Parks and recreation commission, government · Minnesota

Park & Recreation Department

Rochester, MN · ~181 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
6.6
Avg TCR
3.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Park & Recreation Department runs at 205% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Parks and recreation commission, government workplace, earning a grade F.

Park & Recreation Department: 6.6 TCR = 205% of Parks and recreation commission, government BLS 3.2 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Park & Recreation Department safety composite

Park & Recreation Department scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 37%), 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

44/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 6.56 per 100 workers

Safer than 37% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.05 per 100 workers

Safer than 48% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 51% 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

−5.7

2017→2024

Park & Recreation Department injury rate improved

Park & Recreation Department's TCR fell 5.7 from 7.7 in 2017 to 2.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 10.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.31× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=7.7 · 2018=6.5 · 2019=3.3 · 2020=9.7 · 2021=9.2 · 2022=10.7 · 2023=3.4 · 2024=2.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 924120 · Rochester, MN ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 6.6 · 205% of ind

  • DART 2.0 DART
  • RANK #35/45
  • PHOTO PARKS/RECREATION
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 37 inj
  • SIZE ~181 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: PARKS/RECREATION (0.0 TCR gap)

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Park & Recreation Department in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Park & Recreation Department averages 6.6 TCR (205% of the Parks and recreation commission, government BLS benchmark).

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

Park & Recreation Department TCR series: 2017=7.7 · 2018=6.5 · 2019=3.3 · 2020=9.7 · 2021=9.2 · 2022=10.7 · 2023=3.4 · 2024=2 · BLS 3.2

Where Park & Recreation Department falls in its industry

413 Parks and recreation commissio establishments

Safer than 37% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.0.

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 45 Parks and recreation commissio employers in Minnesota.

Park & Recreation Department (181 employees, TCR 6.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 69 employees and a TCR of 5.0 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 0200400600800 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Park & Recreation Department
Park & Recreation Department (181 employees, TCR 6.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 69 employees and a TCR of 5.0

Park & Recreation Department has more employees than the Parks and recreation commission, governm median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.0. 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 2.0 2.0 2 0 0
2023 3.4 3.4 3 0 0
2022 10.7 7.1 8 1 0
2021 9.2 6.9 5 3 0
2020 9.7 6.9 3 4 0
2019 3.3 3.3 3 0 0
2018 6.5 6.5 6 0 0
2017 7.7 7.7 7 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

924120 · MN · Rochester

413 Parks and recreation commission, government employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 290 employers in Rochester, 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 PARKS/RECREATION 6.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Dept. of Parks, Recreation & Community Facilities 6.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Van Nuys Sherman Oaks RC (VNSO) 6.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Hudson Mills Metropark 6.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE CenterPoint Energy - South 601 181 FTE
STATE-SIZE SCR Central 181 FTE
STATE-SIZE Form A Feed 181 FTE
STATE-SIZE Saputo Dairy Foods USA, LLC 181 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mayo Clinic Rochester 38,233 FTE
CITY-NEAR Olmsted County 1,304 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mayo Collaborative Services, LLC 1,051 FTE
CITY-NEAR FEDERAL BUREAU OF PRISONS 823 FTE
NAT-TCR Waterproofing Specialists, Inc. 6.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Classic Yam, Inc 6.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Muse Concrete Contractors Inc. 6.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Pacific Retirement Services, Inc. 6.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Rouses Market #15 181 FTE
NAT-SIZE Adventist Home Care Services - Home Health 181 FTE
NAT-SIZE S09205 - Norton Hauling 181 FTE
NAT-SIZE Qualex Manufacturing LLC 181 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, 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.