Independent School District · Minnesota

Delano ISD #879-Middle and High School

Delano, MN · ~208 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

Delano ISD #879-Middle and High School runs at 169% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Independent School District workplace, earning a grade D.

Delano ISD #879-Middle and High School: 2.4 TCR = 169% of Independent School District BLS 1.4 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Delano ISD #879-Middle and High School safety composite

Delano ISD #879-Middle and High School scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 71% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 32%), 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

52/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.37 per 100 workers

Safer than 71% of industry peers

DART rate
F 2.43 per 100 workers

Safer than 32% 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%).

Delano ISD #879-Middle and High School held a steady TCR band

Delano ISD #879-Middle and High School's TCR held near 0.1 from 2.3 in 2017 to 2.4 in 2018. In 2018, DART was 1.03× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=2.3 · 2018=2.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 611110 · Delano, MN ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 2.4 · 169% of ind

  • DART 2.4 DART
  • RANK #484/1589
  • PHOTO Cromie Elementary Sc…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~208 FTE

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

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Delano ISD #879-Middle and High School in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Delano ISD #879-Middle and High School averages 2.4 TCR (169% of the Independent School District BLS benchmark).

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

Delano ISD #879-Middle and High School TCR series: 2017=2.3 · 2018=2.4 · BLS 1.4

Where Delano ISD #879-Middle and High School falls in its industry

3,374 Independent School District establishments

Safer than 71% 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 #484 safest of 1589 Independent School District employers in Minnesota.

Delano ISD #879-Middle and High School (208 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 Delano ISD #879-Middle and High School
Delano ISD #879-Middle and High School (208 employees, TCR 2.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 76 employees and a TCR of 3.8

Delano ISD #879-Middle and High School 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
2018 2.4 2.4 2 1 0
2017 2.3 0.8 2 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

611110 · MN · Delano

3,374 Independent School District employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 28 employers in Delano, 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 Cromie Elementary School 2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR West St Paul ISD #197-Friendly Hills School 2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Lincoln Elementary School 2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR MAINE EAST HIGH SCHOOL 2.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE GLS Companies Brooklyn Park 208 FTE
STATE-SIZE Emerson Automation Solutions - Eden Prairie 208 FTE
STATE-SIZE MOAK - Oakdale Manufacturing 208 FTE
STATE-SIZE 2904-SAS-MN 208 FTE
CITY-NEAR LSI - Delano 460 FTE
CITY-NEAR Delano ISD #879 397 FTE
CITY-NEAR Main Plant 326 FTE
CITY-NEAR Trelleborg 315 FTE
NAT-TCR Ggb Management Co 2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Shopko Store #132 (Rice Lake, WI) 2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Nemacolin (460) 2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR YKK (USA) Inc. 2.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Certech: Wilkes-Barre, PA 208 FTE
NAT-SIZE Dairy Fresh - Winston Salem 208 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ridgedale Facility 208 FTE
NAT-SIZE Miami Facility 208 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: 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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