Amusement parks (e.g., theme, water) · Minnesota

Minnesota State Fair

Saint Paul, MN · ~319 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.8
Avg TCR
3.1
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Minnesota State Fair runs at 156% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Amusement parks (e.g., theme, water) workplace, earning a grade D.

Minnesota State Fair: 4.8 TCR = 156% of Amusement parks (e.g., theme, water) BLS 3.1 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Minnesota State Fair safety composite

Minnesota State Fair scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 65% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 52%), 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).

C

62/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 4.83 per 100 workers

Safer than 65% of industry peers

DART rate
C 1.98 per 100 workers

Safer than 65% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 52% 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

−2.2

2022→2024

Minnesota State Fair injury rate improved

Minnesota State Fair's TCR fell 2.2 from 5.0 in 2022 to 2.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 6.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.41× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=5.0 · 2023=6.7 · 2024=2.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 713110 · Saint Paul, MN ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 4.8 · 156% of ind

  • DART 2.0 DART
  • RANK #3/4
  • PHOTO Boomers Santa Maria
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 32 inj
  • SIZE ~319 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Boomers Santa Maria (0.0 TCR gap)

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Minnesota State Fair in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Minnesota State Fair averages 4.8 TCR (156% of the Amusement parks (e.g., theme, water) BLS benchmark).

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

Minnesota State Fair TCR series: 2022=5 · 2023=6.7 · 2024=2.8 · BLS 3.1

Where Minnesota State Fair falls in its industry

296 Amusement parks (e.g., theme, establishments

Safer than 65% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.3.

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 4 Amusement parks (e.g., theme, employers in Minnesota.

Minnesota State Fair (319 employees, TCR 4.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 197 employees and a TCR of 6.3 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 010,00020,00030,00040,000 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Minnesota State Fair
Minnesota State Fair (319 employees, TCR 4.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 197 employees and a TCR of 6.3

Minnesota State Fair has more employees than the Amusement parks (e.g., theme, water) median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 6.3. 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 2.8 2.0 6 1 0
2023 6.7 1.8 15 0 0
2022 5.0 3.2 11 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

713110 · MN · Saint Paul

296 Amusement parks (e.g., theme, water) 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 Metric
NAICS-TCR Boomers Santa Maria 4.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Urban Air Adventure Park 4.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR SKYZONE-TOPEKA, LLC 4.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Urban Air North Fayette 4.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE 01 GOB 319 FTE
STATE-SIZE Polar Tank Trailer 319 FTE
STATE-SIZE Mall Of America 239 319 FTE
STATE-SIZE PNT2 BLOOMINGTON TRIA ORTHOPEDIC 319 FTE
CITY-NEAR HE-Midway Corporate Campus 2,194 FTE
CITY-NEAR Minnesota Department of Public Safety 2,100 FTE
CITY-NEAR Minnesota Department of Human Services, Central Office, Andersen, DC1 & Golden Rule 1,486 FTE
CITY-NEAR FV St Josephs Hospital 1,426 FTE
NAT-TCR Latty 4.8 TCR
NAT-TCR City of Middletown - General Government 4.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Stonebridge Senior Liiving - Desoto 4.8 TCR
NAT-TCR ASI Medical, Inc. 4.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Lamar Johnson Collaborative 319 FTE
NAT-SIZE Flowserve Corporation 319 FTE
NAT-SIZE Constructors Inc. 319 FTE
NAT-SIZE Owens Corning Waxahachie 319 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.