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Nelnet - Highlands

Name: Nelnet - Highlands Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Highlands Ranch, CO · ~244 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

C
Average Safety Record: 0.5
Avg TCR: 0.5
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Nelnet - Highlands runs at 94% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Check validation services workplace, earning a grade C.

Nelnet - Highlands: 0.5 TCR = 94% of Check validation services BLS 0.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Nelnet - Highlands safety composite

Nelnet - Highlands scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 57% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 36%), 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).

48/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): C 0.47 per 100 workers

Safer than 57% of industry peers
DART rate: D 0.5 per 100 workers

Safer than 36% of industry peers
Fatalities: D 0

Safer than 50% 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%).

Nelnet - Highlands held a steady TCR band

Nelnet - Highlands's TCR held near 0.1 from 0.4 in 2016 to 0.5 in 2017. In 2017, DART was 1.06× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=0.4 · 2017=0.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 522320 · Highlands Ranch, CO AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 0.5 · 94% of ind

DART 0.5 DART
RANK P57
PHOTO Square St. Louis
BOOK 2y book
INJ 2 inj
SIZE ~244 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Square St. Louis (0.0 TCR gap)

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0.5
Square St. Lou

0.5
Nelnet-Lincoln

0.5
Overland Park,

0.4
Nelnet-Madison

0.3

What this shows Nelnet - Highlands averages 0.5 TCR (94% of the Check validation services BLS benchmark).

Nelnet - Highlands TCR series: 2016=0.4 · 2017=0.5 · BLS 0.5

Where Nelnet - Highlands falls in its industry

21 Check validation services establishments

Safer than 57% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 0.7.

Grade C

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Nelnet - Highlands (244 employees, TCR 0.5) among 10 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 261 employees and a TCR of 0.7

Nelnet - Highlands has fewer employees than the Check validation services median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 0.7. 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
2017	0.5	0.5	1	0	0
2016	0.4	0.4	1	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

522320 · CO · Highlands Ranch

21 Check validation services employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 9,007 rated employers in Colorado with headcount on file · 56 employers in Highlands Ranch, CO · 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	Square St. Louis	ST. LOUIS, MO	0.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Nelnet-Lincoln 401	LINCOLN, NE	0.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Overland Park, KS MSTS	OVERLAND PARK, KS	0.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Nelnet-Madison	MADISON, WI	0.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Frac Shack America Inc	DENVER	244 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Rocky Mountain	CENTENNIAL	244 FTE
STATE-SIZE	NGMS-N632	BOULDER	244 FTE
STATE-SIZE	620-00107	AURORA	244 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Wind Crest	Highlands Ranch	739 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Destination Pet All Facilities	Highlands Ranch	627 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Schomp Automotive	Highlands Ranch	618 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Highlands Ranch Hospital	Highlands Ranch	606 FTE
NAT-TCR	Goodrich - Sensors and Integrated Systems - Vergennes VT	Vergennes, VT	0.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	2073-ASA-20730099-AD	Atlanta, GA	0.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	FGG Pensacola	Pensacola, FL	0.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Accredo Health Group, Inc. Memphis, TN 1640	Memphis, TN	0.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE	213 Roanoke	Roanoke, VA	244 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Bangor (Meban)	Brewer, ME	244 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Wwwl Outerloop Building (Kyloe)	Louisville, KY	244 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Waukesha Office	Waukesha, WI	244 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: 2017, 2016. 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.