Elementary and secondary schools · Minnesota

Independent School District #2897

Redwood Falls, MN · ~215 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
3.5
Avg TCR
1.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Independent School District #2897 runs at 246% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Elementary and secondary schools workplace, earning a grade F.

Independent School District #2897: 3.5 TCR = 246% of Elementary and secondary schools 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 54% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 28%), 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

44/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 3.45 per 100 workers

Safer than 54% of industry peers

DART rate
F 2.88 per 100 workers

Safer than 28% 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: 3.3 → 4.3 TCR

Peak year 2020 @ 4.3 TCR · DART/TCR 0.83× in 2020

Independent School District #2897's TCR rose 1.1 from 3.3 in 2017 to 4.3 in 2020. In 2020, DART was 0.83× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade F · TCR 3.5 · 246% of ind

  • DART 2.9 DART
  • RANK #770/1589
  • PHOTO High School
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 20 inj
  • SIZE ~215 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: High School (0.0 TCR gap)

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Independent School District #2897 in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Independent School District #2897 averages 3.5 TCR (246% of the Elementary and secondary schools BLS benchmark).

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

Independent School District #2897 TCR series: 2017=3.3 · 2018=2.2 · 2019=4 · 2020=4.3 · BLS 1.4

Where Independent School District #2897 falls in its industry

3,374 Elementary and secondary schoo establishments

Safer than 54% 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 #770 safest of 1589 Elementary and secondary schoo employers in Minnesota.

Independent School District #2897 (215 employees, TCR 3.5) 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 Independent School District #2897
Independent School District #2897 (215 employees, TCR 3.5) 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 Elementary and secondary schools 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
2020 4.3 2.9 6 0 0
2019 4.0 0.7 6 0 0
2018 2.2 0.0 3 0 0
2017 3.3 0.7 5 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

611110 · MN · Redwood Falls

3,374 Elementary and secondary schools 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 Metric
NAICS-TCR High School 3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Longfellow Alternative 3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR REGGIO MAGNET SCHOOL OF THE ARTS 3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Oakdale Elementary 3.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE STERIS Plymouth 14905 Facility 215 FTE
STATE-SIZE Con-Tech Manufacturing, Inc. Dodge Center 215 FTE
STATE-SIZE 0657 - Bemidji 215 FTE
STATE-SIZE Prime Now LLC - UMN1 215 FTE
CITY-NEAR CentraCare Redwood Hospital 256 FTE
CITY-NEAR Carris Health-Redwood Hospital 230 FTE
CITY-NEAR Clayton Homes 220 FTE
CITY-NEAR Independent School District 2897 211 FTE
NAT-TCR Peru Satellite 3.5 TCR
NAT-TCR The Furniture Mart 07 3.5 TCR
NAT-TCR BFC 3.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Administrative Offices of Torrance County 3.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Pacific Office - Pacific 215 FTE
NAT-SIZE Meijer Store #236 215 FTE
NAT-SIZE City of Romulus 215 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sarah a Reed Childrens Center 215 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: 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.