Elementary and secondary schools · Minnesota

Discovery Center

Buffalo, MN · ~301 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.3
Avg TCR
1.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Discovery Center runs at 20% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Elementary and secondary schools workplace, earning a grade A.

Discovery Center: 0.3 TCR = 20% of Elementary and secondary schools BLS 1.4 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Discovery Center safety composite

Discovery Center scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 99% 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

80/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 0.28 per 100 workers

Safer than 99% 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%).

TCR Δ

−0.8

2017→2019

Discovery Center injury rate improved

Discovery Center's TCR fell 0.8 from 0.8 in 2017 to 0.0 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2017 at 0.8 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=0.8 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 611110 · Buffalo, MN AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 0.3 · 20% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #8/1589
  • PHOTO Warner Middle School
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~301 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Warner Middle School (0.0 TCR gap)

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Discovery Center in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Discovery Center averages 0.3 TCR (20% 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

Discovery Center TCR series: 2017=0.8 · 2018=0 · 2019=0 · BLS 1.4

Where Discovery Center falls in its industry

3,374 Elementary and secondary schoo establishments

Safer than 99% 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 #8 safest of 1589 Elementary and secondary schoo employers in Minnesota.

Discovery Center (301 employees, TCR 0.3) 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 Discovery Center
Discovery Center (301 employees, TCR 0.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 76 employees and a TCR of 3.8

Discovery Center has more 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
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 0.8 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

611110 · MN · Buffalo

3,374 Elementary and secondary schools employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 74 employers in Buffalo, 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 Warner Middle School 0.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR District Office 0.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Columbia Heights ISD #13-District Center 0.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Berkley Building Blocks, Avery Center 0.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Sherco Generating Plant 301 FTE
STATE-SIZE WM 1609 301 FTE
STATE-SIZE Brooklyn Park Campus 301 FTE
STATE-SIZE Ridgeview Two Twelve Medical Center Chaska 301 FTE
CITY-NEAR Health One Buffalo (Buffalo Hospital) 532 FTE
CITY-NEAR Health One Buffalo 500 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 1577 404 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1577 320 FTE
NAT-TCR HydroChem LLC-HDX 0.3 TCR
NAT-TCR OPW Civacon 0.3 TCR
NAT-TCR BT Phoenix 0.3 TCR
NAT-TCR CRI 0.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Arconic Fastening Systems-City of Industry 301 FTE
NAT-SIZE Information Services Department 301 FTE
NAT-SIZE Chattanooga Office 301 FTE
NAT-SIZE Multnomah County Bldg 311 / Juvenile Justice Center 301 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: 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.