Mixed mode transit systems (e.g., bus, commuter rail, subway combinations) · Minnesota

Metro Transit Heywood Garage

Minneapolis, MN · ~400 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
7.8
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Metro Transit Heywood Garage runs at 173% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Mixed mode transit systems (e.g., bus, commuter rail, subway combinations) workplace, earning a grade D.

Metro Transit Heywood Garage: 7.8 TCR = 173% of Mixed mode transit systems (e.g., bus, commuter rail, subway combinations) BLS 4.5 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Metro Transit Heywood Garage safety composite

Metro Transit Heywood Garage scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 58% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 35%), 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 7.8 per 100 workers

Safer than 35% of industry peers

DART rate
C 3.27 per 100 workers

Safer than 58% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 51% 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

−2.1

2017→2024

Metro Transit Heywood Garage injury rate improved

Metro Transit Heywood Garage's TCR fell 2.1 from 5.4 in 2017 to 3.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 13.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.42× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=5.4 · 2018=7.9 · 2019=8.2 · 2020=6.1 · 2021=13.0 · 2022=7.0 · 2023=11.6 · 2024=3.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 485111 · Minneapolis, MN ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 7.8 · 173% of ind

  • DART 3.3 DART
  • RANK #15/18
  • PHOTO 55489 Winter Park
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 215 inj
  • SIZE ~400 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 55489 Winter Park (0.0 TCR gap)

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Metro Transit Heywood Garage in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Metro Transit Heywood Garage averages 7.8 TCR (173% of the Mixed mode transit systems (e.g., bus, commuter rail, subway combinations) BLS benchmark).

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

Metro Transit Heywood Garage TCR series: 2017=5.4 · 2018=7.9 · 2019=8.2 · 2020=6.1 · 2021=13 · 2022=7 · 2023=11.6 · 2024=3.3 · BLS 4.5

Where Metro Transit Heywood Garage falls in its industry

421 Mixed mode transit systems (e. establishments

Safer than 35% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #15 safest of 18 Mixed mode transit systems (e. employers in Minnesota.

Metro Transit Heywood Garage (400 employees, TCR 7.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 217 employees and a TCR of 5.8 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 05001,0001,500 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Metro Transit Heywood Garage
Metro Transit Heywood Garage (400 employees, TCR 7.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 217 employees and a TCR of 5.8

Metro Transit Heywood Garage has more employees than the Mixed mode transit systems (e.g., bus, c median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.8. 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 3.3 3.3 9 1 0
2023 11.6 10.9 34 1 0
2022 7.0 6.8 23 1 0
2021 13.0 12.6 35 3 0
2020 6.1 6.1 23 2 0
2019 8.2 8.2 35 1 0
2018 7.9 7.9 33 1 0
2017 5.4 5.2 23 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

485111 · MN · Minneapolis

421 Mixed mode transit systems (e.g., bus, commuter rail, subway combinations) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 1,321 employers in Minneapolis, 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 55489 Winter Park 7.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR 2102 RCA HOWARD RED LINE 7.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Norfolk (18th Street) 7.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR San Joaquin Regional Transit District 7.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Saint Paul Park Refinery 400 FTE
STATE-SIZE Alexandria Extrusion Company 400 FTE
STATE-SIZE HoneywellMN14 400 FTE
STATE-SIZE 1832 - Blaine 400 FTE
CITY-NEAR University of Minnesota Twin Cities 22,522 FTE
CITY-NEAR MN950 MN TELECOMMUTER 12,021 FTE
CITY-NEAR 0501 - City Center 8,459 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hennepin County Medical Center 7,030 FTE
NAT-TCR Homeplace of Mondovi, LLC 7.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Joliet Junior College 7.8 TCR
NAT-TCR National Management Resources (Hastings College) 7.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Mondelez Global - Streetsboro DSD 7.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Chollas - Public Utilities 400 FTE
NAT-SIZE Mason Construction, LLC. 400 FTE
NAT-SIZE Fulton County Medical Center 400 FTE
NAT-SIZE Miller & Long DC. 400 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, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.