Elementary and secondary schools · Minnesota

VandenBerge Middle School

Elk River, MN · ~71 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
5.2
Avg TCR
1.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

VandenBerge Middle School runs at 372% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Elementary and secondary schools workplace, earning a grade F.

VandenBerge Middle School: 5.2 TCR = 372% of Elementary and secondary schools BLS 1.4 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

VandenBerge Middle School safety composite

VandenBerge Middle School scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 19%), 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

32/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 5.21 per 100 workers

Safer than 33% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.05 per 100 workers

Safer than 19% 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

−2.3

2023→2024

VandenBerge Middle School injury rate improved

VandenBerge Middle School's TCR fell 2.3 from 6.4 in 2023 to 4.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 6.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.78× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2023=6.4 · 2024=4.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 611110 · Elk River, MN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 5.2 · 372% of ind

  • DART 4.0 DART
  • RANK #1096/1589
  • PHOTO Brookside Elementary…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~71 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Brookside Elementary School (0.0 TCR gap)

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VandenBerge Middle School in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows VandenBerge Middle School averages 5.2 TCR (372% 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

VandenBerge Middle School TCR series: 2023=6.4 · 2024=4 · BLS 1.4

Where VandenBerge Middle School falls in its industry

3,374 Elementary and secondary schoo establishments

Safer than 33% 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 #1096 safest of 1589 Elementary and secondary schoo employers in Minnesota.

VandenBerge Middle School (71 employees, TCR 5.2) 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 VandenBerge Middle School
VandenBerge Middle School (71 employees, TCR 5.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 76 employees and a TCR of 3.8

VandenBerge Middle School has fewer 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 4.0 4.0 2 0 0
2023 6.4 6.4 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

611110 · MN · Elk River

3,374 Elementary and secondary schools employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 102 employers in Elk River, 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 Brookside Elementary School 5.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Parkview Center School 5.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Hastings Senior High 5.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR WINDSOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS/SAGE PARK MIDDLE SCHOOL 5.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Fagen, Inc. 71 FTE
STATE-SIZE Rochester Office 71 FTE
STATE-SIZE Donlar Construction Company 71 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hanson Silo Company 71 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 3209 437 FTE
CITY-NEAR Sherburne County Government Center - General 418 FTE
CITY-NEAR 3209 387 FTE
CITY-NEAR Sherburne County Government Center 367 FTE
NAT-TCR Anchor Bay Packaging Corporation - Plant 1 5.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Renk Seed Company 5.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Mimtp - Mount Pleasant 5.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Tncol - Columbia 5.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE 102 Creve Coeur 71 FTE
NAT-SIZE NF&M International, Inc. 71 FTE
NAT-SIZE Buckeye Plumbing, Inc 71 FTE
NAT-SIZE Suncoast Infrastructure Inc 71 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. 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.