Academies, elementary or secondary · Minnesota

Southwest

Minneapolis, MN · ~153 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
3.2
Avg TCR
1.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Southwest runs at 229% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Academies, elementary or secondary workplace, earning a grade F.

Southwest: 3.2 TCR = 229% of Academies, elementary or secondary BLS 1.4 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Southwest safety composite

Southwest scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 58% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 25%), 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

44/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 3.21 per 100 workers

Safer than 58% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.13 per 100 workers

Safer than 25% 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

Southwest: 1.4 → 6.3 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 6.3 TCR · DART/TCR 0.98× in 2024

Southwest's TCR rose 4.9 from 1.4 in 2021 to 6.3 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0.98× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 611110 · Minneapolis, MN ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 3.2 · 229% of ind

  • DART 3.1 DART
  • RANK #709/1589
  • PHOTO FARIBAULT AREA LEARN…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 10 inj
  • SIZE ~153 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: FARIBAULT AREA LEARNING CENTER (0.0 TCR gap)

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Southwest in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Southwest averages 3.2 TCR (229% of the Academies, elementary or secondary BLS benchmark).

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

Southwest TCR series: 2021=1.4 · 2023=2 · 2024=6.3 · BLS 1.4

Where Southwest falls in its industry

3,374 Academies, elementary or secon establishments

Safer than 58% 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 #709 safest of 1589 Academies, elementary or secon employers in Minnesota.

Southwest (153 employees, TCR 3.2) 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 Southwest
Southwest (153 employees, TCR 3.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 76 employees and a TCR of 3.8

Southwest has more employees than the Academies, elementary or secondary 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 6.3 3.1 6 0 0
2023 2.0 0.0 2 0 0
2021 1.4 0.0 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

611110 · MN · Minneapolis

3,374 Academies, elementary or secondary employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 1,321 employers in Minneapolis, 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 FARIBAULT AREA LEARNING CENTER 3.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Sangaree Intermediate School 3.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ledyard Public Schools/ Ledyard BOE 3.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR ISD 16 Spring Lake Park, SLPHS - Spring Lake Park HS 3.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Dakota Growers 153 FTE
STATE-SIZE McC 153 FTE
STATE-SIZE Modern Manufacturing and Engineering, Inc. 153 FTE
STATE-SIZE Stratasys (Edenvale) 153 FTE
CITY-NEAR University of Minnesota Twin Cities 22,522 FTE
CITY-NEAR MN950 MN TELECOMMUTER 12,021 FTE
CITY-NEAR 0501 - City Center 8,459 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hennepin County Medical Center 7,030 FTE
NAT-TCR Open Square 3.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Integrated Print & Graphics 3.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Meltz Lumber Co. of Mellenville Inc. 3.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Alabama Cleaning Service 3.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Martin Sprocket & Gear 18 153 FTE
NAT-SIZE Kronospan Laminates AN17 153 FTE
NAT-SIZE North Campus Rehabilitation and Nursing Center 153 FTE
NAT-SIZE Arizona Dry 153 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, 2021. 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.