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Minnesota State Winona State University

Name: Minnesota State Winona State University Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Winona, MN · ~1,635 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

A
Excellent Safety Record: 0.5
Avg TCR: 1.4
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Minnesota State Winona State University runs at 36% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Universities workplace, earning a grade A.

Minnesota State Winona State University: 0.5 TCR = 36% of Universities BLS 1.4 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Minnesota State Winona State University safety composite

Minnesota State Winona State University scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 89% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 47%), 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).

65/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): B 0.51 per 100 workers

Safer than 89% of industry peers
DART rate: D 0.55 per 100 workers

Safer than 47% 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 Winona State University held a steady TCR band

Minnesota State Winona State University's TCR held near 0.3 from 0.4 in 2017 to 0.7 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2020 at 0.7 TCR. In 2023, DART was 1.08× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=0.4 · 2018=0.3 · 2019=0.5 · 2020=0.7 · 2021=0.6 · 2023=0.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 611310 · Winona, MN AT/BELOW-IND · LARGE

Grade A · TCR 0.5 · 36% of ind

DART 0.6 DART
RANK #5/47
PHOTO Ohio Dominican Unive…
BOOK 6y book
INJ 32 inj
SIZE ~1,635 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Ohio Dominican University (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Minnesota State Winona State University averages 0.5 TCR (36% of the Universities BLS benchmark).

Minnesota State Winona State University TCR series: 2017=0.4 · 2018=0.3 · 2019=0.5 · 2020=0.7 · 2021=0.6 · 2023=0.7 · BLS 1.4

Where Minnesota State Winona State University falls in its industry

347 Universities establishments

Safer than 89% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.5.

Grade A

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 47 Universities employers in Minnesota.

Minnesota State Winona State University (1,635 employees, TCR 0.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 617 employees and a TCR of 1.5

Minnesota State Winona State University has more employees than the Universities 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
2023	0.7	0.6	6
2021	0.6	0.2	6
2020	0.7	0.4	7
2019	0.5	0.4	5
2018	0.3	0.2	3
2017	0.4	0.2	5

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

611310 · MN · Winona

347 Universities employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 149 employers in Winona, 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	Ohio Dominican University	COLUMBUS, OH	0.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	University of Pittsburgh- Oakland	PITTSBURGH, PA	0.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Belhaven University	JACKSON, MS	0.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Virginia Commonwealth University	RICHMOND, VA	0.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Operational Headquarters	FRIDLEY	1,637 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Minnesota	EDEN PRAIRIE	1,632 FTE
STATE-SIZE	MRCI - Premier Drive	MANKATO	1,641 FTE
STATE-SIZE	2573-MN051	EDEN PRAIRIE	1,643 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Winona Health Services	Winona	935 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Winona State University	Winona	734 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Saint Mary's University of Minnesota - Winona	Winona	731 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Benchmark Winona	Winona	716 FTE
NAT-TCR	Covanta Huntsville, Inc.	Huntsville, AL	0.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Alproem Engineering Contractors Corp/Lilly Del Caribe	Carolina, PR	0.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Ohio Dominican University	Columbus, OH	0.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Boeing Distribution Services Inc. - O'Fallon, MO	O'Fallon, MO	0.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE	3842 - UDC-DeKalb	Dekalb, IL	1,635 FTE
NAT-SIZE	466 Lexington Ave	New York, NY	1,634 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Comm HVAC NA and EMEA : MFG-La Crosse, WI-USA	La Crosse, WI	1,634 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Uranium Processing Facility (UPF) EPC Work)	Oak Ridge, TN	1,637 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, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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