Government base facilities operation support services · Minnesota

Minnesota Department of Transportation District 8

Willmar, MN · ~240 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
7.0
Avg TCR
2.6
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Minnesota Department of Transportation District 8 runs at 268% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Government base facilities operation support services workplace, earning a grade F.

Minnesota Department of Transportation District 8: 7.0 TCR = 268% of Government base facilities operation support services BLS 2.6 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Minnesota Department of Transportation District 8 safety composite

Minnesota Department of Transportation District 8 scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 13%), 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).

F

28/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.96 per 100 workers

Safer than 13% of industry peers

DART rate
F 2.73 per 100 workers

Safer than 28% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Minnesota Department of Transportation District 8: 8.1 → 9.1 TCR

Peak year 2023 @ 9.1 TCR · DART/TCR 0.39× in 2023

Minnesota Department of Transportation District 8's TCR rose 1.0 from 8.1 in 2017 to 9.1 in 2023. In 2023, DART was 0.39× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 561210 · Willmar, MN ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 7.0 · 268% of ind

  • DART 2.7 DART
  • RANK #8/12
  • PHOTO Public Works
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 40 inj
  • SIZE ~240 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Public Works (0.0 TCR gap)

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Minnesota Department of Transportation District 8 in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Minnesota Department of Transportation District 8 averages 7.0 TCR (268% of the Government base facilities operation support services BLS benchmark).

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

Minnesota Department of Transportation District 8 TCR series: 2017=8.1 · 2019=5.2 · 2020=5.5 · 2023=9.1 · BLS 2.6

Where Minnesota Department of Transportation District 8 falls in its industry

757 Government base facilities ope establishments

Safer than 13% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #8 safest of 12 Government base facilities ope employers in Minnesota.

Minnesota Department of Transportation District 8 (240 employees, TCR 7.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 2.9 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 0200400600 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Minnesota Department of Transportation District 8
Minnesota Department of Transportation District 8 (240 employees, TCR 7.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 2.9

Minnesota Department of Transportation District 8 has more employees than the Government base facilities operation sup median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.9. 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
2023 9.1 2.7 13 7 0
2020 5.5 2.8 7 5 0
2019 5.2 3.3 7 4 0
2017 8.1 5.2 13 4 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

561210 · MN · Willmar

757 Government base facilities operation support services employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 154 employers in Willmar, 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 Public Works 7.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR PT-ALEXIAN BRS MC 7.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Moorestown - Mark1 6.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Covington KY 7.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Rochester Meat Company 240 FTE
STATE-SIZE The Toro Company - Shakopee 240 FTE
STATE-SIZE SFM Mutual Insurance Company 240 FTE
STATE-SIZE I. S. D. 484 240 FTE
CITY-NEAR Willmar Avenue Plant 1,205 FTE
CITY-NEAR Willmar Ave Plant 1,096 FTE
CITY-NEAR Carris Health Rice Hospital 848 FTE
CITY-NEAR CentraCare Rice Memorial Hospital 742 FTE
NAT-TCR Encompass Health - Rehabilitation Hospital of Franklin 7.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Polystar Inc. 7.0 TCR
NAT-TCR FWM Inc 7.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Wiegel Tool Works, Inc. 7.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Brammer Bio Florida 240 FTE
NAT-SIZE American Red Cross - 9013 Perimeter Woods Dr 240 FTE
NAT-SIZE Spoonflower Durham Facility 240 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hotel Management Services, Inc. 240 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: 2023, 2020, 2019, 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.