Telecommunications carriers, wired · Minnesota

Midcontinent Media

Minneapolis, MN · ~1,926 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
3.6
Avg TCR
0.7
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Midcontinent Media runs at 516% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Telecommunications carriers, wired workplace, earning a grade F.

Midcontinent Media: 3.6 TCR = 516% of Telecommunications carriers, wired BLS 0.7 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Midcontinent Media safety composite

Midcontinent Media scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 54% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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

52/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 3.61 per 100 workers

Safer than 52% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.11 per 100 workers

Safer than 54% 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

−1.1

2020→2024

Midcontinent Media injury rate improved

Midcontinent Media's TCR fell 1.1 from 4.3 in 2020 to 3.2 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 4.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.58× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=4.3 · 2021=3.2 · 2022=4.1 · 2023=3.3 · 2024=3.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 517111 · Minneapolis, MN ABOVE-IND · LARGE

Grade F · TCR 3.6 · 516% of ind

  • DART 2.1 DART
  • RANK #3/6
  • PHOTO FL - Miami, 1306 NW …
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 285 inj
  • SIZE ~1,926 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: FL - Miami, 1306 NW 7th Ave (0.0 TCR gap)

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Midcontinent Media in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Midcontinent Media averages 3.6 TCR (516% of the Telecommunications carriers, wired BLS benchmark).

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

Midcontinent Media TCR series: 2020=4.3 · 2021=3.2 · 2022=4.1 · 2023=3.3 · 2024=3.2 · BLS 0.7

Where Midcontinent Media falls in its industry

455 Telecommunications carriers, w establishments

Safer than 52% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.0.

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 6 Telecommunications carriers, w employers in Minnesota.

Midcontinent Media (1,926 employees, TCR 3.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 515 employees and a TCR of 4.0 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 05001,0001,5002,0002,500 0246 Average employees Total Case Rate Midcontinent Media
Midcontinent Media (1,926 employees, TCR 3.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 515 employees and a TCR of 4.0

Midcontinent Media has more employees than the Telecommunications carriers, wired median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.0. 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 3.2 2.1 54 1 0
2023 3.3 2.2 51 3 0
2022 4.1 2.4 69 0 0
2021 3.2 1.8 51 0 0
2020 4.3 2.0 60 2 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

517111 · MN · Minneapolis

455 Telecommunications carriers, wired 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 FL - Miami, 1306 NW 7th Ave 3.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR NH - Claremont, 425 Washington St 3.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR FL_Clearwater_2530 Drew Street_PN610109 3.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR OH_Blue Ash_10920 Kenwood Rd._54520003 3.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Boston Scientific CRM National Commercial 1,933 FTE
STATE-SIZE St. Olaf College 1,917 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hormel Foods - Austin 1,914 FTE
STATE-SIZE St. Joseph's Hospital 1,938 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 Trenton Village LLC 3.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Water Mill Building Supply, LLC 3.6 TCR
NAT-TCR New Way Electric Inc 3.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Haitbrink Asphalt Paving, Inc. 3.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Amazon.com Services LLC - ONT5 1,925 FTE
NAT-SIZE Harrah'S New Orleans Casino & Hotel 1,925 FTE
NAT-SIZE Corporate Headquarters 1,928 FTE
NAT-SIZE Casino Arizona 1,924 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.