Transportation departments, nonoperating · Minnesota

MNDOT District 3

Baxter, MN · ~431 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
6.5
Avg TCR
3.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

MNDOT District 3 runs at 205% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Transportation departments, nonoperating workplace, earning a grade F.

MNDOT District 3: 6.5 TCR = 205% of Transportation departments, nonoperating BLS 3.2 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

MNDOT District 3 safety composite

MNDOT District 3 scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 53% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 23%), 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

40/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.55 per 100 workers

Safer than 23% of industry peers

DART rate
D 0.74 per 100 workers

Safer than 50% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 53% 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

−6.0

2017→2024

MNDOT District 3 injury rate improved

MNDOT District 3's TCR fell 6.0 from 9.5 in 2017 to 3.5 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2017 at 9.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.11× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=9.5 · 2018=8.3 · 2019=5.9 · 2020=7.0 · 2021=5.5 · 2022=5.7 · 2023=7.1 · 2024=3.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 926120 · Baxter, MN ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 6.5 · 205% of ind

  • DART 0.7 DART
  • RANK #7/9
  • PHOTO City of Phoenix F50 …
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 111 inj
  • SIZE ~431 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: City of Phoenix F50 Strt Trans (0.0 TCR gap)

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MNDOT District 3 in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows MNDOT District 3 averages 6.5 TCR (205% of the Transportation departments, nonoperating BLS benchmark).

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

MNDOT District 3 TCR series: 2017=9.5 · 2018=8.3 · 2019=5.9 · 2020=7 · 2021=5.5 · 2022=5.7 · 2023=7.1 · 2024=3.5 · BLS 3.2

Where MNDOT District 3 falls in its industry

208 Transportation departments, no establishments

Safer than 23% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #7 safest of 9 Transportation departments, no employers in Minnesota.

MNDOT District 3 (431 employees, TCR 6.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 172 employees and a TCR of 3.6 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 01,0002,0003,0004,0005,000 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate MNDOT District 3
MNDOT District 3 (431 employees, TCR 6.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 172 employees and a TCR of 3.6

MNDOT District 3 has more employees than the Transportation departments, nonoperating median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.6. 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 3.5 0.7 5 9 0
2023 7.1 2.9 14 13 0
2022 5.7 2.8 15 7 0
2021 5.5 3.2 16 5 0
2020 7.0 2.1 11 16 0
2019 5.9 2.0 14 9 0
2018 8.3 0.8 17 15 0
2017 9.5 1.3 19 19 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

926120 · MN · Baxter

208 Transportation departments, nonoperating employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 48 employers in Baxter, 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 City of Phoenix F50 Strt Trans 6.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR MDTA Police Headquarters and Support 6.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Lebanon Residency 6.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR District 12 6.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Loram Maintenance of Way (Corporate Office) 431 FTE
STATE-SIZE MN100 431 FTE
STATE-SIZE WM 1864 431 FTE
STATE-SIZE City of St. Louis Park 431 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 1654 416 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1654 365 FTE
CITY-NEAR BAXTER MN - 3163 220 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1122 - BAXTER MN WHSE 213 FTE
NAT-TCR Phoenix Branch 6.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Livingston County 6.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Elmsford, NY 6.5 TCR
NAT-TCR COURTHOUSE 6.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Delicato Vineyards - Manteca 431 FTE
NAT-SIZE Charter Mechanical Contractors Inc. 431 FTE
NAT-SIZE DC32 431 FTE
NAT-SIZE 103792 - GCGV Olefins Recovery Project 431 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, 2020, 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.