Collection, treatment, and disposal of waste through a sewer system · Minnesota

Public Works - Water Reclamation Plant

Rochester, MN · ~36 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
2.4
Avg TCR
1.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Public Works - Water Reclamation Plant runs at 199% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Collection, treatment, and disposal of waste through a sewer system workplace, earning a grade D.

Public Works - Water Reclamation Plant: 2.4 TCR = 199% of Collection, treatment, and disposal of waste through a sewer system BLS 1.2 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Public Works - Water Reclamation Plant safety composite

Public Works - Water Reclamation Plant scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 80% 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 2.39 per 100 workers

Safer than 72% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 80% 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%).

TCR Δ

−3.9

2017→2024

Public Works - Water Reclamation Plant injury rate improved

Public Works - Water Reclamation Plant's TCR fell 3.9 from 3.9 in 2017 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 7.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=3.9 · 2018=7.4 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=3.8 · 2021=4.0 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 221320 · Rochester, MN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 2.4 · 199% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #3/13
  • PHOTO Waycross Project
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~36 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Waycross Project (0.0 TCR gap)

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Public Works - Water Reclamation Plant in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Public Works - Water Reclamation Plant averages 2.4 TCR (199% of the Collection, treatment, and disposal of waste through a sewer system BLS benchmark).

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

Public Works - Water Reclamation Plant TCR series: 2017=3.9 · 2018=7.4 · 2019=0 · 2020=3.8 · 2021=4 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · 2024=0 · BLS 1.2

Where Public Works - Water Reclamation Plant falls in its industry

400 Collection, treatment, and dis establishments

Safer than 72% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 13 Collection, treatment, and dis employers in Minnesota.

Public Works - Water Reclamation Plant (36 employees, TCR 2.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 47 employees and a TCR of 4.4 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 0200400600 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Public Works - Water Reclamation Plant
Public Works - Water Reclamation Plant (36 employees, TCR 2.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 47 employees and a TCR of 4.4

Public Works - Water Reclamation Plant has fewer employees than the Collection, treatment, and disposal of w median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.4. 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 4.0 4.0 0 1 0
2020 3.8 3.8 0 1 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 7.4 3.7 2 0 0
2017 3.9 3.9 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

221320 · MN · Rochester

400 Collection, treatment, and disposal of waste through a sewer system 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 Waycross Project 2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR ES NASSAU 2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Eastern Iowa Region 2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Prince William County Service Authority 2.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Prairie Moon Nursery 36 FTE
STATE-SIZE Corteva Agriscience - Olivia MN R&D 36 FTE
STATE-SIZE Central Counties Cooperative Litchfield 36 FTE
STATE-SIZE 2011-Stanton, MN (Monsanto Co.) 36 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 River Bridge 2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Ventura Toyota 2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Bella Notte Linens 2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR NP Rancho LLC, dba Wildfire Casino (Wildfire Rancho) 2.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Brookdale Weddington Park 36 FTE
NAT-SIZE Cizion 36 FTE
NAT-SIZE Pepe Ganga Central 36 FTE
NAT-SIZE Goodwill Industries of South Central California-Warehouse Salvage 36 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.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.