Academies, college or university · Minnesota

Minnesota State University, Mankato

Name: Minnesota State University, Mankato Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Mankato, MN · ~2,729 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

F
Failing Safety Record: 5.8
Avg TCR: 1.4
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Minnesota State University, Mankato runs at 413% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Academies, college or university workplace, earning a grade F.

Minnesota State University, Mankato: 5.8 TCR = 413% of Academies, college or university BLS 1.4 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Minnesota State University, Mankato safety composite

Minnesota State University, Mankato scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 8%), 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).

34/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 5.78 per 100 workers

Safer than 8% of industry peers
DART rate: D 0.51 per 100 workers

Safer than 50% 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%).

Minnesota State University, Mankato held a steady TCR band

Minnesota State University, Mankato's TCR held near 0.2 from 0.9 in 2017 to 0.7 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2019 at 20.4 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0.09× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=0.9 · 2018=1.2 · 2019=20.4 · 2022=0.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 611310 · Mankato, MN ABOVE-IND · LARGE

Grade F · TCR 5.8 · 413% of ind

DART 0.5 DART
RANK #43/47
PHOTO Lyon College
BOOK 4y book
INJ 73 inj
SIZE ~2,729 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Lyon College (0.2 TCR gap)

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University Hea

6.1
Lyon College

6
William Woods

6
This site

5.8
Western Michig

5.5

What this shows Minnesota State University, Mankato averages 5.8 TCR (413% of the Academies, college or university BLS benchmark).

Minnesota State University, Mankato TCR series: 2017=0.9 · 2018=1.2 · 2019=20.4 · 2022=0.7 · BLS 1.4

Where Minnesota State University, Mankato falls in its industry

347 Academies, college or universi establishments

Safer than 8% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.5.

Grade F

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #43 safest of 47 Academies, college or universi employers in Minnesota.

Minnesota State University, Mankato (2,729 employees, TCR 5.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 617 employees and a TCR of 1.5

Minnesota State University, Mankato has more employees than the Academies, college or university median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.5. 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
2022	0.7	0.5	12	0
2019	20.4	15.7	22	0
2018	1.2	0.8	21	1
2017	0.9	0.7	18	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

611310 · MN · Mankato

347 Academies, college or university employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 214 employers in Mankato, 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	Lyon College	BATESVILLE, AR	6.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR	William Woods University	FULTON, MO	6.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine	KALAMAZOO, MI	5.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	University Health Service UIC Peoria	PEORIA, IL	6.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Boston Scientific CRM	ARDEN HILLS	2,778 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Bayport Main - CORP	BAYPORT	2,823 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Mercy Hospital	COON RAPIDS	2,851 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Blattner Energy Inc	AVON	2,881 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Mayo Clinic Health System-Mankato	Mankato	2,468 FTE
CITY-NEAR	MRCI - Premier Drive	Mankato	1,641 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Mankato Area Public Schools	Mankato	1,200 FTE
CITY-NEAR	MRCI-Premier Drive	Mankato	1,149 FTE
NAT-TCR	Grocery Outlet of South Pasadena	South Pasadena, CA	5.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Allegan Tubular Products	Allegan, MI	5.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Sodexo at P&G Albany Janitorial	Albany, GA	5.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	JAN-FL-MCO	Southlake, TX	5.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE	DC Arena, LP	Washington, DC	2,729 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Saint Joseph's Hospital - EHC	Atlanta, GA	2,729 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Driscoll Health Systems	Corpus Christi, TX	2,730 FTE
NAT-SIZE	MedCentral Hospital	Mansfield, OH	2,732 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: 2022, 2019, 2018, 2017. 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.