Academies, college or university · Minnesota

Northwest Research and Outreach Center

Crookston, MN · ~37 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
2.5
Avg TCR
1.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Northwest Research and Outreach Center runs at 182% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Academies, college or university workplace, earning a grade D.

Northwest Research and Outreach Center: 2.5 TCR = 182% of Academies, college or university BLS 1.4 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Northwest Research and Outreach Center safety composite

Northwest Research and Outreach Center scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (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).

F

24/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 2.55 per 100 workers

Safer than 24% of industry peers

DART rate
F 5.26 per 100 workers

Safer than 3% 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

−2.8

2018→2024

Northwest Research and Outreach Center injury rate improved

Northwest Research and Outreach Center's TCR fell 2.8 from 8.1 in 2018 to 5.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 8.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 2.06× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=8.1 · 2019=4.5 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=5.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade D · TCR 2.5 · 182% of ind

  • DART 5.3 DART
  • RANK #35/47
  • PHOTO Administracion Central
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~37 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Administracion Central (0.0 TCR gap)

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Northwest Research and Outreach Center in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Northwest Research and Outreach Center averages 2.5 TCR (182% 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

Northwest Research and Outreach Center TCR series: 2018=8.1 · 2019=4.5 · 2020=0 · 2021=0 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · 2024=5.3 · BLS 1.4

Where Northwest Research and Outreach Center falls in its industry

347 Academies, college or universi establishments

Safer than 24% 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 #35 safest of 47 Academies, college or universi employers in Minnesota.

Northwest Research and Outreach Center (37 employees, TCR 2.5) 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 Northwest Research and Outreach Center
Northwest Research and Outreach Center (37 employees, TCR 2.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 617 employees and a TCR of 1.5

Northwest 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 5.3 5.3 1 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 4.5 4.5 1 0 0
2018 8.1 0.0 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

611310 · MN · Crookston

347 Academies, college or university employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 29 employers in Crookston, 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 Administracion Central 2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR University of Connecticut - Storrs 2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR A.T. Still University of Health Sciences - AZ Campus 2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Michigan State University 2.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Betaseed Inc - Shakopee 37 FTE
STATE-SIZE Pals 37 FTE
STATE-SIZE Supply Support 37 FTE
STATE-SIZE Grand Rapids Public Utilities Commission 37 FTE
CITY-NEAR Diocese of Crookston 561 FTE
CITY-NEAR Diocese Crookston 500 FTE
CITY-NEAR Polk County-All Locations 351 FTE
CITY-NEAR AMERICAN CRYSTAL SUGAR COMPANY CROOKSTON 318 FTE
NAT-TCR Moog, Inc. - Orrville 2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Unlimited Care, Inc. Kingston, NY 2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR SSAT Tacoma 2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR 40127 Capstone Ctna Mt Vernon 2.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Builders Concrete/Sanger 37 FTE
NAT-SIZE SI 37 FTE
NAT-SIZE Eagle Transport Group, LLC 37 FTE
NAT-SIZE FourShare LLC dba Battery Watering Technologies 37 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.