Elementary and secondary schools · Minnesota

ISD 728 VandenBerge Middle School

Elk River, MN · ~70 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
3.0
Avg TCR
1.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

ISD 728 VandenBerge Middle School runs at 215% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Elementary and secondary schools workplace, earning a grade F.

ISD 728 VandenBerge Middle School: 3.0 TCR = 215% of Elementary and secondary schools BLS 1.4 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

ISD 728 VandenBerge Middle School safety composite

ISD 728 VandenBerge 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

65/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 3.01 per 100 workers

Safer than 61% 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

ISD 728 VandenBerge Middle School: 1.7 → 4.0 TCR

Peak year 2021 @ 6.9 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2022

ISD 728 VandenBerge Middle School's TCR rose 2.3 from 1.7 in 2017 to 4.0 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2021 at 6.9 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 611110 · Elk River, MN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 3.0 · 215% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #656/1589
  • PHOTO Carthage Elementary …
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 9 inj
  • SIZE ~70 FTE

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

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ISD 728 VandenBerge Middle School in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows ISD 728 VandenBerge Middle School averages 3.0 TCR (215% 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

ISD 728 VandenBerge Middle School TCR series: 2017=1.7 · 2018=3.4 · 2019=2 · 2020=0 · 2021=6.9 · 2022=4 · BLS 1.4

Where ISD 728 VandenBerge Middle School falls in its industry

3,374 Elementary and secondary schoo establishments

Safer than 61% 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 #656 safest of 1589 Elementary and secondary schoo employers in Minnesota.

ISD 728 VandenBerge Middle School (70 employees, TCR 3.0) 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 ISD 728 VandenBerge Middle School
ISD 728 VandenBerge Middle School (70 employees, TCR 3.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 76 employees and a TCR of 3.8

ISD 728 VandenBerge Middle School has fewer 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
2022 4.0 0.0 2 0 0
2021 6.9 6.9 3 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 2.0 2.0 1 0 0
2018 3.4 1.7 2 0 0
2017 1.7 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

611110 · MN · Elk River

3,374 Elementary and secondary schools employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 102 employers in Elk River, 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 Carthage Elementary School 3.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR ISD #32 3.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Boulder Bluff Elementary School 3.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Sangaree Middle School 3.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Harmony 70 FTE
STATE-SIZE St. Cloud Service Center 70 FTE
STATE-SIZE H2I Group 70 FTE
STATE-SIZE Northern Valley Machine 70 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 3209 437 FTE
CITY-NEAR Sherburne County Government Center - General 418 FTE
CITY-NEAR 3209 387 FTE
CITY-NEAR Sherburne County Government Center 367 FTE
NAT-TCR DirtBusters Janitorial Services, Inc. 3.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Ncgsb - Greensboro 3.0 TCR
NAT-TCR 142410-Hnl-Downtown Sta 3.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Iowa Illinois Taylor Insulation Contracting 1 3.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE 2253-H4508 70 FTE
NAT-SIZE 1855-WIMIL140 70 FTE
NAT-SIZE 1855-TNNAS55 70 FTE
NAT-SIZE Valero Renewable Fuels Company, LLC d/b/a Valero Mount Vernon Plant 70 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.