Elementary and secondary schools · Minnesota

Discovery Elementary School

Buffalo, MN · ~28 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
6.5
Avg TCR
1.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Discovery Elementary School runs at 466% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Elementary and secondary schools workplace, earning a grade F.

Discovery Elementary School: 6.5 TCR = 466% of Elementary and secondary schools BLS 1.4 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Discovery Elementary School safety composite

Discovery Elementary School scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 79% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 23%), 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

49/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.52 per 100 workers

Safer than 23% 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

−94.9

2017→2019

Discovery Elementary School injury rate improved

Discovery Elementary School's TCR fell 94.9 from 94.9 in 2017 to 0.0 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2017 at 94.9 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=94.9 · 2018=13.0 · 2019=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 611110 · Buffalo, MN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 6.5 · 466% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #1266/1589
  • PHOTO Child Nutrition
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~28 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Child Nutrition (0.0 TCR gap)

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Discovery Elementary School in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Discovery Elementary School averages 6.5 TCR (466% 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 Elementary School TCR series: 2017=94.9 · 2018=13 · 2019=0 · BLS 1.4

Where Discovery Elementary School falls in its industry

3,374 Elementary and secondary schoo establishments

Safer than 23% 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 #1266 safest of 1589 Elementary and secondary schoo employers in Minnesota.

Discovery Elementary School (28 employees, TCR 6.5) 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 Discovery Elementary School
Discovery Elementary School (28 employees, TCR 6.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 76 employees and a TCR of 3.8

Discovery Elementary School has fewer employees than the Elementary and secondary 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
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 13.0 4.3 3 0 0
2017 94.9 94.9 2 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 Child Nutrition 6.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Riverbend Elementary School 6.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Lyndale 6.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Trenton Board of Education 6.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Shooting Star Native Seeds 28 FTE
STATE-SIZE Moore Calves 28 FTE
STATE-SIZE 2528-Glyndon, MN 28 FTE
STATE-SIZE Worthington Public Utilities 28 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 VRC Northfield 6.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Amzl : Dms1 6.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Black Gold Farms - MDR 6.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Schmelzer Somerset Plant 6.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Continental Construction, LLC 28 FTE
NAT-SIZE Arrow Pest Control 28 FTE
NAT-SIZE Beaver Machine, Inc. 28 FTE
NAT-SIZE J. Bowers Construction 28 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.