Construction management, highway, road, street and bridge · Minnesota
Wadena County Highway Department
Wadena, MN · ~54 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 8.1
- Avg TCR
- 2.8
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Wadena County Highway Department runs at 288% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Construction management, highway, road, street and bridge workplace, earning a grade F.
Wadena County Highway Department: 8.1 TCR = 288% of Construction management, highway, road, street and bridge BLS 2.8 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Wadena County Highway Department safety composite
Wadena County Highway Department scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 53% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 3%), 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).
20/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 8.05 per 100 workers
Safer than 14% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 12.5 per 100 workers
Safer than 3% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- D 0
Safer than 53% 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
Wadena County Highway Department: 0.0 → 12.5 TCR
Peak year 2022 @ 14.8 TCR · DART/TCR 1.55× in 2024
Wadena County Highway Department's TCR rose 12.5 from 0.0 in 2019 to 12.5 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 14.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.55× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 237310 · Wadena, MN ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 8.1 · 288% of ind
- DART 12.5 DART
- RANK #90/107
- PHOTO Springfield Striping…
- BOOK 5y book
- INJ 7 inj
- SIZE ~54 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Springfield Striping & Sealing (0.0 TCR gap)
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Wadena County Highway Department in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Wadena County Highway Department
8.1 TCR
- Springfield St
Springfield Striping & Sealing
8.1 TCR
- Bonness, Inc.
Bonness, Inc.
8.1 TCR
- Lyons Facility
Lyons Facility
8.1 TCR
- D6 Springfield
D6 Springfield West Yard
8.1 TCR
What this shows Wadena County Highway Department averages 8.1 TCR (288% of the Construction management, highway, road, street and bridge BLS benchmark).
Wadena County Highway Department TCR series: 2019=0 · 2021=0 · 2022=14.8 · 2023=12.9 · 2024=12.5 · BLS 2.8
Where Wadena County Highway Department falls in its industry
4,078 Construction management, highw establishmentsSafer than 14% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.
Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #90 safest of 107 Construction management, highw employers in Minnesota.
Wadena County Highway Department has fewer employees than the Construction management, highway, road, median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.0. 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 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 12.9 | 12.9 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 14.8 | 9.9 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
237310 · MN · Wadena
4,078 Construction management, highway, road, street and bridge employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 34 employers in Wadena, 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 | Springfield Striping & Sealing | 8.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Bonness, Inc. | 8.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Lyons Facility | 8.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | D6 Springfield West Yard | 8.1 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Monticello Training Center | 54 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | 09 Eveleth | 54 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Elder-Jones Inc. | 54 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Haldeman Homme, Inc. - Minneapolis - Corporate | 54 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | WM 4246 | 208 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 4246 | 196 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Elementary | 101 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Homecrest Outdoor Living | 100 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | True Value Company RDC - KC | 8.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Central Valley Eggs | 8.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Sentry Steel, Inc. | 8.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Arbor Management Services, LLC | 8.1 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Priority Select, LLC | 54 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Kankakee Valley Park District | 54 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Pacific Partners Insulation South (BDI) | 54 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Regency Redmond Rehabilitation and Nursing Center | 54 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.