Public property management services, government · Minnesota

Public Works

Elk River, MN · ~38 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
8.6
Avg TCR
3.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Public Works runs at 269% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Public property management services, government workplace, earning a grade F.

Public Works: 8.6 TCR = 269% of Public property management services, government BLS 3.2 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Public Works safety composite

Public Works scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 25%), 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

36/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 8.62 per 100 workers

Safer than 25% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.85 per 100 workers

Safer than 37% 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

−1.9

2017→2024

Public Works injury rate improved

Public Works's TCR fell 1.9 from 7.6 in 2017 to 5.7 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 12.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.33× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=7.6 · 2018=11.6 · 2019=8.9 · 2020=12.3 · 2021=2.9 · 2022=8.7 · 2023=11.3 · 2024=5.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 921190 · Elk River, MN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 8.6 · 269% of ind

  • DART 2.9 DART
  • RANK #196/275
  • PHOTO St. Charles Public W…
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 19 inj
  • SIZE ~38 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: St. Charles Public Works Department (0.0 TCR gap)

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Public Works in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Public Works averages 8.6 TCR (269% of the Public property management services, government BLS benchmark).

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

Public Works TCR series: 2017=7.6 · 2018=11.6 · 2019=8.9 · 2020=12.3 · 2021=2.9 · 2022=8.7 · 2023=11.3 · 2024=5.7 · BLS 3.2

Where Public Works falls in its industry

1,496 Public property management ser establishments

Safer than 25% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #196 safest of 275 Public property management ser employers in Minnesota.

Public Works (38 employees, TCR 8.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 93 employees and a TCR of 4.6 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 010203040 Average employees Total Case Rate Public Works
Public Works (38 employees, TCR 8.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 93 employees and a TCR of 4.6

Public Works has fewer employees than the Public property management services, gov median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.6. 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 5.7 2.9 2 0 0
2023 11.3 8.4 3 1 0
2022 8.7 8.7 3 0 0
2021 2.9 2.9 1 0 0
2020 12.3 12.3 4 0 0
2019 8.9 3.0 3 0 0
2018 11.6 3.9 2 1 0
2017 7.6 3.8 1 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

921190 · MN · Elk River

1,496 Public property management services, government employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 102 employers in Elk 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 St. Charles Public Works Department 8.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Village of Minooka 8.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR City of Garden Grove 8.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR City of Orange 8.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Pine Tree Orchard 38 FTE
STATE-SIZE LB Pork Inc 38 FTE
STATE-SIZE Foley Hatchery 38 FTE
STATE-SIZE 2528-Glyndon, MN (Monsanto Co.) 38 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 3209 437 FTE
CITY-NEAR Sherburne County Government Center - General 418 FTE
CITY-NEAR 3209 387 FTE
CITY-NEAR Sherburne County Government Center 367 FTE
NAT-TCR Ernie Ball Inc. 8.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Wilmington 027 8.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Yarbrough Industries, Inc 8.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Milford Fire Department - Station 8 8.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Loberg Construction Co. 38 FTE
NAT-SIZE Bouldin & Lawson 38 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sycamore LF 38 FTE
NAT-SIZE PnP Rancho Cordova 38 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.