Elementary and secondary schools · Minnesota
Pine River-Backus Schools
Pine River, MN · ~184 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 4.7
- Avg TCR
- 1.4
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Pine River-Backus Schools runs at 336% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Elementary and secondary schools workplace, earning a grade F.
Pine River-Backus Schools: 4.7 TCR = 336% of Elementary and secondary schools BLS 1.4 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Pine River-Backus Schools safety composite
Pine River-Backus Schools scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 53% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 38%), 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).
46/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 4.71 per 100 workers
Safer than 38% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 0.93 per 100 workers
Safer than 53% 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%).
Rising injury rate
Pine River-Backus Schools: 1.7 → 6.5 TCR
Peak year 2023 @ 8.1 TCR · DART/TCR 0.2× in 2024
Pine River-Backus Schools's TCR rose 4.8 from 1.7 in 2017 to 6.5 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 8.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.2× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 611110 · Pine River, MN ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade F · TCR 4.7 · 336% of ind
- DART 0.9 DART
- RANK #1024/1589
- PHOTO Lake Bluff Middle Sc…
- BOOK 8y book
- INJ 39 inj
- SIZE ~184 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Lake Bluff Middle School (0.0 TCR gap)
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Pine River-Backus Schools in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Pine River-Backus Schools
4.7 TCR
- Lake Bluff Mid
Lake Bluff Middle School
4.7 TCR
- Otsego Element
Otsego Elementary School
4.7 TCR
- Braeburn Schoo
Braeburn School
4.7 TCR
- W B GOODWIN EL
W B GOODWIN ELEMENTARY
4.7 TCR
What this shows Pine River-Backus Schools averages 4.7 TCR (336% of the Elementary and secondary schools BLS benchmark).
Pine River-Backus Schools TCR series: 2017=1.7 · 2018=3.5 · 2019=4.3 · 2020=2.8 · 2021=5.1 · 2022=5.5 · 2023=8.1 · 2024=6.5 · BLS 1.4
Where Pine River-Backus Schools falls in its industry
3,374 Elementary and secondary schoo establishmentsSafer than 38% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.8.
Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #1024 safest of 1589 Elementary and secondary schoo employers in Minnesota.
Pine River-Backus Schools has more 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6.5 | 0.9 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 | 8.1 | 2.7 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 5.5 | 3.7 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 2021 | 5.1 | 1.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 2.8 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 4.3 | 0.9 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 3.5 | 0.9 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 1.7 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
611110 · MN · Pine River
3,374 Elementary and secondary schools employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 9 employers in Pine River, 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 | Lake Bluff Middle School | 4.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Otsego Elementary School | 4.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Braeburn School | 4.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | W B GOODWIN ELEMENTARY | 4.7 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | NPL Great Lakes LLC - Minnesota | 184 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | McNamara Contracting, Inc | 184 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Rise Baking Company- New French Bakery 828 | 184 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Vomela Specialty Company | 184 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Good Samaritan Society Pine River | 77 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Halverson Wood Products Inc. | 37 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Trussworthy Components, Inc. | 36 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | City of Pine River | 30 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | SSI Tacoma | 4.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Joseph Jensen Filtration Plant | 4.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Mahuta Tool Corp | 4.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Lake Bluff Middle School | 4.7 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Prospect International Airport Services BWI WN | 184 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | NPC South Inc. | 184 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Largo, FL | 184 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | West Lafayette Police Department | 184 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.