Elementary and secondary schools · Minnesota
South Education Center
Richfield, MN · ~154 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 13.6
- Avg TCR
- 1.4
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
South Education Center runs at 970% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Elementary and secondary schools workplace, earning a grade F.
South Education Center: 13.6 TCR = 970% of Elementary and secondary schools BLS 1.4 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)
South Education Center safety composite
South Education Center scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 5%), 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).
17/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 13.58 per 100 workers
Safer than 6% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 8.75 per 100 workers
Safer than 5% 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
South Education Center: 2.0 → 8.8 TCR
Peak year 2019 @ 27.3 TCR · DART/TCR 0.64× in 2024
South Education Center's TCR rose 6.8 from 2.0 in 2017 to 8.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 27.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.64× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 611110 · Richfield, MN ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade F · TCR 13.6 · 970% of ind
- DART 8.8 DART
- RANK #1530/1589
- PHOTO Highlander Way Middl…
- BOOK 6y book
- INJ 82 inj
- SIZE ~154 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Highlander Way Middle School (0.0 TCR gap)
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South Education Center in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
South Education Center
13.6 TCR
- Highlander Way
Highlander Way Middle School
13.6 TCR
- District Wide
District Wide
13.6 TCR
- UCP- (BECA) Ba
UCP- (BECA) Bailes Early Childhood Academy
13.6 TCR
- Tidewater Rive
Tidewater Rivermont School
13.5 TCR
What this shows South Education Center averages 13.6 TCR (970% of the Elementary and secondary schools BLS benchmark).
South Education Center TCR series: 2017=2 · 2018=21.8 · 2019=27.3 · 2020=11.8 · 2023=9.8 · 2024=8.8 · BLS 1.4
Where South Education Center falls in its industry
3,374 Elementary and secondary schoo establishmentsSafer than 6% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.8.
Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #1530 safest of 1589 Elementary and secondary schoo employers in Minnesota.
South Education Center has more employees than the Elementary and secondary schools median and a higher 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 | 8.8 | 8.8 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 9.8 | 5.8 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 11.8 | 5.9 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 27.3 | 20.3 | 27 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 21.8 | 1.0 | 22 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 2.0 | 0.7 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
611110 · MN · Richfield
3,374 Elementary and secondary schools employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 80 employers in Richfield, 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 | Highlander Way Middle School | 13.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | District Wide | 13.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | UCP- (BECA) Bailes Early Childhood Academy | 13.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Tidewater Rivermont School | 13.5 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Lunda/ C.S. McCrossan Joint Venture | 154 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Shafer Contracting Co., Inc. | 154 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Pinnacle Wall Systems | 154 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | NTE Engineering + Manufacturing | 154 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 900010 | 6,214 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 2300 - Richfield | 549 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Richfield Best Buy Office Bldg | 504 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 1828 RICHFIELD 7601 PENN AVE BLDG | 501 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Rumford Stone Inc | 13.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Wamos - Moses Lake | 13.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Stop and Shop Store 0590 | 13.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Accura Healthcare of Sioux City | 13.6 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Profile Films | 154 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Legacy Telecommunications | 154 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Ncshe - Shelby | 154 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Tnjoh - Johnson City Center | 154 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.