Elementary and secondary schools · Minnesota

Northfield Middle School

Northfield, MN · ~102 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
2.8
Avg TCR
1.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Northfield Middle School runs at 200% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Elementary and secondary schools workplace, earning a grade D.

Northfield Middle School: 2.8 TCR = 200% of Elementary and secondary schools BLS 1.4 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Northfield Middle School safety composite

Northfield Middle School scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 64% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 21%), 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)
C 2.8 per 100 workers

Safer than 64% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.74 per 100 workers

Safer than 21% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Northfield Middle School: 1.9 → 3.7 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 3.7 TCR · DART/TCR 1.34× in 2024

Northfield Middle School's TCR rose 1.9 from 1.9 in 2023 to 3.7 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1.34× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 611110 · Northfield, MN ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 2.8 · 200% of ind

  • DART 3.7 DART
  • RANK #602/1589
  • PHOTO Chesterfield County …
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~102 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Chesterfield County Schools (0.0 TCR gap)

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Northfield Middle School in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Northfield Middle School averages 2.8 TCR (200% of the Elementary and secondary schools BLS benchmark).

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

Northfield Middle School TCR series: 2023=1.9 · 2024=3.7 · BLS 1.4

Where Northfield Middle School falls in its industry

3,374 Elementary and secondary schoo establishments

Safer than 64% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #602 safest of 1589 Elementary and secondary schoo employers in Minnesota.

Northfield Middle School (102 employees, TCR 2.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 76 employees and a TCR of 3.8 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 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Northfield Middle School
Northfield Middle School (102 employees, TCR 2.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 76 employees and a TCR of 3.8

Northfield Middle School has more employees than the Elementary and secondary schools median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.8. 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 3.7 3.7 2 0 0
2023 1.9 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

611110 · MN · Northfield

3,374 Elementary and secondary schools employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 66 employers in Northfield, 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 Chesterfield County Schools 2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Sunset 2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR MSD of Pike Township New Augusta Public Academy North 2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Northome School 2.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Highmark Companies 102 FTE
STATE-SIZE Minger Construction Co., Inc. 102 FTE
STATE-SIZE US121: Minneapolis 337 - SG 102 FTE
STATE-SIZE Blue Earth MN 102 FTE
CITY-NEAR St. Olaf College 1,917 FTE
CITY-NEAR Carleton College 1,598 FTE
CITY-NEAR Campbell Mill Northfield MN 627 FTE
CITY-NEAR Northfield Hospital + Clinics- Campus 620 FTE
NAT-TCR Lithia of Des Moines Inc 2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Lornamead 2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Kenosha Wi Sales Center 2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Valvoline Santa Fe Springs 2.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Training Center 102 FTE
NAT-SIZE Baltimore City Correctional Center 102 FTE
NAT-SIZE Caeur - Eureka 102 FTE
NAT-SIZE Nexion Health,Inc 102 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. 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.