Junior colleges · Minnesota
Minnesota State Colleges and Universities - Lake Superior College Main Facility
Duluth, MN · ~268 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- B
- Good Safety Record
- 0.7
- Avg TCR
- 1.4
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Minnesota State Colleges and Universities - Lake Superior College Main Facility runs at 53% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Junior colleges workplace, earning a grade B.
Minnesota State Colleges and Universities - Lake Superior College Main Facility: 0.7 TCR = 53% of Junior colleges BLS 1.4 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Minnesota State Colleges and Universities - Lake Superior College Main Facility safety composite
Minnesota State Colleges and Universities - Lake Superior College Main Facility scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 81% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 36%), 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).
58/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- B 0.74 per 100 workers
Safer than 81% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 0.55 per 100 workers
Safer than 36% 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 State Colleges and Universities - Lake Superior College Main Facility: 0.0 → 1.1 TCR
Peak year 2023 @ 1.1 TCR · DART/TCR 0.74× in 2024
Minnesota State Colleges and Universities - Lake Superior College Main Facility's TCR rose 1.1 from 0.0 in 2022 to 1.1 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 1.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.74× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 611210 · Duluth, MN AT/BELOW-IND · MID
Grade B · TCR 0.7 · 53% of ind
- DART 0.6 DART
- RANK #5/40
- PHOTO Rock Valley College
- BOOK 3y book
- INJ 4 inj
- SIZE ~268 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Rock Valley College (0.0 TCR gap)
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Minnesota State Colleges and Universities - Lake Superior College Main Facility in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Rock Valley Co
Rock Valley College
0.8 TCR
- Delta College
Delta College
0.8 TCR
- Northern Virgi
Northern Virginia Community College - Alexandria
0.8 TCR
- This site
Minnesota State Colleges and Universities - Lake Superior College Main Facility
0.7 TCR
- Heartland Comm
Heartland Community College
0.7 TCR
What this shows Minnesota State Colleges and Universities - Lake Superior College Main Facility averages 0.7 TCR (53% of the Junior colleges BLS benchmark).
Minnesota State Colleges and Universities - Lake Superior College Main Facility TCR series: 2022=0 · 2023=1.1 · 2024=1.1 · BLS 1.4
Where Minnesota State Colleges and Universities - Lake Superior College Main Facility falls in its industry
127 Junior colleges establishmentsSafer than 81% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.4.
Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 40 Junior colleges employers in Minnesota.
Minnesota State Colleges and Universities - Lake Superior College Main Facility has fewer employees than the Junior colleges median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.4. 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 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
611210 · MN · Duluth
127 Junior colleges employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 340 employers in Duluth, 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 | Rock Valley College | 0.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Heartland Community College | 0.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Delta College | 0.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Northern Virginia Community College - Alexandria | 0.8 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Hutchinson Technology Inc. - Hutchinson, MN | 268 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Logic PD Eden Prairie | 268 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Design Ready Controls - BP8 | 268 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Madonna Towers | 268 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | St Mary's Medical Center | 3,230 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | St. Luke's Hospital of Duluth | 3,052 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Building D-Miller Dwan Medical Center | 1,880 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | University of Minnesota Duluth | 1,701 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Five Star Nashville | 0.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Blastco Texas Inc | 0.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Crescent Park Corporation - P-1 | 0.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Innovations Custom Doors, Inc | 0.7 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | 4-Star Distribution Center | 268 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | USSC Acquisition Corp | 268 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Peaden Air Conditioning, Plumbing, and Electrical | 268 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | 2693 - Braintree | 268 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.