 3.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=0.0 · 2018=2.1 · 2019=2.1 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=2.0 · 2022=3.8 · 2023=2.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 611110 · North St. Paul, MN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 1.5 · 106% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #233/1589
  • PHOTO Columbus East School
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 6 inj
  • SIZE ~63 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Columbus East School (0.0 TCR gap)

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Cowern Elementary in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Cowern Elementary averages 1.5 TCR (106% 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

Cowern Elementary TCR series: 2017=0 · 2018=2.1 · 2019=2.1 · 2020=0 · 2021=2 · 2022=3.8 · 2023=2 · 2024=0 · BLS 1.4

Where Cowern Elementary falls in its industry

3,374 Elementary and secondary schoo establishments

Safer than 86% 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 #233 safest of 1589 Elementary and secondary schoo employers in Minnesota.

Cowern Elementary (63 employees, TCR 1.5) 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 Cowern Elementary
Cowern Elementary (63 employees, TCR 1.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 76 employees and a TCR of 3.8

Cowern Elementary has fewer 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
2024 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 2.0 2.0 1 0 0
2022 3.8 3.8 2 0 0
2021 2.0 2.0 1 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 2.1 2.1 1 0 0
2018 2.1 2.1 1 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

611110 · MN · North St. Paul

3,374 Elementary and secondary schools employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 29 employers in North St. Paul, 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 Columbus East School 1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Board of Education 1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR ISD #2155 1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR ISD 492 Austin Community Learning 1.5 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 District Education Center 222 FTE
CITY-NEAR North High School 190 FTE
CITY-NEAR RSS - North St. Paul 182 FTE
CITY-NEAR Tartan High School 168 FTE
NAT-TCR PlayCore Wisconsin, Inc., dba GameTime 1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Cedar Park TX Yard 1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Ace Sanitary 1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Gunby Construction Company 1.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Lajoie Brothers, Inc. 63 FTE
NAT-SIZE 3402 - Chicago River North 63 FTE
NAT-SIZE Jack in the Box #3271 63 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sales and Distribution Center Guaynabo 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, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017. 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.