Libraries (except motion picture stock footage, motion picture commercial distribution) · Minnesota

Library

Owatonna, MN · ~18 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
1.1
Avg TCR
0.7
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Library runs at 153% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Libraries (except motion picture stock footage, motion picture commercial distribution) workplace, earning a grade D.

Library: 1.1 TCR = 153% of Libraries (except motion picture stock footage, motion picture commercial distribution) BLS 0.7 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Library safety composite

Library scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 76% 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

68/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.07 per 100 workers

Safer than 76% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 71% 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%).

Library held a steady TCR band

Library's TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2017 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 8.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=0.0 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=8.6 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 519120 · Owatonna, MN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 1.1 · 153% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #3/8
  • PHOTO Library-Main
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~18 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Library-Main (0.0 TCR gap)

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Library in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Library averages 1.1 TCR (153% of the Libraries (except motion picture stock footage, motion picture commercial distribution) BLS benchmark).

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

Library TCR series: 2017=0 · 2018=0 · 2019=8.6 · 2020=0 · 2021=0 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · 2024=0 · BLS 0.7

Where Library falls in its industry

89 Libraries (except motion pictu establishments

Safer than 76% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 8 Libraries (except motion pictu employers in Minnesota.

Library (18 employees, TCR 1.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 46 employees and a TCR of 1.9 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 02004006008001,000 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Library
Library (18 employees, TCR 1.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 46 employees and a TCR of 1.9

Library has fewer employees than the Libraries (except motion picture stock f median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.9. 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 8.6 8.6 1 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

519120 · MN · Owatonna

89 Libraries (except motion picture stock footage, motion picture commercial distribution) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 122 employers in Owatonna, MN · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel Establishment Metric
NAICS-TCR Library-Main 1.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Library District 1.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Library 1.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Town of South Windsor - Library 1.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE WPI-Fieldstaff 18 FTE
STATE-SIZE Select Genetics MN Magnum 003-0138-MA 18 FTE
STATE-SIZE Mesabi Metallics 18 FTE
STATE-SIZE Vigen Construction- Erskine 18 FTE
CITY-NEAR Downtown & Remote 1,694 FTE
CITY-NEAR 27-321862189 1,465 FTE
CITY-NEAR Viracon 1,084 FTE
CITY-NEAR Truth Hardware 631 FTE
NAT-TCR Masters RMC, Inc. 1.1 TCR
NAT-TCR TX-Morrow Construction Co Inc 1.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Bancker Construction Corp. 1.1 TCR
NAT-TCR S04134 - High Acres Landfill 1.1 TCR

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, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017. 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.