K-12 Education · Minnesota

Fosston High School

Fosston, MN · ~76 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
6.9
Avg TCR
1.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Fosston High School runs at 490% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical K-12 Education workplace, earning a grade F.

Fosston High School: 6.9 TCR = 490% of K-12 Education BLS 1.4 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Fosston High School safety composite

Fosston High School scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 21%), 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 6.86 per 100 workers

Safer than 21% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.81 per 100 workers

Safer than 41% 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%).

Fosston High School held a steady TCR band

Fosston High School's TCR held near 0.1 from 3.6 in 2018 to 3.6 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 21.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.26× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=3.6 · 2019=21.4 · 2021=0.0 · 2023=5.7 · 2024=3.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade F · TCR 6.9 · 490% of ind

  • DART 1.8 DART
  • RANK #1299/1589
  • PHOTO Richmond Community S…
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 15 inj
  • SIZE ~76 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Richmond Community Schools-Dennis Intermediate (0.0 TCR gap)

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Fosston High School in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Fosston High School averages 6.9 TCR (490% of the K-12 Education BLS benchmark).

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

Fosston High School TCR series: 2018=3.6 · 2019=21.4 · 2021=0 · 2023=5.7 · 2024=3.6 · BLS 1.4

Where Fosston High School falls in its industry

3,374 K-12 Education establishments

Safer than 21% 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 #1299 safest of 1589 K-12 Education employers in Minnesota.

Fosston High School (76 employees, TCR 6.9) 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 Fosston High School
Fosston High School (76 employees, TCR 6.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 76 employees and a TCR of 3.8

Fosston High School has more employees than the K-12 Education 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
2024 3.6 1.8 2 0 0
2023 5.7 0.0 1 2 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 21.4 4.8 9 0 0
2018 3.6 2.4 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

611110 · MN · Fosston

3,374 K-12 Education employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 17 employers in Fosston, 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 Richmond Community Schools-Dennis Intermediate 6.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR MAMIE P WHITESIDES ELEMENTARY 6.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR BOLD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ISD 2534 6.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Northeast 6.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Twin City Framers 76 FTE
STATE-SIZE Fireside Hearth n Home Roseville 76 FTE
STATE-SIZE Schoenfelder Renovations 76 FTE
STATE-SIZE Ridley Inc. 76 FTE
CITY-NEAR Fosston Hospital 112 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hugo's #13 96 FTE
CITY-NEAR Consolidated Equipment Group 95 FTE
CITY-NEAR Magelssen Elementary School 88 FTE
NAT-TCR Kspar - Parsons 6.9 TCR
NAT-TCR The Villas at St James 6.9 TCR
NAT-TCR East Point 10193 6.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Giant Food Stores 6061 6.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Buffalo Pumps 76 FTE
NAT-SIZE Gas Turbine Efficiency LLC 76 FTE
NAT-SIZE Orgra - Grants Pass 76 FTE
NAT-SIZE Cauki - Ukiah Center 76 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, 2021, 2019, 2018. 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.