Academies, college or university · Minnesota

University of Northwestern - St Paul

St. Paul, MN · ~1,544 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
1.1
Avg TCR
1.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

University of Northwestern - St Paul runs at 77% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Academies, college or university workplace, earning a grade B.

University of Northwestern - St Paul: 1.1 TCR = 77% of Academies, college or university BLS 1.4 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

University of Northwestern - St Paul safety composite

University of Northwestern - St Paul scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 69% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 17%), 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

47/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 1.08 per 100 workers

Safer than 69% of industry peers

DART rate
F 1.38 per 100 workers

Safer than 17% 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%).

Rising injury rate

University of Northwestern - St Paul: 1.3 → 1.6 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 1.6 TCR · DART/TCR 1.28× in 2024

University of Northwestern - St Paul's TCR rose 0.4 from 1.3 in 2017 to 1.6 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1.28× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 611310 · St. Paul, MN AT/BELOW-IND · LARGE

Grade B · TCR 1.1 · 77% of ind

  • DART 1.4 DART
  • RANK #11/47
  • PHOTO University of Illino…
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 38 inj
  • SIZE ~1,544 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: University of Illinois College of Medicine - Rockford (0.0 TCR gap)

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University of Northwestern - St Paul in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows University of Northwestern - St Paul averages 1.1 TCR (77% 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 Northwestern - St Paul TCR series: 2017=1.3 · 2018=1.2 · 2019=0.9 · 2020=0.7 · 2021=0.9 · 2022=1.2 · 2023=0.8 · 2024=1.6 · BLS 1.4

Where University of Northwestern - St Paul falls in its industry

347 Academies, college or universi establishments

Safer than 69% 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 #11 safest of 47 Academies, college or universi employers in Minnesota.

University of Northwestern - St Paul (1,544 employees, TCR 1.1) 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 Northwestern - St Paul
University of Northwestern - St Paul (1,544 employees, TCR 1.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 617 employees and a TCR of 1.5

University of Northwestern - St Paul has more employees than the Academies, college or university 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
2024 1.6 1.4 6 0 0
2023 0.8 0.3 2 1 0
2022 1.2 0.7 4 1 0
2021 0.9 0.5 4 0 0
2020 0.7 0.5 1 2 0
2019 0.9 0.8 6 0 0
2018 1.2 1.1 8 0 0
2017 1.3 0.8 7 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

611310 · MN · St. Paul

347 Academies, college or university employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 370 employers in St. Paul, 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 University of Illinois College of Medicine - Rockford 1.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR University of Illinois College of Medicine - Peoria 1.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR UC Riverside 1.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Truckee Meadows Community College 1.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Hutchinson 1,536 FTE
STATE-SIZE MNSPH - ST PAUL HUB 1,554 FTE
STATE-SIZE CN Plymouth 1,565 FTE
STATE-SIZE ST. PAUL HUB (MNSPH) 1,571 FTE
CITY-NEAR YCID 5,214 FTE
CITY-NEAR Boston Scientific CRM 5,100 FTE
CITY-NEAR United Hospital 3,384 FTE
CITY-NEAR IT Campus 2,409 FTE
NAT-TCR Vcf 165 1.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Home Office 1.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Bortunco, LLC 1.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Citizens Bank 1.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Hartsville - Hrtsvlle 1,544 FTE
NAT-SIZE Whirlpool 1,544 FTE
NAT-SIZE Columbus # 9119 1,544 FTE
NAT-SIZE Amzl : Dla9 1,544 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.