Academies, elementary or secondary · Minnesota

Waconia Middle School

Waconia, MN · ~115 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
4.4
Avg TCR
1.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Waconia Middle School runs at 313% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Academies, elementary or secondary workplace, earning a grade F.

Waconia Middle School: 4.4 TCR = 313% of Academies, elementary or secondary BLS 1.4 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Waconia Middle School safety composite

Waconia Middle School scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 42%), 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

45/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 4.38 per 100 workers

Safer than 42% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.51 per 100 workers

Safer than 46% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Waconia Middle School: 1.3 → 4.5 TCR

Peak year 2023 @ 13.1 TCR · DART/TCR 0.34× in 2024

Waconia Middle School's TCR rose 3.3 from 1.3 in 2017 to 4.5 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 13.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.34× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 611110 · Waconia, MN ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 4.4 · 313% of ind

  • DART 1.5 DART
  • RANK #962/1589
  • PHOTO Lincoln Elementary S…
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 24 inj
  • SIZE ~115 FTE

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

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Waconia Middle School in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Waconia Middle School averages 4.4 TCR (313% of the Academies, elementary or secondary BLS benchmark).

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

Waconia Middle School TCR series: 2017=1.3 · 2018=5.2 · 2019=1.4 · 2020=2.9 · 2021=1.4 · 2022=5.4 · 2023=13.1 · 2024=4.5 · BLS 1.4

Where Waconia Middle School falls in its industry

3,374 Academies, elementary or secon establishments

Safer than 42% 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 #962 safest of 1589 Academies, elementary or secon employers in Minnesota.

Waconia Middle School (115 employees, TCR 4.4) 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 Waconia Middle School
Waconia Middle School (115 employees, TCR 4.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 76 employees and a TCR of 3.8

Waconia Middle School has more employees than the Academies, elementary or secondary 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 1.5 3 0 0
2023 13.1 2.9 9 0 0
2022 5.4 0.0 4 0 0
2021 1.4 1.4 1 0 0
2020 2.9 2.9 1 1 0
2019 1.4 0.0 1 0 0
2018 5.2 5.2 4 0 0
2017 1.3 1.3 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

611110 · MN · Waconia

3,374 Academies, elementary or secondary employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 44 employers in Waconia, 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 Lincoln Elementary School 4.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR CHALLEGER ELEM / PRESCHOOL 4.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR UNIVERSITY OF HARTFORD MAGNET SCHOOL 4.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR ACGC District Office 4.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE NEW LOOK CONTRACTING, INC 115 FTE
STATE-SIZE Norminn All 115 FTE
STATE-SIZE Main 115 FTE
STATE-SIZE Liberty Packaging - Brooklyn Park, MN 115 FTE
CITY-NEAR Ridgeview Waconia 2,057 FTE
CITY-NEAR Ridgeview Medical Center 1,793 FTE
CITY-NEAR Cabinetworks Group 441 FTE
CITY-NEAR Educational Services Center 415 FTE
NAT-TCR Ramsett Mechanical 4.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Presrite Bessemer Division 4.4 TCR
NAT-TCR TAMKO Building Products LLC - Frederick 4.4 TCR
NAT-TCR L.C. Whitford Co., Inc. 4.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Americold Logistics, LLC: Ontario OR 115 FTE
NAT-SIZE Phoenix Counseling Center 115 FTE
NAT-SIZE TALA Logistics, LLC 115 FTE
NAT-SIZE Store 1805 115 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.