Academies, college or university · Minnesota

North Central Research and Outreach Center

Grand Rapids, MN · ~18 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
10.6
Avg TCR
1.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

North Central Research and Outreach Center runs at 754% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Academies, college or university workplace, earning a grade F.

North Central Research and Outreach Center: 10.6 TCR = 754% of Academies, college or university BLS 1.4 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

North Central Research and Outreach Center safety composite

North Central Research and Outreach Center scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 2%), 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).

F

15/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 10.56 per 100 workers

Safer than 2% of industry peers

DART rate
F 6.67 per 100 workers

Safer than 2% 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%).

Rising injury rate

North Central Research and Outreach Center: 0.0 → 13.3 TCR

Peak year 2019 @ 26.3 TCR · DART/TCR 0.63× in 2024

North Central Research and Outreach Center's TCR rose 13.3 from 0.0 in 2018 to 13.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 26.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.63× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 611310 · Grand Rapids, MN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 10.6 · 754% of ind

  • DART 6.7 DART
  • RANK #47/47
  • PHOTO University Health Se…
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 13 inj
  • SIZE ~18 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: University Health Service UIC Rockford (0.7 TCR gap)

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North Central Research and Outreach Center in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows North Central Research and Outreach Center averages 10.6 TCR (754% of the Academies, college or university BLS benchmark).

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

North Central Research and Outreach Center TCR series: 2018=0 · 2019=26.3 · 2020=6.2 · 2021=0 · 2022=5.9 · 2023=22.2 · 2024=13.3 · BLS 1.4

Where North Central Research and Outreach Center falls in its industry

347 Academies, college or universi establishments

Safer than 2% 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 #47 safest of 47 Academies, college or universi employers in Minnesota.

North Central Research and Outreach Center (18 employees, TCR 10.6) 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 North Central Research and Outreach Center
North Central Research and Outreach Center (18 employees, TCR 10.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 617 employees and a TCR of 1.5

North Central Research and Outreach Center has fewer employees than the Academies, college or university 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
2024 13.3 6.7 2 0 0
2023 22.2 5.6 4 0 0
2022 5.9 0.0 1 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 6.2 0.0 1 0 0
2019 26.3 5.3 5 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

611310 · MN · Grand Rapids

347 Academies, college or university employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 75 employers in Grand Rapids, MN · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel Establishment Metric
NAICS-TCR University Health Service UIC Rockford 11.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR UW Pack Forest 9.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR UConn Health 9.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR FM Middletown Hospitality 9.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE WPI-Fieldstaff 18 FTE
STATE-SIZE Select Genetics MN Magnum 003-0138-MA 18 FTE
STATE-SIZE Mesabi Metallics 18 FTE
STATE-SIZE Vigen Construction- Erskine 18 FTE
CITY-NEAR Grand Itasca Clinic & Hospital 706 FTE
CITY-NEAR Grand Itasca Clniic & Hospital 665 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1609 304 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 1609 301 FTE
NAT-TCR CAO001 10.6 TCR
NAT-TCR TNM001 10.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Bay Farms Corporation 10.6 TCR
NAT-TCR City of Everett 10.6 TCR

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.