K-12 Education · Minnesota

HL-O Elementary

Heron Lake, MN · ~36 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
12.0
Avg TCR
1.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

HL-O Elementary runs at 860% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical K-12 Education workplace, earning a grade F.

HL-O Elementary: 12.0 TCR = 860% of K-12 Education BLS 1.4 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

HL-O Elementary safety composite

HL-O Elementary scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 79% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 7%), 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

43/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 12.04 per 100 workers

Safer than 7% 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%).

HL-O Elementary held a steady TCR band

HL-O Elementary's TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2017 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 28.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=0.0 · 2018=10.6 · 2019=17.1 · 2020=5.8 · 2021=28.4 · 2022=11.4 · 2023=23.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 611110 · Heron Lake, MN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 12.0 · 860% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #1507/1589
  • PHOTO Takena Elementary Sc…
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 17 inj
  • SIZE ~36 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Takena Elementary School (0.0 TCR gap)

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HL-O Elementary in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows HL-O Elementary averages 12.0 TCR (860% of the K-12 Education BLS benchmark).

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

HL-O Elementary TCR series: 2017=0 · 2018=10.6 · 2019=17.1 · 2020=5.8 · 2021=28.4 · 2022=11.4 · 2023=23 · 2024=0 · BLS 1.4

Where HL-O Elementary falls in its industry

3,374 K-12 Education establishments

Safer than 7% 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 #1507 safest of 1589 K-12 Education employers in Minnesota.

HL-O Elementary (36 employees, TCR 12.0) 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 HL-O Elementary
HL-O Elementary (36 employees, TCR 12.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 76 employees and a TCR of 3.8

HL-O Elementary has fewer 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 23.0 0.0 4 0 0
2022 11.4 0.0 2 0 0
2021 28.4 0.0 5 0 0
2020 5.8 0.0 1 0 0
2019 17.1 0.0 3 0 0
2018 10.6 0.0 2 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

611110 · MN · Heron Lake

3,374 K-12 Education employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 3 employers in Heron Lake, 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 Takena Elementary School 12.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR 1459-0124 12.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Thomas Edison Middle School 12.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR EUNICE SMITH ELEMENTARY 12.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Prairie Moon Nursery 36 FTE
STATE-SIZE Corteva Agriscience - Olivia MN R&D 36 FTE
STATE-SIZE Central Counties Cooperative Litchfield 36 FTE
STATE-SIZE 2011-Stanton, MN (Monsanto Co.) 36 FTE
CITY-NEAR Heron Lake BioEnergy LLC 41 FTE
CITY-NEAR City of Heron Lake 37 FTE
NAT-TCR Bridgeport Corretional Center 12.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Public Works 12.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Noroton Fire Department 12.0 TCR
NAT-TCR DFF 12.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Recology Humboldt County 36 FTE
NAT-SIZE Lind Marine Mare Island Yard 36 FTE
NAT-SIZE BB - Prospect 36 FTE
NAT-SIZE J.D. Graphic Co., Inc. 36 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, 2021, 2020, 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.