General services departments, government · Minnesota

Steele County

Owatonna, MN · ~296 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
3.9
Avg TCR
3.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Steele County runs at 122% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical General services departments, government workplace, earning a grade D.

Steele County: 3.9 TCR = 122% of General services departments, government BLS 3.2 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Steele County safety composite

Steele County scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 56% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 50%), 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

53/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 3.91 per 100 workers

Safer than 56% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.68 per 100 workers

Safer than 50% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Steele County: 3.1 → 8.0 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 8.0 TCR · DART/TCR 0.43× in 2024

Steele County's TCR rose 4.9 from 3.1 in 2017 to 8.0 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0.43× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 921190 · Owatonna, MN ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 3.9 · 122% of ind

  • DART 1.7 DART
  • RANK #114/275
  • PHOTO Randolph County Sher…
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 52 inj
  • SIZE ~296 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Randolph County Sheriff (0.0 TCR gap)

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Steele County in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Steele County averages 3.9 TCR (122% of the General services departments, government BLS benchmark).

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

Steele County TCR series: 2017=3.1 · 2018=2.6 · 2019=4.5 · 2020=4.2 · 2021=2.9 · 2022=3.4 · 2023=2.6 · 2024=8 · BLS 3.2

Where Steele County falls in its industry

1,496 General services departments, establishments

Safer than 56% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #114 safest of 275 General services departments, employers in Minnesota.

Steele County (296 employees, TCR 3.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 93 employees and a TCR of 4.6 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 0200400600800 010203040 Average employees Total Case Rate Steele County
Steele County (296 employees, TCR 3.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 93 employees and a TCR of 4.6

Steele County has more employees than the General services departments, government median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.6. 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 8.0 1.7 10 9 0
2023 2.6 1.7 5 1 0
2022 3.4 2.4 4 3 0
2021 2.9 1.9 5 1 0
2020 4.2 3.7 8 1 0
2019 4.5 1.7 8 0 0
2018 2.6 1.6 5 0 0
2017 3.1 1.9 7 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

921190 · MN · Owatonna

1,496 General services departments, government employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 122 employers in Owatonna, 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 Randolph County Sheriff 3.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Wadena County Courthouse 3.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR City of Fairbank 3.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Town of Boonton Administration 3.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE 0004 - Duluth 296 FTE
STATE-SIZE Spring Lake Park High School 296 FTE
STATE-SIZE PCiRoads LLC 297 FTE
STATE-SIZE Genz-Ryan Plumbing and Heating 297 FTE
CITY-NEAR Downtown & Remote 1,694 FTE
CITY-NEAR 27-321862189 1,465 FTE
CITY-NEAR Viracon 1,084 FTE
CITY-NEAR Truth Hardware 631 FTE
NAT-TCR Pilot Chemical Company - Lockland 3.9 TCR
NAT-TCR nexAir Okeechobee Plant 3.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Summit Cleaning and Restoration Stayton 3.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Wilbraham 3.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Voyant Beauty Elkhart West 296 FTE
NAT-SIZE Pentair 296 FTE
NAT-SIZE Lux Bus America Mountain View 296 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ruggable LLC - Chicago 296 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, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.