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Southwest Minnesota State University

Marshall, MN · ~1,032 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.5
Avg TCR
1.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Southwest Minnesota State University runs at 33% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Universities workplace, earning a grade A.

Southwest Minnesota State University: 0.5 TCR = 33% of Universities BLS 1.4 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Southwest Minnesota State University safety composite

Southwest Minnesota State University scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 91% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 52%), 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

68/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 0.46 per 100 workers

Safer than 91% of industry peers

DART rate
D 0.48 per 100 workers

Safer than 53% 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%).

Southwest Minnesota State University held a steady TCR band

Southwest Minnesota State University's TCR held near 0.0 from 0.4 in 2017 to 0.5 in 2022. In 2022, DART was 1.04× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=0.4 · 2022=0.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 611310 · Marshall, MN AT/BELOW-IND · LARGE

Grade A · TCR 0.5 · 33% of ind

  • DART 0.5 DART
  • RANK #4/47
  • PHOTO Hobart and William S…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~1,032 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Hobart and William Smith Colleges (0.0 TCR gap)

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Southwest Minnesota State University in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Southwest Minnesota State University averages 0.5 TCR (33% of the Universities BLS benchmark).

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

Southwest Minnesota State University TCR series: 2017=0.4 · 2022=0.5 · BLS 1.4

Where Southwest Minnesota State University falls in its industry

347 Universities establishments

Safer than 91% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 47 Universities employers in Minnesota.

Southwest Minnesota State University (1,032 employees, TCR 0.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 617 employees and a TCR of 1.5 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 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Southwest Minnesota State University
Southwest Minnesota State University (1,032 employees, TCR 0.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 617 employees and a TCR of 1.5

Southwest Minnesota State University has more employees than the Universities median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.5. 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
2022 0.5 0.5 2 0 0
2017 0.4 0.4 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

611310 · MN · Marshall

347 Universities employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 87 employers in Marshall, 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 Hobart and William Smith Colleges 0.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Northwestern University 0.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR F3 Marion Campus 0.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Muskingun University 0.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Minnesota Department of Human Services, Central Office-Lafayette 1,031 FTE
STATE-SIZE Boston Scientific CRM - National Commercial 1,029 FTE
STATE-SIZE IWCO Chanhassen 1,028 FTE
STATE-SIZE 2573-MN102 1,044 FTE
CITY-NEAR Avera Marshall Regional Medical Center 576 FTE
CITY-NEAR Turkey Valley Farms 458 FTE
CITY-NEAR Marshall - Main Store 282 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 1722 270 FTE
NAT-TCR Infogroup PapS9L 0.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Joy Global Surface Mining, Inc. Kilgore 0.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Polystrand Inc. 0.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Foster Fence Ltd 0.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Alpha Insulation & Waterproofing 1,032 FTE
NAT-SIZE SBA Communications Corporation 1,032 FTE
NAT-SIZE New York Marriott Marquis 1,032 FTE
NAT-SIZE Smith & Nephew Inc. Andover MA 1,032 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: 2022, 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.