Elementary and secondary schools · Minnesota

Salk Middle School

Elk River, MN · ~69 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
1.0
Avg TCR
1.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Salk Middle School runs at 74% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Elementary and secondary schools workplace, earning a grade B.

Salk Middle School: 1.0 TCR = 74% of Elementary and secondary schools BLS 1.4 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Salk Middle School safety composite

Salk Middle School scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 92% 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).

C

62/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 1.04 per 100 workers

Safer than 92% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.08 per 100 workers

Safer than 37% 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

Salk Middle School: 0.0 → 2.1 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 2.1 TCR · DART/TCR 2× in 2024

Salk Middle School's TCR rose 2.1 from 0.0 in 2023 to 2.1 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 2× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 611110 · Elk River, MN AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 1.0 · 74% of ind

  • DART 2.1 DART
  • RANK #117/1589
  • PHOTO Lawrenceville Elemen…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~69 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Lawrenceville Elementary School k-3 (0.0 TCR gap)

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Salk Middle School in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Salk Middle School averages 1.0 TCR (74% of the Elementary and secondary schools BLS benchmark).

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

Salk Middle School TCR series: 2023=0 · 2024=2.1 · BLS 1.4

Where Salk Middle School falls in its industry

3,374 Elementary and secondary schoo establishments

Safer than 92% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #117 safest of 1589 Elementary and secondary schoo employers in Minnesota.

Salk Middle School (69 employees, TCR 1.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 76 employees and a TCR of 3.8 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 02,0004,0006,0008,00010,000 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Salk Middle School
Salk Middle School (69 employees, TCR 1.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 76 employees and a TCR of 3.8

Salk Middle School has fewer employees than the Elementary and secondary schools median and a lower 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 2.1 2.1 1 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

611110 · MN · Elk River

3,374 Elementary and secondary schools 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 Lawrenceville Elementary School k-3 1.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Willow Lane 1.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Carlinville Middle School 1.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR District Wide 1.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE WindLogics St. Paul 69 FTE
STATE-SIZE Lake Region Electric Cooperative 69 FTE
STATE-SIZE Restoration Professionals, Inc 69 FTE
STATE-SIZE Field & Shop 69 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 Topeka Operations Center 1.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Superior Construction Inc 1.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Town & Country Fence Co. of Oregon 1.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Weaver Consultants Group North Central 1.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Nh114 Haydon Kerk 69 FTE
NAT-SIZE Elysian Brewing Company, Inc. 69 FTE
NAT-SIZE Town of Rocky Mount 69 FTE
NAT-SIZE Vallorbs 69 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.

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