Highway patrols, police · Minnesota

Minnesota Department of Public Safety

Name: Minnesota Department of Public Safety Workplace Safety Data
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Saint Paul, MN · ~2,100 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

B
Good Safety Record: 2.3
Avg TCR: 3.2
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Minnesota Department of Public Safety runs at 72% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Highway patrols, police workplace, earning a grade B.

Minnesota Department of Public Safety: 2.3 TCR = 72% of Highway patrols, police BLS 3.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Minnesota Department of Public Safety safety composite

Minnesota Department of Public Safety scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 94% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 53%), 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).

76/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): A 2.3 per 100 workers

Safer than 94% of industry peers
DART rate: C 1.92 per 100 workers

Safer than 72% of industry peers
Fatalities: D 0

Safer than 53% 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%).

Minnesota Department of Public Safety held a steady TCR band

Minnesota Department of Public Safety's TCR held near 0.3 from 2.1 in 2017 to 2.5 in 2019. In 2019, DART was 0.83× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=2.1 · 2019=2.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 922120 · Saint Paul, MN AT/BELOW-IND · LARGE

Grade B · TCR 2.3 · 72% of ind

DART 1.9 DART
RANK #4/71
PHOTO Dept. of Public Safe…
BOOK 2y book
INJ 81 inj
SIZE ~2,100 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Dept. of Public Safety (40) (0.0 TCR gap)

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2.4
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2.3
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2.3
LVMPD - HQ Cam

2.3
COH Crime Lab

2.3

What this shows Minnesota Department of Public Safety averages 2.3 TCR (72% of the Highway patrols, police BLS benchmark).

Minnesota Department of Public Safety TCR series: 2017=2.1 · 2019=2.5 · BLS 3.2

Where Minnesota Department of Public Safety falls in its industry

716 Highway patrols, police establishments

Safer than 94% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 9.5.

Grade B

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 71 Highway patrols, police employers in Minnesota.

Minnesota Department of Public Safety (2,100 employees, TCR 2.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 95 employees and a TCR of 9.5

Minnesota Department of Public Safety has more employees than the Highway patrols, police median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 9.5. 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
2019	2.5	1.9	43	11	0
2017	2.1	2.1	38	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

922120 · MN · Saint Paul

716 Highway patrols, police employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 291 employers in Saint Paul, MN · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Dept. of Public Safety (40)	KODIAK, AK	2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	LVMPD - HQ Campus	LAS VEGAS, NV	2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	COH Crime Lab	HENDERSON, NV	2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Kandiyohi County Law Enforcement Center	WILLMAR, MN	2.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE	2573-MN960	MINNEAPOLIS	2,097 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Dakota County	HASTINGS	2,091 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Day Camp Kumalya	LAKE ELMO	2,089 FTE
STATE-SIZE	SWIFT PORK COMPANY WORTHINGTON	WORTHINGTON	2,113 FTE
CITY-NEAR	HE-Midway Corporate Campus	Saint Paul	2,194 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Minnesota Department of Human Services, Central Office, Andersen, DC1 & Golden Rule	Saint Paul	1,486 FTE
CITY-NEAR	FV St Josephs Hospital	Saint Paul	1,426 FTE
CITY-NEAR	State of Minnesota	Saint Paul	1,391 FTE
NAT-TCR	Dupont - Pioneer Johnston Parent	Johnston, IA	2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	JR Simplot Company-SGS Bruce/Othello	Othello, WA	2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Terminix Service, Inc. TSI Commercial 71- 52	Columbia, SC	2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Great Lakes Caring Hospice C IN 47-3795953	Plainfield, IN	2.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE	EMCOR Facilities Services (dba) - Viox	Cincinnati, OH	2,100 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Andy Frain Services Inc	Aurora, IL	2,100 FTE
NAT-SIZE	NXP Semiconductors	Austin, TX	2,100 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Amazon.com Services LLC - MDW2	Joliet, IL	2,101 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: 2019, 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.