Middle schools · Minnesota

ISD 241 Southwest Middle School

Albert Lea, MN · ~76 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
3.2
Avg TCR
1.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

ISD 241 Southwest Middle School runs at 226% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Middle schools workplace, earning a grade F.

ISD 241 Southwest Middle School: 3.2 TCR = 226% of Middle schools BLS 1.4 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

ISD 241 Southwest Middle School safety composite

ISD 241 Southwest 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

63/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 3.16 per 100 workers

Safer than 58% 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%).

TCR Δ

−2.5

2017→2022

ISD 241 Southwest Middle School injury rate improved

ISD 241 Southwest Middle School's TCR fell 2.5 from 2.5 in 2017 to 0.0 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2021 at 10.8 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=2.5 · 2018=2.0 · 2019=3.7 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=10.8 · 2022=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 611110 · Albert Lea, MN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 3.2 · 226% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #698/1589
  • PHOTO Goose Creek High Sch…
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 6 inj
  • SIZE ~76 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Goose Creek High School (0.0 TCR gap)

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ISD 241 Southwest Middle School in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows ISD 241 Southwest Middle School averages 3.2 TCR (226% of the Middle schools BLS benchmark).

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

ISD 241 Southwest Middle School TCR series: 2017=2.5 · 2018=2 · 2019=3.7 · 2020=0 · 2021=10.8 · 2022=0 · BLS 1.4

Where ISD 241 Southwest Middle School falls in its industry

3,374 Middle schools establishments

Safer than 58% 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 #698 safest of 1589 Middle schools employers in Minnesota.

ISD 241 Southwest Middle School (76 employees, TCR 3.2) 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 ISD 241 Southwest Middle School
ISD 241 Southwest Middle School (76 employees, TCR 3.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 76 employees and a TCR of 3.8

ISD 241 Southwest Middle School has more employees than the Middle 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
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 10.8 10.8 2 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 3.7 1.8 2 0 0
2018 2.0 0.0 1 0 0
2017 2.5 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

611110 · MN · Albert Lea

3,374 Middle schools employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 93 employers in Albert Lea, 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 Goose Creek High School 3.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Turning Point ALP 3.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Hampshire High School 3.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Northeast School 3.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Twin City Framers 76 FTE
STATE-SIZE Fireside Hearth n Home Roseville 76 FTE
STATE-SIZE Schoenfelder Renovations 76 FTE
STATE-SIZE Ridley Inc. 76 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mayo Clinic Health System-Albert Lea 825 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lou-Rich Front Street 277 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 1020 262 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1020 261 FTE
NAT-TCR 683 - Brookfield Usps 3.2 TCR
NAT-TCR High Hotels Ltd - Homewood Suites - Reading 3.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Big Y Foods, Inc. Longmeadow 3.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Clarke Fire Protection Products, Inc 3.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Asahi Blue Grass Forge 76 FTE
NAT-SIZE 6400-SWY-0027-0027-03501 76 FTE
NAT-SIZE 6400-SWY-0027-0027-00335 76 FTE
NAT-SIZE 6400-SWY-0027-0027-00219 76 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: 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.