Academies, college or university · Minnesota

University of Minnesota Landscape Arboretum

Chaska, MN · ~161 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
7.9
Avg TCR
1.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

University of Minnesota Landscape Arboretum runs at 566% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Academies, college or university workplace, earning a grade F.

University of Minnesota Landscape Arboretum: 7.9 TCR = 566% of Academies, college or university BLS 1.4 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

University of Minnesota Landscape Arboretum safety composite

University of Minnesota Landscape Arboretum scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 4%), 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).

F

16/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.93 per 100 workers

Safer than 4% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.27 per 100 workers

Safer than 4% 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%).

TCR Δ

−3.4

2018→2024

University of Minnesota Landscape Arboretum injury rate improved

University of Minnesota Landscape Arboretum's TCR fell 3.4 from 10.7 in 2018 to 7.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 11.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.54× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=10.7 · 2019=11.3 · 2020=2.5 · 2021=9.3 · 2022=7.7 · 2023=6.8 · 2024=7.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 611310 · Chaska, MN ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 7.9 · 566% of ind

  • DART 4.3 DART
  • RANK #44/47
  • PHOTO West Central Researc…
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 75 inj
  • SIZE ~161 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: West Central Research and Outreach Center (0.1 TCR gap)

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University of Minnesota Landscape Arboretum in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows University of Minnesota Landscape Arboretum averages 7.9 TCR (566% of the Academies, college or university BLS benchmark).

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

University of Minnesota Landscape Arboretum TCR series: 2018=10.7 · 2019=11.3 · 2020=2.5 · 2021=9.3 · 2022=7.7 · 2023=6.8 · 2024=7.3 · BLS 1.4

Where University of Minnesota Landscape Arboretum falls in its industry

347 Academies, college or universi establishments

Safer than 4% 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 #44 safest of 47 Academies, college or universi employers in Minnesota.

University of Minnesota Landscape Arboretum (161 employees, TCR 7.9) 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 University of Minnesota Landscape Arboretum
University of Minnesota Landscape Arboretum (161 employees, TCR 7.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 617 employees and a TCR of 1.5

University of Minnesota Landscape Arboretum has fewer employees than the Academies, college or university median and a higher 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
2024 7.3 4.3 12 0 0
2023 6.8 3.4 10 0 0
2022 7.7 3.1 10 0 0
2021 9.3 4.2 11 0 0
2020 2.5 2.5 3 0 0
2019 11.3 0.8 15 0 0
2018 10.7 3.0 14 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

611310 · MN · Chaska

347 Academies, college or university employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 87 employers in Chaska, 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 West Central Research and Outreach Center 8.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR East Carolina University Dental Learning Center - Brunswick 8.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Wesley Woods Budd Terrace 7.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR University Health Service UIC UIC Campus 7.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Kerry Blue Earth 161 FTE
STATE-SIZE ROSEVILLE MN PLANT 161 FTE
STATE-SIZE Wis-Pak of Mankato and La Crosse 161 FTE
STATE-SIZE Northland Process Piping 161 FTE
CITY-NEAR Diagnostics : Beckman Coulter - Chaska 917 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lake Region Medical 830 FTE
CITY-NEAR Entegris - Chaska 731 FTE
CITY-NEAR Administration 596 FTE
NAT-TCR FLD001 7.9 TCR
NAT-TCR 16 - Halifax 7.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Barton Solvents, Inc. DM 7.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Columbia Basin Hospital 7.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Wilkstone, LLC 161 FTE
NAT-SIZE Huntington Beach Hauling - Republic Services 161 FTE
NAT-SIZE Brame Energy Center 161 FTE
NAT-SIZE Coatings and Adhesives Corporation 161 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.