Elementary schools · Minnesota

ISD 709 Lowell Elementary School

Duluth, MN · ~88 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
4.8
Avg TCR
1.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

ISD 709 Lowell Elementary School runs at 345% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Elementary schools workplace, earning a grade F.

ISD 709 Lowell Elementary School: 4.8 TCR = 345% of Elementary schools BLS 1.4 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

ISD 709 Lowell Elementary School safety composite

ISD 709 Lowell Elementary School scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 37%), 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

41/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 4.83 per 100 workers

Safer than 37% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.87 per 100 workers

Safer than 40% 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

ISD 709 Lowell Elementary School: 2.2 → 7.5 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 7.5 TCR · DART/TCR 0.39× in 2024

ISD 709 Lowell Elementary School's TCR rose 5.3 from 2.2 in 2023 to 7.5 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0.39× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 611110 · Duluth, MN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 4.8 · 345% of ind

  • DART 1.9 DART
  • RANK #1044/1589
  • PHOTO GENE DILLON ELEMENTARY
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~88 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: GENE DILLON ELEMENTARY (0.0 TCR gap)

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ISD 709 Lowell Elementary School in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows ISD 709 Lowell Elementary School averages 4.8 TCR (345% of the Elementary schools BLS benchmark).

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

ISD 709 Lowell Elementary School TCR series: 2023=2.2 · 2024=7.5 · BLS 1.4

Where ISD 709 Lowell Elementary School falls in its industry

3,374 Elementary schools establishments

Safer than 37% 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 #1044 safest of 1589 Elementary schools employers in Minnesota.

ISD 709 Lowell Elementary School (88 employees, TCR 4.8) 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 709 Lowell Elementary School
ISD 709 Lowell Elementary School (88 employees, TCR 4.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 76 employees and a TCR of 3.8

ISD 709 Lowell Elementary School has more employees than the Elementary schools 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 7.5 1.9 4 0 0
2023 2.2 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

611110 · MN · Duluth

3,374 Elementary schools employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 340 employers in Duluth, 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 GENE DILLON ELEMENTARY 4.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Anthony 4.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Warren Mott High Schools 4.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR NORTH CHARLESTON CREATIVE ARTS 4.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Central Counties Cooperative 88 FTE
STATE-SIZE Lloyd's Construction Services, Inc. 88 FTE
STATE-SIZE Paynesville 88 FTE
STATE-SIZE Lester Building Systems, LLC LP 88 FTE
CITY-NEAR St Mary's Medical Center 3,230 FTE
CITY-NEAR St. Luke's Hospital of Duluth 3,052 FTE
CITY-NEAR Building D-Miller Dwan Medical Center 1,880 FTE
CITY-NEAR University of Minnesota Duluth 1,701 FTE
NAT-TCR Washington Vintners 4.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Ohakr - Akron 4.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Sierra Trading Post, Inc. 4.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Cashwa Distributing Company/ Kearney 4.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE 206 Charbonier 88 FTE
NAT-SIZE 121 Wildwood 88 FTE
NAT-SIZE 107 Gravois 88 FTE
NAT-SIZE Reliance Metalcenter 88 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.