Colleges, universities, and professional schools · Minnesota

MnSCU Central Lakes College, Staples Campus

Staples, MN · ~49 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
9.0
Avg TCR
1.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

MnSCU Central Lakes College, Staples Campus runs at 641% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Colleges, universities, and professional schools workplace, earning a grade F.

MnSCU Central Lakes College, Staples Campus: 9.0 TCR = 641% of Colleges, universities, and professional schools BLS 1.4 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

MnSCU Central Lakes College, Staples Campus safety composite

MnSCU Central Lakes College, Staples Campus scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 85% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 3%), 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

44/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 8.97 per 100 workers

Safer than 3% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 85% 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

−3.5

2017→2018

MnSCU Central Lakes College, Staples Campus injury rate improved

MnSCU Central Lakes College, Staples Campus's TCR fell 3.5 from 10.7 in 2017 to 7.2 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2017 at 10.7 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=10.7 · 2018=7.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 611310 · Staples, MN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 9.0 · 641% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #46/47
  • PHOTO Mercy College Of Ohio
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 6 inj
  • SIZE ~49 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Mercy College Of Ohio (0.1 TCR gap)

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MnSCU Central Lakes College, Staples Campus in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows MnSCU Central Lakes College, Staples Campus averages 9.0 TCR (641% of the Colleges, universities, and professional schools BLS benchmark).

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

MnSCU Central Lakes College, Staples Campus TCR series: 2017=10.7 · 2018=7.2 · BLS 1.4

Where MnSCU Central Lakes College, Staples Campus falls in its industry

347 Colleges, universities, and pr establishments

Safer than 3% 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 #46 safest of 47 Colleges, universities, and pr employers in Minnesota.

MnSCU Central Lakes College, Staples Campus (49 employees, TCR 9.0) 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 MnSCU Central Lakes College, Staples Campus
MnSCU Central Lakes College, Staples Campus (49 employees, TCR 9.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 617 employees and a TCR of 1.5

MnSCU Central Lakes College, Staples Campus has fewer employees than the Colleges, universities, and professional 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 Fatalities
2018 7.2 0.0 3 0 0
2017 10.7 0.0 3 2 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

611310 · MN · Staples

347 Colleges, universities, and professional schools employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 12 employers in Staples, 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 Mercy College Of Ohio 8.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR MCWAH 8.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR FM Middletown Hospitality 9.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR UConn Health 9.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Impact Power Solutions 49 FTE
STATE-SIZE Lodermeier's Inc 49 FTE
STATE-SIZE Glass & Mirror Inc. 49 FTE
STATE-SIZE Progressive Building Systems, Ltd 49 FTE
CITY-NEAR 217_286 451 FTE
CITY-NEAR 01. Hospital and Clinic 443 FTE
CITY-NEAR 02. Senior Campus 318 FTE
CITY-NEAR 217_287 288 FTE
NAT-TCR Prairie Farms Detroit 9.0 TCR
NAT-TCR 173T/17DD Drivers 9.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Romulus (Mirls) 9.0 TCR
NAT-TCR 4054-Abs 0004 0892 9.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Caterpillar Corinth MS VSI 49 FTE
NAT-SIZE Monument Hill Rehab and Nursing Center 49 FTE
NAT-SIZE Beef Products, Inc. - Holcomb 49 FTE
NAT-SIZE Indian Lake Rehabilitation Center 49 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: 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.