High schools · Minnesota

Denfeld High School

Duluth, MN · ~159 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
5.5
Avg TCR
1.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Denfeld High School runs at 389% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical High schools workplace, earning a grade F.

Denfeld High School: 5.5 TCR = 389% of High schools BLS 1.4 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Denfeld High School safety composite

Denfeld High School scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% 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 5.45 per 100 workers

Safer than 31% of industry peers

DART rate
F 2.71 per 100 workers

Safer than 29% 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

−7.7

2017→2022

Denfeld High School injury rate improved

Denfeld High School's TCR fell 7.7 from 11.4 in 2017 to 3.6 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2017 at 11.4 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0.5× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=11.4 · 2018=1.1 · 2019=8.9 · 2020=2.2 · 2021=5.5 · 2022=3.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade F · TCR 5.5 · 389% of ind

  • DART 2.7 DART
  • RANK #1135/1589
  • PHOTO Lincoln Elementary
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 29 inj
  • SIZE ~159 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Lincoln Elementary (0.0 TCR gap)

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Denfeld High School in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Denfeld High School averages 5.5 TCR (389% of the High schools BLS benchmark).

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

Denfeld High School TCR series: 2017=11.4 · 2018=1.1 · 2019=8.9 · 2020=2.2 · 2021=5.5 · 2022=3.6 · BLS 1.4

Where Denfeld High School falls in its industry

3,374 High schools establishments

Safer than 31% 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 #1135 safest of 1589 High schools employers in Minnesota.

Denfeld High School (159 employees, TCR 5.5) 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 Denfeld High School
Denfeld High School (159 employees, TCR 5.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 76 employees and a TCR of 3.8

Denfeld High School has more employees than the High schools median and a higher 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
2022 3.6 2.7 4 0 0
2021 5.5 5.5 4 0 0
2020 2.2 2.2 2 0 0
2019 8.9 6.7 8 0 0
2018 1.1 0.0 1 0 0
2017 11.4 10.2 10 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

611110 · MN · Duluth

3,374 High schools employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 340 employers in Duluth, 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 Lincoln Elementary 5.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR CAPE HATTERAS ELEMENTARY 5.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Silver Bell Learning Center 5.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Marshall High School 5.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Elk River Campus 159 FTE
STATE-SIZE Minneapolis SE Storage-TJ 159 FTE
STATE-SIZE Rich Products Fridley 159 FTE
STATE-SIZE American Surplus & Mfg., Inc (Ice Castle Fish Houses) 159 FTE
CITY-NEAR St Mary's Medical Center 3,230 FTE
CITY-NEAR St. Luke's Hospital of Duluth 3,052 FTE
CITY-NEAR Building D-Miller Dwan Medical Center 1,880 FTE
CITY-NEAR University of Minnesota Duluth 1,701 FTE
NAT-TCR Save A Lot #76 5.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Cardinal FG -Chehalis TG 5.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Cable Services Company, Inc. 5.5 TCR
NAT-TCR PC Lumber and Hardware 5.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE AIA Countertops Plant 135 159 FTE
NAT-SIZE City of Zeeland 159 FTE
NAT-SIZE PEARL, MS (Jackson) 159 FTE
NAT-SIZE Springdale R&D Center 159 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: 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.