Independent School District · Minnesota

Orono ISD #278-Intermediate School

Long Lake, MN · ~134 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
3.9
Avg TCR
1.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Orono ISD #278-Intermediate School runs at 281% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Independent School District workplace, earning a grade F.

Orono ISD #278-Intermediate School: 3.9 TCR = 281% of Independent School District BLS 1.4 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Orono ISD #278-Intermediate School safety composite

Orono ISD #278-Intermediate School scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 79% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 47%), 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).

C

59/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 3.94 per 100 workers

Safer than 47% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 79% 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

−1.0

2017→2023

Orono ISD #278-Intermediate School injury rate improved

Orono ISD #278-Intermediate School's TCR fell 1.0 from 4.1 in 2017 to 3.2 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2019 at 4.7 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=4.1 · 2018=3.8 · 2019=4.7 · 2021=3.9 · 2023=3.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 611110 · Long Lake, MN ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 3.9 · 281% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #878/1589
  • PHOTO MCKINLEY EARLY CHILD…
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 15 inj
  • SIZE ~134 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: MCKINLEY EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER (0.0 TCR gap)

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Orono ISD #278-Intermediate School in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Orono ISD #278-Intermediate School averages 3.9 TCR (281% of the Independent School District BLS benchmark).

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

Orono ISD #278-Intermediate School TCR series: 2017=4.1 · 2018=3.8 · 2019=4.7 · 2021=3.9 · 2023=3.2 · BLS 1.4

Where Orono ISD #278-Intermediate School falls in its industry

3,374 Independent School District establishments

Safer than 47% 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 #878 safest of 1589 Independent School District employers in Minnesota.

Orono ISD #278-Intermediate School (134 employees, TCR 3.9) 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 Orono ISD #278-Intermediate School
Orono ISD #278-Intermediate School (134 employees, TCR 3.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 76 employees and a TCR of 3.8

Orono ISD #278-Intermediate School has more employees than the Independent School District 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
2023 3.2 0.0 2 0 0
2021 3.9 3.9 3 0 0
2019 4.7 0.0 3 0 0
2018 3.8 2.8 4 0 0
2017 4.1 4.1 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

611110 · MN · Long Lake

3,374 Independent School District employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 18 employers in Long Lake, 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 MCKINLEY EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER 3.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Southern Research and Outreach Center 3.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR 101 - Cambridge Primary School 3.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Whitesville Elementary School 3.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Tuffys Pet Treat Inc 134 FTE
STATE-SIZE Norbord Minnesota 134 FTE
STATE-SIZE Behrens Manufacturing, LLC 134 FTE
STATE-SIZE Sheet Metal Connectors Inc 134 FTE
CITY-NEAR Orono ISD #278 527 FTE
CITY-NEAR Orono ISD #278-High School 127 FTE
CITY-NEAR Orono ISD #278-Link 83 FTE
CITY-NEAR Orono ISD #278-New Middle School 73 FTE
NAT-TCR Eclipse Advatage - GFSKYS - Sheperdsville, KY 3.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Kuehne + Nagel Inc. (DES-6448) 3.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Bashas 071 3.9 TCR
NAT-TCR TPA Tampa 3.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Southern Shade Tree Co. Inc. 134 FTE
NAT-SIZE Omaha Terminal - Hunt Transportation-DOT 134 FTE
NAT-SIZE RW Smith-Old Grove 134 FTE
NAT-SIZE 4223-M0300 134 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: 2023, 2021, 2019, 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.