School districts, elementary or secondary · Minnesota

Independent School District 2897

Name: Independent School District 2897 Workplace Safety Data
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Redwood Falls, MN · ~211 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

C
Average Safety Record: 1.6
Avg TCR: 1.4
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Independent School District 2897 runs at 112% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical School districts, elementary or secondary workplace, earning a grade C.

Independent School District 2897: 1.6 TCR = 112% of School districts, elementary or secondary BLS 1.4 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Independent School District 2897 safety composite

Independent School District 2897 scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 84% 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).

74/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): B 1.57 per 100 workers

Safer than 84% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Independent School District 2897: 0.8 → 1.4 TCR

Peak year 2023 @ 2.6 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2024

Independent School District 2897's TCR rose 0.7 from 0.8 in 2021 to 1.4 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 2.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 611110 · Redwood Falls, MN ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 1.6 · 112% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #255/1589
PHOTO G.H. Robertson School
BOOK 4y book
INJ 9 inj
SIZE ~211 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: G.H. Robertson School (0.0 TCR gap)

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1.6
G.H. Robertson

1.6
McGuire Middle

1.6
Cooper Element

1.6
ISD 276 Minnet

1.6

What this shows Independent School District 2897 averages 1.6 TCR (112% of the School districts, elementary or secondary BLS benchmark).

Independent School District 2897 TCR series: 2021=0.8 · 2022=1.5 · 2023=2.6 · 2024=1.4 · BLS 1.4

Where Independent School District 2897 falls in its industry

3,374 School districts, elementary o establishments

Safer than 84% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.8.

Grade C

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #255 safest of 1589 School districts, elementary o employers in Minnesota.

Independent School District 2897 (211 employees, TCR 1.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 76 employees and a TCR of 3.8

Independent School District 2897 has more employees than the School districts, elementary or secondar 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
2024	1.4	0.0	2
2023	2.6	0.0	4
2022	1.5	1.5	2
2021	0.8	0.0	1

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

611110 · MN · Redwood Falls

3,374 School districts, elementary or secondary employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 39 employers in Redwood Falls, MN · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	G.H. Robertson School	COVENTRY, CT	1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	McGuire Middle School (MMS)	LAKEVILLE, MN	1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Cooper Elementary School	HAMPTON, VA	1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	ISD 276 Minnetonka, Middle School East	MINNETONKA, MN	1.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Braxton and sons	HOPKINS	211 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Mikros Engineering	BROOKLYN PARK	211 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Ultra Machining Company, Inc.	MONTICELLO	211 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Main Street	FRIDLEY	211 FTE
CITY-NEAR	CentraCare Redwood Hospital	Redwood Falls	256 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Carris Health-Redwood Hospital	Redwood Falls	230 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Clayton Homes	Redwood Falls	220 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Independent School District #2897	Redwood Falls	215 FTE
NAT-TCR	Lester & Rosalie Anixter Center	Chicago, IL	1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	Plote Construction Inc.	Hoffman Estates, IL	1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	The Scotts Company - Vance	Vance, AL	1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	C&L Contractors, LTD.	Burke, VA	1.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE	PL Developments - Clinton plant	Clinton, SC	211 FTE
NAT-SIZE	058 - Sawmill Rd Columbus	Dublin, OH	211 FTE
NAT-SIZE	089 - Lansing Cold Storage	Lansing, MI	211 FTE
NAT-SIZE	105 - 23 Mile Rd Chesterfield	Chesterfield, MI	211 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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