Public defenders' offices · Minnesota

State of MN Board of Public Defense

Name: State of MN Board of Public Defense Workplace Safety Data
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Minneapolis, MN · ~750 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

A
Excellent Safety Record: 0.6
Avg TCR: 3.2
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

State of MN Board of Public Defense runs at 18% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Public defenders' offices workplace, earning a grade A.

State of MN Board of Public Defense: 0.6 TCR = 18% of Public defenders' offices BLS 3.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

State of MN Board of Public Defense safety composite

State of MN Board of Public Defense scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 84% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 31%), 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).

57/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): B 0.58 per 100 workers

Safer than 84% of industry peers
DART rate: F 0.55 per 100 workers

Safer than 31% of industry peers
Fatalities: D 0

Safer than 51% 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%).

State of MN Board of Public Defense held a steady TCR band

State of MN Board of Public Defense's TCR held near 0.1 from 0.6 in 2017 to 0.6 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2017 at 0.6 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0.95× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=0.6 · 2018=0.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 922130 · Minneapolis, MN AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 0.6 · 18% of ind

DART 0.6 DART
RANK #4/8
PHOTO City of St. Paul Cit…
BOOK 2y book
INJ 7 inj
SIZE ~750 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: City of St. Paul City Attorney's Office (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows State of MN Board of Public Defense averages 0.6 TCR (18% of the Public defenders' offices BLS benchmark).

State of MN Board of Public Defense TCR series: 2017=0.6 · 2018=0.6 · BLS 3.2

Where State of MN Board of Public Defense falls in its industry

92 Public defenders' offices establishments

Safer than 84% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.2.

Grade A

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 8 Public defenders' offices employers in Minnesota.

State of MN Board of Public Defense (750 employees, TCR 0.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 69 employees and a TCR of 1.2

State of MN Board of Public Defense has more employees than the Public defenders' offices median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.2. 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
2018	0.6	0.6	3	1	0
2017	0.6	0.0	4	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

922130 · MN · Minneapolis

92 Public defenders' offices 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	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	City of St. Paul City Attorney's Office	ST. PAUL, MN	0.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Guilford County - Legal Department	GREENSBORO, NC	0.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Maricopa County - Legal Advocate (550)	PHOENIX, AZ	0.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Maricopa County - Public Defender (520)	PHOENIX, AZ	0.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Douglas Machine Inc.	ALEXANDRIA	750 FTE
STATE-SIZE	U of M Masonic Children's Hosp	MINNEAPOLIS	750 FTE
STATE-SIZE	9407 - Target.com Woodbury MN TFC	WOODBURY	749 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Imagine Print Solutions	SHAKOPEE	748 FTE
CITY-NEAR	University of Minnesota Twin Cities	Minneapolis	22,522 FTE
CITY-NEAR	MN950 MN TELECOMMUTER	Minneapolis	12,021 FTE
CITY-NEAR	0501 - City Center	Minneapolis	8,459 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Hennepin County Medical Center	Minneapolis	7,030 FTE
NAT-TCR	GNNC, Inc. dba Gosnell Therapy and Living	Gosnell, AR	0.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	DePuy Synthes Sales West Chester	West Chester, PA	0.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	GA.MACON.3 - Ricoh Usa, Inc.	Macon, GA	0.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	Purification Cellutions, LLC.	Waynesboro, GA	0.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE	ESI Mail Pharmacy Service, Inc. St. Louis MO	St Louis, MO	750 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Springfield Hospital Center	Sykesville, MD	750 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Manufacturing and Engineering Facility	Hesston, KS	750 FTE
NAT-SIZE	JC Gutierrez Labor Service	Visalia, CA	750 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: 2018, 2017. 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.