General services departments, government · Minnesota

Wabasha County-Highway Department

Wabasha, MN · ~23 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
9.9
Avg TCR
3.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Wabasha County-Highway Department runs at 310% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical General services departments, government workplace, earning a grade F.

Wabasha County-Highway Department: 9.9 TCR = 310% of General services departments, government BLS 3.2 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Wabasha County-Highway Department safety composite

Wabasha County-Highway Department scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (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

29/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 9.92 per 100 workers

Safer than 19% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.52 per 100 workers

Safer than 24% 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

Wabasha County-Highway Department: 4.1 → 4.5 TCR

Peak year 2021 @ 29.7 TCR · DART/TCR 0.46× in 2024

Wabasha County-Highway Department's TCR rose 0.4 from 4.1 in 2017 to 4.5 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 29.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.46× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 921190 · Wabasha, MN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 9.9 · 310% of ind

  • DART 4.5 DART
  • RANK #210/275
  • PHOTO City of Emily
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 12 inj
  • SIZE ~23 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: City of Emily (0.0 TCR gap)

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Wabasha County-Highway Department in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Wabasha County-Highway Department averages 9.9 TCR (310% 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

Wabasha County-Highway Department TCR series: 2017=4.1 · 2018=9.2 · 2019=13.8 · 2020=0 · 2021=29.7 · 2022=4.5 · 2023=13.6 · 2024=4.5 · BLS 3.2

Where Wabasha County-Highway Department falls in its industry

1,496 General services departments, establishments

Safer than 19% 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 #210 safest of 275 General services departments, employers in Minnesota.

Wabasha County-Highway Department (23 employees, TCR 9.9) 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 Wabasha County-Highway Department
Wabasha County-Highway Department (23 employees, TCR 9.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 93 employees and a TCR of 4.6

Wabasha County-Highway Department has fewer employees than the General services departments, government median and a higher 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 4.5 4.5 1 0 0
2023 13.6 0.0 2 1 0
2022 4.5 4.5 1 0 0
2021 29.7 17.0 4 3 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 13.8 0.0 2 1 0
2018 9.2 4.6 2 0 0
2017 4.1 0.0 0 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

921190 · MN · Wabasha

1,496 General services departments, government employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 13 employers in Wabasha, 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 City of Emily 9.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR City of South Lake Tahoe 9.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Business Office (City Hall) 9.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR City of Vacaville 9.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Brooten 23 FTE
STATE-SIZE United Dairy, Alpha Foods, LLP 23 FTE
STATE-SIZE MNHT-SEL-HIGHWAY 12' 23 FTE
STATE-SIZE Fergus Falls CSC 23 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1855-WIAPP030 481 FTE
CITY-NEAR California Overland Ltd. 197 FTE
CITY-NEAR Cardinal Health Wabasha 90 FTE
CITY-NEAR KPR U.S., LLC- Wabasha 88 FTE
NAT-TCR Rouses Market #75 9.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Byron Randall 9.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Heath Stairworks, Inc. 9.9 TCR
NAT-TCR At Home Stores #213 9.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Town of Kittery Department of Public Works 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE Berger Company Factory 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE John H. Lyman and Sons, Inc. 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE American Deep Foundation, Inc. 23 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.