Solid waste combustors or incinerators, nonhazardous · Minnesota

Hennepin Energy Recovery Center

Minneapolis, MN · ~48 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.1
Avg TCR
2.6
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Hennepin Energy Recovery Center runs at 159% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Solid waste combustors or incinerators, nonhazardous workplace, earning a grade D.

Hennepin Energy Recovery Center: 4.1 TCR = 159% of Solid waste combustors or incinerators, nonhazardous BLS 2.6 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Hennepin Energy Recovery Center safety composite

Hennepin Energy Recovery Center scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 6%), 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).

F

21/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 4.14 per 100 workers

Safer than 15% of industry peers

DART rate
F 5.83 per 100 workers

Safer than 6% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Hennepin Energy Recovery Center: 2.5 → 5.8 TCR

Peak year 2019 @ 5.8 TCR · DART/TCR 1.41× in 2019

Hennepin Energy Recovery Center's TCR rose 3.4 from 2.5 in 2018 to 5.8 in 2019. In 2019, DART was 1.41× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 562213 · Minneapolis, MN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.1 · 159% of ind

  • DART 5.8 DART
  • RANK #4/8
  • PHOTO Wheelabrator Portsmo…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~48 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Wheelabrator Portsmouth Inc. (0.3 TCR gap)

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Hennepin Energy Recovery Center in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Hennepin Energy Recovery Center averages 4.1 TCR (159% of the Solid waste combustors or incinerators, nonhazardous BLS benchmark).

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

Hennepin Energy Recovery Center TCR series: 2018=2.5 · 2019=5.8 · BLS 2.6

Where Hennepin Energy Recovery Center falls in its industry

74 Solid waste combustors or inci establishments

Safer than 15% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 8 Solid waste combustors or inci employers in Minnesota.

Hennepin Energy Recovery Center (48 employees, TCR 4.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 51 employees and a TCR of 1.9 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 050100150200250 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Hennepin Energy Recovery Center
Hennepin Energy Recovery Center (48 employees, TCR 4.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 51 employees and a TCR of 1.9

Hennepin Energy Recovery Center has fewer employees than the Solid waste combustors or incinerators, median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.9. 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 5.8 5.8 3 0 0
2018 2.5 2.5 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562213 · MN · Minneapolis

74 Solid waste combustors or incinerators, nonhazardous employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 1,321 employers in Minneapolis, 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 Wheelabrator Portsmouth Inc. 3.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Hudson Falls WtE 4.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Dutchess County WtE 3.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Wheelabrator North Andover Inc. 3.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Waukon 48 FTE
STATE-SIZE Swenoda 48 FTE
STATE-SIZE Central Region Cooperative - SE Agronomy East/BCA/Shop 48 FTE
STATE-SIZE 2101-Redwood Falls, MN 48 FTE
CITY-NEAR University of Minnesota Twin Cities 22,522 FTE
CITY-NEAR MN950 MN TELECOMMUTER 12,021 FTE
CITY-NEAR 0501 - City Center 8,459 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hennepin County Medical Center 7,030 FTE
NAT-TCR Frank J. Marianacci, Inc 4.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Nicholas 4.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Southern Tennessee Regional Health System-Winchester/Sewanee 4.1 TCR
NAT-TCR 6400-Swy 0017 1841 4.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE CUMBERLAND 48 FTE
NAT-SIZE Birmingham Division 48 FTE
NAT-SIZE #167 Art Van Schaumburg 48 FTE
NAT-SIZE Brookdale Appleton 48 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.