Administration of Conservation Programs · Minnesota

Parks & Recreation

Buffalo, MN · ~29 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
7.8
Avg TCR
3.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Parks & Recreation runs at 243% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Administration of Conservation Programs workplace, earning a grade F.

Parks & Recreation: 7.8 TCR = 243% of Administration of Conservation Programs BLS 3.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Parks & Recreation safety composite

Parks & Recreation scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 28%), 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

35/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.77 per 100 workers

Safer than 31% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.35 per 100 workers

Safer than 28% 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

−6.8

2023→2024

Parks & Recreation injury rate improved

Parks & Recreation's TCR fell 6.8 from 11.2 in 2023 to 4.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 11.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.56× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2023=11.2 · 2024=4.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 924120 · Buffalo, MN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 7.8 · 243% of ind

  • DART 4.3 DART
  • RANK #37/45
  • PHOTO City of Michigan Cit…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~29 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: City of Michigan City - Park & Recreation Department (0.0 TCR gap)

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Parks & Recreation in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Parks & Recreation averages 7.8 TCR (243% of the Administration of Conservation Programs BLS benchmark).

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

Parks & Recreation TCR series: 2023=11.2 · 2024=4.3 · BLS 3.2

Where Parks & Recreation falls in its industry

413 Administration of Conservation establishments

Safer than 31% 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 #37 safest of 45 Administration of Conservation employers in Minnesota.

Parks & Recreation (29 employees, TCR 7.8) 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 Parks & Recreation
Parks & Recreation (29 employees, TCR 7.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 69 employees and a TCR of 5.0

Parks & Recreation has fewer employees than the Administration of Conservation Programs 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 4.3 4.3 1 0 0
2023 11.2 5.6 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

924120 · MN · Buffalo

413 Administration of Conservation Programs 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 City of Michigan City - Park & Recreation Department 7.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR CHARLOTTESVILLE-RECREATION 7.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Park, Recreation & Community Partnerships 7.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Parks & Recreation Department 7.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Northern Plains Dairy LLP 29 FTE
STATE-SIZE The tru Shrimp Company 29 FTE
STATE-SIZE 2530-Redwood Falls, MN-FND (Monsanto Co.) 29 FTE
STATE-SIZE Kasota Stone Fabricators 29 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 Rooftop Power, LLC 7.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Pepsi-Cola of Madison 7.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Hampton Inn 7.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Store 416 7.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE CV1 Crestview Administration 29 FTE
NAT-SIZE Saint Louis 29 FTE
NAT-SIZE St. Charles 29 FTE
NAT-SIZE Comanche 29 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.