Transportation departments, nonoperating · Minnesota

MnDOT - District 4

Detroit Lakes, MN · ~273 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.8
Avg TCR
3.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

MnDOT - District 4 runs at 151% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Transportation departments, nonoperating workplace, earning a grade D.

MnDOT - District 4: 4.8 TCR = 151% of Transportation departments, nonoperating BLS 3.2 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

MnDOT - District 4 safety composite

MnDOT - District 4 scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 53% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 35%), 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

45/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 4.82 per 100 workers

Safer than 35% of industry peers

DART rate
D 0.75 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

−3.0

2018→2024

MnDOT - District 4 injury rate improved

MnDOT - District 4's TCR fell 3.0 from 7.5 in 2018 to 4.5 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 9.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.16× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=7.5 · 2019=9.0 · 2020=3.5 · 2021=3.4 · 2022=3.8 · 2023=2.1 · 2024=4.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 926120 · Detroit Lakes, MN ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 4.8 · 151% of ind

  • DART 0.8 DART
  • RANK #4/9
  • PHOTO KYTC District 8
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 36 inj
  • SIZE ~273 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: KYTC District 8 (0.0 TCR gap)

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MnDOT - District 4 in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows MnDOT - District 4 averages 4.8 TCR (151% 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 4 TCR series: 2018=7.5 · 2019=9 · 2020=3.5 · 2021=3.4 · 2022=3.8 · 2023=2.1 · 2024=4.5 · BLS 3.2

Where MnDOT - District 4 falls in its industry

208 Transportation departments, no establishments

Safer than 35% 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 #4 safest of 9 Transportation departments, no employers in Minnesota.

MnDOT - District 4 (273 employees, TCR 4.8) 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 4
MnDOT - District 4 (273 employees, TCR 4.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 172 employees and a TCR of 3.6

MnDOT - District 4 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 4.5 0.8 3 9 0
2023 2.1 1.6 4 1 0
2022 3.8 0.4 2 7 0
2021 3.4 0.4 4 4 0
2020 3.5 1.2 4 5 0
2019 9.0 2.9 11 11 0
2018 7.5 1.3 8 10 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

926120 · MN · Detroit Lakes

208 Transportation departments, nonoperating employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 86 employers in Detroit Lakes, 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 KYTC District 8 4.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR D9 Materials Laboratory 4.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Dept. of Transportation & Public Facilities (50) 4.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR District 12 4.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE 6458-ZMIN 273 FTE
STATE-SIZE Star Tribune Media Company, LLC - Heritage Plant 273 FTE
STATE-SIZE ISD 728 Elk River School District Handke 273 FTE
STATE-SIZE Edina ISD #273 District Office-Edina ISD #273-Edina High School 273 FTE
CITY-NEAR Saint Mary's Hospital Detroit Lakes 511 FTE
CITY-NEAR St Marys Hospital - Detroit Lakes 497 FTE
CITY-NEAR Operations - Detroit Lakes, MN 472 FTE
CITY-NEAR BTD Manufacturing Detroit Lakes 448 FTE
NAT-TCR Public Works 4.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Siskiyou Telephone 4.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Lakeside Moulding 4.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Victory Sign Industries 4.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Cassavant Machining, Inc 273 FTE
NAT-SIZE Land O'Frost Lansing 273 FTE
NAT-SIZE Wirtgen America 273 FTE
NAT-SIZE Carolina Canners, Inc. (Cheraw) 273 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.