Elementary and secondary schools · Minnesota

Lester Park Elementary

Duluth, MN · ~72 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
2.4
Avg TCR
1.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Lester Park Elementary runs at 169% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Elementary and secondary schools workplace, earning a grade D.

Lester Park Elementary: 2.4 TCR = 169% of Elementary and secondary schools BLS 1.4 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Lester Park Elementary safety composite

Lester Park Elementary scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 71% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 38%), 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

54/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.36 per 100 workers

Safer than 71% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.03 per 100 workers

Safer than 38% 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

−2.8

2017→2022

Lester Park Elementary injury rate improved

Lester Park Elementary's TCR fell 2.8 from 4.8 in 2017 to 2.0 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2017 at 4.8 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0.86× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=4.8 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=4.6 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=2.7 · 2022=2.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade D · TCR 2.4 · 169% of ind

  • DART 2.0 DART
  • RANK #482/1589
  • PHOTO Bayview School
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~72 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Bayview School (0.0 TCR gap)

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Lester Park Elementary in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Lester Park Elementary averages 2.4 TCR (169% 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

Lester Park Elementary TCR series: 2017=4.8 · 2018=0 · 2019=4.6 · 2020=0 · 2021=2.7 · 2022=2 · BLS 1.4

Where Lester Park Elementary falls in its industry

3,374 Elementary and secondary schoo establishments

Safer than 71% 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 #482 safest of 1589 Elementary and secondary schoo employers in Minnesota.

Lester Park Elementary (72 employees, TCR 2.4) 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 Lester Park Elementary
Lester Park Elementary (72 employees, TCR 2.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 76 employees and a TCR of 3.8

Lester Park Elementary 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 2.0 2.0 1 0 0
2021 2.7 2.7 0 1 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 4.6 4.6 2 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 4.8 4.8 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

611110 · MN · Duluth

3,374 Elementary and secondary 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 Bayview School 2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Owatonna Senior High School 2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Farmington ISD #192-Farmington Elementary 2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Columbia Heights ISD #13-Columbia Heights High 2.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Corteva Jackson JAC1 72 FTE
STATE-SIZE ACI Asphalt and Concrete, Inc. 72 FTE
STATE-SIZE Electrical Production Services Inc 72 FTE
STATE-SIZE Minnesota Soybean Processors 72 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 Solvay USA Inc 2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Newburgh 2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Sattler Plastics Co 2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Dawson Tire & Wheel - Holly 2.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Heartis Village Peoria 72 FTE
NAT-SIZE Korte and Luitjohan Contractors, Inc. 72 FTE
NAT-SIZE KDN Logistics, LLP 72 FTE
NAT-SIZE Store #626 72 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.