Independent School District · Minnesota

Orono ISD #278-New Middle School

Long Lake, MN · ~73 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
2.2
Avg TCR
1.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Orono ISD #278-New Middle School runs at 159% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Independent School District workplace, earning a grade D.

Orono ISD #278-New Middle School: 2.2 TCR = 159% of Independent School District BLS 1.4 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Orono ISD #278-New Middle School safety composite

Orono ISD #278-New Middle School scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 79% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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

69/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.23 per 100 workers

Safer than 73% 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%).

Orono ISD #278-New Middle School held a steady TCR band

Orono ISD #278-New Middle School's TCR held near 0.0 from 1.9 in 2017 to 1.9 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2019 at 5.9 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=1.9 · 2018=1.5 · 2019=5.9 · 2021=0.0 · 2023=1.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade D · TCR 2.2 · 159% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #455/1589
  • PHOTO Westwood Elementary …
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 6 inj
  • SIZE ~73 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Westwood Elementary School (0.0 TCR gap)

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Orono ISD #278-New Middle School in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Orono ISD #278-New Middle School averages 2.2 TCR (159% 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-New Middle School TCR series: 2017=1.9 · 2018=1.5 · 2019=5.9 · 2021=0 · 2023=1.9 · BLS 1.4

Where Orono ISD #278-New Middle School falls in its industry

3,374 Independent School District establishments

Safer than 73% 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 #455 safest of 1589 Independent School District employers in Minnesota.

Orono ISD #278-New Middle School (73 employees, TCR 2.2) 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-New Middle School
Orono ISD #278-New Middle School (73 employees, TCR 2.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 76 employees and a TCR of 3.8

Orono ISD #278-New Middle School has fewer employees than the Independent School District 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
2023 1.9 0.0 1 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 5.9 0.0 3 0 0
2018 1.5 1.5 1 0 0
2017 1.9 0.0 1 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 Westwood Elementary School 2.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR ISD# 834-Brookview Elementary 2.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Fairmont Jr & Sr High 2.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Moncks Corner Elementary formally Berkeley Intermediate School 2.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE City of Sleepy Eye 73 FTE
STATE-SIZE Kellington 73 FTE
STATE-SIZE D&D Shop - 23405 Ct Rd 10 Corcoran 73 FTE
STATE-SIZE U.S. SiteWork, Inc. 73 FTE
CITY-NEAR Orono ISD #278 527 FTE
CITY-NEAR Orono ISD #278-Intermediate School 134 FTE
CITY-NEAR Orono ISD #278-High School 127 FTE
CITY-NEAR Orono ISD #278-Link 83 FTE
NAT-TCR Thomas C Williams Inc 2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR SGS Retail - Stockton 2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR S05755 - Liberty Landfill 2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR West Pharmaceutical Services Inc. - Jersey Shore 2.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Southwestern Michigan Emergency Services, P.C. 73 FTE
NAT-SIZE Kuehne + Nagel Inc. (RLS-6396) 73 FTE
NAT-SIZE Jersey City (agent) (L2L) 176 73 FTE
NAT-SIZE IN005 73 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.