Elementary and secondary schools · Minnesota

Valley Middle School

Apple Valley, MN · ~123 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
6.2
Avg TCR
1.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Valley Middle School runs at 441% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Elementary and secondary schools workplace, earning a grade F.

Valley Middle School: 6.2 TCR = 441% of Elementary and secondary schools BLS 1.4 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Valley Middle School safety composite

Valley Middle School scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 26%), 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

35/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.18 per 100 workers

Safer than 26% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.24 per 100 workers

Safer than 35% 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%).

TCR Δ

−0.4

2019→2024

Valley Middle School injury rate improved

Valley Middle School's TCR fell 0.4 from 4.9 in 2019 to 4.5 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 11.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.36× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=4.9 · 2020=11.2 · 2021=2.5 · 2022=5.0 · 2023=9.0 · 2024=4.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 611110 · Apple Valley, MN ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 6.2 · 441% of ind

  • DART 2.2 DART
  • RANK #1218/1589
  • PHOTO Hillcrest Elementary
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 28 inj
  • SIZE ~123 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Hillcrest Elementary (0.0 TCR gap)

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Valley Middle School in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Valley Middle School averages 6.2 TCR (441% of the Elementary and secondary schools BLS benchmark).

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

Valley Middle School TCR series: 2019=4.9 · 2020=11.2 · 2021=2.5 · 2022=5 · 2023=9 · 2024=4.5 · BLS 1.4

Where Valley Middle School falls in its industry

3,374 Elementary and secondary schoo establishments

Safer than 26% 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 #1218 safest of 1589 Elementary and secondary schoo employers in Minnesota.

Valley Middle School (123 employees, TCR 6.2) 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 Valley Middle School
Valley Middle School (123 employees, TCR 6.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 76 employees and a TCR of 3.8

Valley Middle School has more employees than the Elementary and secondary schools median and a higher 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 4.5 2.2 4 0 0
2023 9.0 1.1 8 0 0
2022 5.0 1.3 4 0 0
2021 2.5 0.0 1 1 0
2020 11.2 3.7 7 2 0
2019 4.9 1.2 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

611110 · MN · Apple Valley

3,374 Elementary and secondary schools employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 91 employers in Apple Valley, 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 Hillcrest Elementary 6.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR ISD 16 Spring Lake Park, WCSI - Woodcrest Elem Span Imm 6.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR ISD 659 Middle Schools 6.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR ISD 742 North Junior High 6.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Lametti and Sons Inc. 123 FTE
STATE-SIZE Central Bi Products Long Prairie 123 FTE
STATE-SIZE Franklin Street Bakery 123 FTE
STATE-SIZE Eggs - Big Lake MN 123 FTE
CITY-NEAR City of Apple Valley 880 FTE
CITY-NEAR Uponor - Apple Valley 682 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2390 - Apple Valley South 521 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 2642 416 FTE
NAT-TCR A & F Growers, Inc. 6.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Flexicore Of Texas 6.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Creative Community Living Services Wester 6.2 TCR
NAT-TCR The Maquoketa Company 6.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE BMW of Sarasota 123 FTE
NAT-SIZE Lexington at Country Place 123 FTE
NAT-SIZE Salina Dc 123 FTE
NAT-SIZE Griffith Farms 123 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.