K-12 Education · Minnesota

Franklin Middle School

Thief River Falls, MN · ~60 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
3.7
Avg TCR
1.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Franklin Middle School runs at 261% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical K-12 Education workplace, earning a grade F.

Franklin Middle School: 3.7 TCR = 261% of K-12 Education BLS 1.4 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Franklin Middle School safety composite

Franklin Middle School scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 79% 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).

C

61/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 3.66 per 100 workers

Safer than 51% 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%).

Franklin Middle School held a steady TCR band

Franklin Middle School's TCR held near 0.1 from 2.3 in 2017 to 2.2 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 16.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=2.3 · 2018=4.8 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=0.0 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=16.4 · 2024=2.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 611110 · Thief River Falls, MN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 3.7 · 261% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #817/1589
  • PHOTO Central Building
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 9 inj
  • SIZE ~60 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Central Building (0.0 TCR gap)

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Franklin Middle School in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Franklin Middle School averages 3.7 TCR (261% of the K-12 Education BLS benchmark).

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

Franklin Middle School TCR series: 2017=2.3 · 2018=4.8 · 2019=0 · 2020=0 · 2022=0 · 2023=16.4 · 2024=2.2 · BLS 1.4

Where Franklin Middle School falls in its industry

3,374 K-12 Education establishments

Safer than 51% 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 #817 safest of 1589 K-12 Education employers in Minnesota.

Franklin Middle School (60 employees, TCR 3.7) 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 Franklin Middle School
Franklin Middle School (60 employees, TCR 3.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 76 employees and a TCR of 3.8

Franklin Middle School has fewer employees than the K-12 Education 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
2024 2.2 0.0 1 0 0
2023 16.4 0.0 5 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 4.8 4.8 2 0 0
2017 2.3 2.3 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

611110 · MN · Thief River Falls

3,374 K-12 Education employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 42 employers in Thief River Falls, 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 Central Building 3.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Adams Elementary 3.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR BOE - Early Childhood 3.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Behavioral Heath Works, Anaheim, Inc 3.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Living Greens Farm 60 FTE
STATE-SIZE New Sweden Dairy 60 FTE
STATE-SIZE Customer Service Support 60 FTE
STATE-SIZE Twin Cities Specialties 60 FTE
CITY-NEAR Textron Specialized Vehicles - Arctic Cat Thief River Falls 734 FTE
CITY-NEAR MN,THIEF RIVER FALLS - Downtown Campus - General Medical and Surgical Hospitals 386 FTE
CITY-NEAR MN,Thief River Falls-Medical Center-General Medical And Surgical Hospitals 339 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 3761 228 FTE
NAT-TCR Sun Pacific Shippers LP | Maricopa Packinghouse 3.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Construction Division 3.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Dresick Farms, Inc. - Farm 3.7 TCR
NAT-TCR LEESPORT 3.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE OPC, Inc. - Modesto 60 FTE
NAT-SIZE Administration Office 60 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hardin County Water District No. 2-Customer Service Center 60 FTE
NAT-SIZE Holscher Products Inc 60 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, 2022, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.