Elementary and secondary schools · Alaska

Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District

Palmer, AK · ~2,784 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
4.5
Avg TCR
1.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District runs at 322% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Elementary and secondary schools workplace, earning a grade F.

Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District: 4.5 TCR = 322% of Elementary and secondary schools BLS 1.4 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District safety composite

Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 41%), 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

47/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 4.51 per 100 workers

Safer than 41% of industry peers

DART rate
D 0.99 per 100 workers

Safer than 52% 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%).

Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District held a steady TCR band

Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District's TCR held near 0.2 from 4.0 in 2016 to 4.2 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2017 at 5.5 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0.22× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=4.0 · 2017=5.5 · 2018=5.2 · 2019=3.7 · 2022=4.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 611110 · Palmer, AK ABOVE-IND · LARGE

Grade F · TCR 4.5 · 322% of ind

  • DART 1.0 DART
  • RANK #12/17
  • PHOTO Drexel School
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 422 inj
  • SIZE ~2,784 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Drexel School (0.0 TCR gap)

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Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District averages 4.5 TCR (322% 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

Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District TCR series: 2016=4 · 2017=5.5 · 2018=5.2 · 2019=3.7 · 2022=4.2 · BLS 1.4

Where Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District falls in its industry

3,374 Elementary and secondary schoo establishments

Safer than 41% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Alaska alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #12 safest of 17 Elementary and secondary schoo employers in Alaska.

Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District (2,784 employees, TCR 4.5) 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 Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District
Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District (2,784 employees, TCR 4.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 76 employees and a TCR of 3.8

Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District has more employees than the Elementary and secondary 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
2022 4.2 1.0 77 3 0
2019 3.7 1.1 68 1 0
2018 5.2 2.3 99 0 0
2017 5.5 2.9 104 1 0
2016 4.0 2.2 74 3 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

611110 · AK · Palmer

3,374 Elementary and secondary schools employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 1,558 rated employers in Alaska with headcount on file · 64 employers in Palmer, AK · 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 Drexel School 4.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Kenwood 4.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Willow Brook Elementary School 4.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Enlightenment School 4.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE AK10 PROVIDENCE ALASKA MEDICAL CTR-ANCHORAGE 2,864 FTE
STATE-SIZE Mat-Su Borough School District 2,660 FTE
STATE-SIZE Alaska Native Medical Center 2,329 FTE
STATE-SIZE GCI Communication Corp. 1,935 FTE
CITY-NEAR Matanuska Telecom Association, Inc. 285 FTE
CITY-NEAR 701-00649 269 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2051 WEST REGION-WASILLA AK 241 FTE
CITY-NEAR DSJ MSB Admin Building 170 FTE
NAT-TCR Capital Place 4.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Resource One International, LLC 4.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Peninsula 4.5 TCR
NAT-TCR T.C. Millwork Inc. 4.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Select Energy Services, LLC 2,786 FTE
NAT-SIZE Boston Scientific CRM 2,778 FTE
NAT-SIZE BSA Hospital LLC 2,790 FTE
NAT-SIZE Dixie Regional Medical Center RR 2,793 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, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.