Higher education · Minnesota

Minnesota State University Moorhead

Moorhead, MN · ~828 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
1.5
Avg TCR
1.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Minnesota State University Moorhead runs at 106% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Higher education workplace, earning a grade C.

Minnesota State University Moorhead: 1.5 TCR = 106% of Higher education BLS 1.4 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Minnesota State University Moorhead safety composite

Minnesota State University Moorhead scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 24%), 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).

D

41/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 1.49 per 100 workers

Safer than 50% of industry peers

DART rate
F 1.05 per 100 workers

Safer than 24% 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

−0.4

2017→2024

Minnesota State University Moorhead injury rate improved

Minnesota State University Moorhead's TCR fell 0.4 from 1.5 in 2017 to 1.1 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 2.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.7× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=1.5 · 2018=1.5 · 2019=2.3 · 2021=1.4 · 2022=1.4 · 2023=1.4 · 2024=1.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 611310 · Moorhead, MN ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 1.5 · 106% of ind

  • DART 1.1 DART
  • RANK #21/47
  • PHOTO Carilion Jefferson H…
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 67 inj
  • SIZE ~828 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Carilion Jefferson Health Sciences Co. 02 (0.0 TCR gap)

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Minnesota State University Moorhead in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Minnesota State University Moorhead averages 1.5 TCR (106% of the Higher education BLS benchmark).

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

Minnesota State University Moorhead TCR series: 2017=1.5 · 2018=1.5 · 2019=2.3 · 2021=1.4 · 2022=1.4 · 2023=1.4 · 2024=1.1 · BLS 1.4

Where Minnesota State University Moorhead falls in its industry

347 Higher education establishments

Safer than 50% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #21 safest of 47 Higher education employers in Minnesota.

Minnesota State University Moorhead (828 employees, TCR 1.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 617 employees and a TCR of 1.5 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 02,0004,0006,0008,00010,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Minnesota State University Moorhead
Minnesota State University Moorhead (828 employees, TCR 1.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 617 employees and a TCR of 1.5

Minnesota State University Moorhead has more employees than the Higher education median and a lower 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 Fatalities
2024 1.1 1.1 6 0 0
2023 1.4 1.4 8 0 0
2022 1.4 0.7 8 0 0
2021 1.4 1.0 8 0 0
2019 2.3 1.1 15 0 0
2018 1.5 0.8 10 0 0
2017 1.5 1.1 12 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

611310 · MN · Moorhead

347 Higher education employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 74 employers in Moorhead, 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 Carilion Jefferson Health Sciences Co. 02 1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR James Madison University 1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Linfield College 1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR BYU Risk Management 1.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Lake Region Healthcare Corporation 828 FTE
STATE-SIZE Lake Region Medical 830 FTE
STATE-SIZE MINNEAPOLIS_1441389 830 FTE
STATE-SIZE UCare Minnesota - 600 831 FTE
CITY-NEAR City of Moorhead 411 FTE
CITY-NEAR Eventide on Eighth 401 FTE
CITY-NEAR American Crystal Sugar Company Moorhead 387 FTE
CITY-NEAR American Crystal Sugar Moorhead Factory 334 FTE
NAT-TCR John J Brennan Construction Co., Inc 1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Advanced Workzone Services 1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Tri Pointe Homes Orange County-Los Angeles 1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Signum LLC 1.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Pella Regional Health Center 828 FTE
NAT-SIZE St. Luke's Nampa Medical Center, Ltd. 828 FTE
NAT-SIZE Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Plano 828 FTE
NAT-SIZE Nymel - Melville 828 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, 2021, 2019, 2018, 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.