General services departments, government · Minnesota

Public Works Water Treatment and Distribution

Fridley, MN · ~270 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
9.5
Avg TCR
3.2
Industry avg
1
Fatality
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The verdict

Public Works Water Treatment and Distribution runs at 296% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical General services departments, government workplace, earning a grade F.

Public Works Water Treatment and Distribution: 9.5 TCR = 296% of General services departments, government BLS 3.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Public Works Water Treatment and Distribution safety composite

Public Works Water Treatment and Distribution scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 21% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 1%), 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).

F

12/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 9.48 per 100 workers

Safer than 21% of industry peers

DART rate
F 8.48 per 100 workers

Safer than 9% of industry peers

Fatalities
F 1

Safer than 1% 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

Public Works Water Treatment and Distribution: 8.4 → 10.6 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 10.6 TCR · DART/TCR 0.89× in 2024

Public Works Water Treatment and Distribution's TCR rose 2.2 from 8.4 in 2023 to 10.6 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0.89× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 921190 · Fridley, MN ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 9.5 · 296% of ind

  • DART 8.5 DART
  • RANK #204/275
  • PHOTO City of Fullerton
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 33 inj
  • SIZE ~270 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: City of Fullerton (0.0 TCR gap)

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Public Works Water Treatment and Distribution in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Public Works Water Treatment and Distribution averages 9.5 TCR (296% of the General services departments, government BLS benchmark).

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

Public Works Water Treatment and Distribution TCR series: 2023=8.4 · 2024=10.6 · BLS 3.2

Where Public Works Water Treatment and Distribution falls in its industry

1,496 General services departments, establishments

Safer than 21% 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 #204 safest of 275 General services departments, employers in Minnesota.

Public Works Water Treatment and Distribution (270 employees, TCR 9.5) 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 Water Treatment and Distribution
Public Works Water Treatment and Distribution (270 employees, TCR 9.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 93 employees and a TCR of 4.6

Public Works Water Treatment and Distribution has more employees than the General services departments, government 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 10.6 8.5 21 4 1
2023 8.4 5.3 12 7 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

921190 · MN · Fridley

1,496 General services departments, government employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 134 employers in Fridley, 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 Fullerton 9.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Yuba County Packard Building 9.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR City of Madras 9.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Town of Wytheville - 01 9.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Oakdale - Main Store 270 FTE
STATE-SIZE WM 1722 270 FTE
STATE-SIZE Bluestem Brands Distribution Center 270 FTE
STATE-SIZE ISD 284 Wayzata Schools District Office 270 FTE
CITY-NEAR Unity Hospital 3,053 FTE
CITY-NEAR Operational Headquarters 1,637 FTE
CITY-NEAR US, MN Fridley, Cummins Power Systems 1,451 FTE
CITY-NEAR Cummins Power Systems - Fridley 1,183 FTE
NAT-TCR Dlv Vision Asc,LLC 9.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Mt. Sinai Hospital F 9.5 TCR
NAT-TCR CDM Caregiving Services 9.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Tiseo Paving 9.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Wesley Enhanced Living at Stapeley 270 FTE
NAT-SIZE On Your Mark Inc 270 FTE
NAT-SIZE Barnum & Celillo Electric Inc. 270 FTE
NAT-SIZE Kybow - Bowling Green 270 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.