Employer · Minnesota

S04233 - WM of Southern MN - Northfield

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

D
Poor Safety Record
4.6
Avg TCR
2.6
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

S04233 - WM of Southern MN - Northfield runs at 177% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical industry workplace, earning a grade D.

S04233 - WM of Southern MN - Northfield: 4.6 TCR = 177% of industry BLS 2.6 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

S04233 - WM of Southern MN - Northfield safety composite

S04233 - WM of Southern MN - Northfield scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 55% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 37%), 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

48/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 4.59 per 100 workers

Safer than 55% of industry peers

DART rate
D 4.59 per 100 workers

Safer than 37% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 52% 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

−59.3

2018→2019

S04233 - WM of Southern MN - Northfield injury rate improved

S04233 - WM of Southern MN - Northfield's TCR fell 59.3 from 63.9 in 2018 to 4.6 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2018 at 63.9 TCR. In 2019, DART was 1× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=63.9 · 2019=4.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 562111 · Northfield, MN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.6 · 177% of ind

  • DART 4.6 DART
  • RANK #28/60
  • PHOTO Southern Sanitation
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~29 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Southern Sanitation (0.0 TCR gap)

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S04233 - WM of Southern MN - Northfield in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows S04233 - WM of Southern MN - Northfield averages 4.6 TCR (177% of the industry BLS benchmark).

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

S04233 - WM of Southern MN - Northfield TCR series: 2018=63.9 · 2019=4.6 · BLS 2.6

Where S04233 - WM of Southern MN - Northfield falls in its industry

2,322 industry establishments

Safer than 55% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #28 safest of 60 industry employers in Minnesota.

S04233 - WM of Southern MN - Northfield (29 employees, TCR 4.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 5.1 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 0100200300400 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate S04233 - WM of Southern MN - Northfield
S04233 - WM of Southern MN - Northfield (29 employees, TCR 4.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 5.1

S04233 - WM of Southern MN - Northfield has fewer employees than the industry median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.1. 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
2019 4.6 4.6 1 0 0
2018 63.9 0.0 1 16 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562111 · MN · Northfield

2,322 industry employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 66 employers in Northfield, 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 Southern Sanitation 4.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Advanced Disposal - Cordele Hauling 4.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR S04160 - Irvine Hauling 4.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Charlottesville 4410 4.6 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 St. Olaf College 1,917 FTE
CITY-NEAR Carleton College 1,598 FTE
CITY-NEAR Campbell Mill Northfield MN 627 FTE
CITY-NEAR Northfield Hospital + Clinics- Campus 620 FTE
NAT-TCR 4054-Abs 0016 0197 4.6 TCR
NAT-TCR 5472-Swy 0035 2764 4.6 TCR
NAT-TCR G&G Steel, Inc. - Mississippi Works 4.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Hampton Inn Omaha Dt 4.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE 85 E Belcher Rd 29 FTE
NAT-SIZE 750 11th Avenue 29 FTE
NAT-SIZE 620 W 9th St 29 FTE
NAT-SIZE 1430 Sycamore Rd 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: 2019, 2018. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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