Elementary and secondary schools · Minnesota

Northwinds Elementary School

Buffalo, MN · ~65 workers · 3 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

Northwinds Elementary School runs at 644% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Elementary and secondary schools workplace, earning a grade F.

Northwinds Elementary School: 9.0 TCR = 644% of Elementary and secondary schools BLS 1.4 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Northwinds Elementary School safety composite

Northwinds Elementary School scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 13%), 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

31/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 9.02 per 100 workers

Safer than 13% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.02 per 100 workers

Safer than 38% 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%).

TCR Δ

−53.1

2017→2019

Northwinds Elementary School injury rate improved

Northwinds Elementary School's TCR fell 53.1 from 65.3 in 2017 to 12.1 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2017 at 65.3 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0.22× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=65.3 · 2018=5.9 · 2019=12.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 611110 · Buffalo, MN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 9.0 · 644% of ind

  • DART 2.0 DART
  • RANK #1423/1589
  • PHOTO Mendenhall River Com…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 10 inj
  • SIZE ~65 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Mendenhall River Community School (0.0 TCR gap)

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Northwinds Elementary School in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Northwinds Elementary School averages 9.0 TCR (644% 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

Northwinds Elementary School TCR series: 2017=65.3 · 2018=5.9 · 2019=12.1 · BLS 1.4

Where Northwinds Elementary School falls in its industry

3,374 Elementary and secondary schoo establishments

Safer than 13% 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 #1423 safest of 1589 Elementary and secondary schoo employers in Minnesota.

Northwinds Elementary School (65 employees, TCR 9.0) 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 Northwinds Elementary School
Northwinds Elementary School (65 employees, TCR 9.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 76 employees and a TCR of 3.8

Northwinds Elementary School has fewer employees than the Elementary and secondary schools median and a higher 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
2019 12.1 2.0 6 0 0
2018 5.9 0.0 3 0 0
2017 65.3 65.3 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

611110 · MN · Buffalo

3,374 Elementary and secondary schools employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 74 employers in Buffalo, 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 Mendenhall River Community School 9.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR MARY FORD EARLY LEARNING AND FAMILY CENTER 9.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Skinner Road School 9.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Fillmore Central Elementary 9.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Lake Prairie 65 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hibbing Public Utilities 65 FTE
STATE-SIZE City of Virginia Public Utilities 65 FTE
STATE-SIZE Michels Utility Services Inc-MN-Lakeville 65 FTE
CITY-NEAR Health One Buffalo (Buffalo Hospital) 532 FTE
CITY-NEAR Health One Buffalo 500 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 1577 404 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1577 320 FTE
NAT-TCR SV WTX, LLC. dba Splitsville Anaheim 9.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of North Alabama(Formerly HealthSouth Rehabilitation Hos. 9.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Fas Dfw 9.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Tubular USA 9.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Monongalia County Emergency Medical Services, Inc. 65 FTE
NAT-SIZE Galesburg Hospitals Ambulance Service 65 FTE
NAT-SIZE ArcelorMittal Tailored Blanks Pioneer 65 FTE
NAT-SIZE 9240 Manchester 65 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: 2019, 2018, 2017. 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.