Irrigation project construction (except lawn) · Minnesota

Water Wadena

Wadena, MN · ~45 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
8.2
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Water Wadena runs at 292% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Irrigation project construction (except lawn) workplace, earning a grade F.

Water Wadena: 8.2 TCR = 292% of Irrigation project construction (except lawn) BLS 2.8 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Water Wadena safety composite

Water Wadena scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 10%), 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

22/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 8.18 per 100 workers

Safer than 10% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.77 per 100 workers

Safer than 15% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 52% 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%).

Water Wadena held a steady TCR band

Water Wadena's TCR held near 0.3 from 4.5 in 2019 to 4.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 11.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.58× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=4.5 · 2020=10.1 · 2021=11.3 · 2022=7.5 · 2023=10.9 · 2024=4.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 237110 · Wadena, MN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 8.2 · 292% of ind

  • DART 4.8 DART
  • RANK #29/32
  • PHOTO CC Edwards Construct…
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 22 inj
  • SIZE ~45 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: CC Edwards Construction, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Water Wadena in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Water Wadena averages 8.2 TCR (292% of the Irrigation project construction (except lawn) BLS benchmark).

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

Water Wadena TCR series: 2019=4.5 · 2020=10.1 · 2021=11.3 · 2022=7.5 · 2023=10.9 · 2024=4.8 · BLS 2.8

Where Water Wadena falls in its industry

1,614 Irrigation project constructio establishments

Safer than 10% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #29 safest of 32 Irrigation project constructio employers in Minnesota.

Water Wadena (45 employees, TCR 8.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 3.0 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 0100200300400500 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Water Wadena
Water Wadena (45 employees, TCR 8.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 3.0

Water Wadena has fewer employees than the Irrigation project construction (except 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 4.8 4.8 2 0 0
2023 10.9 0.0 5 0 0
2022 7.5 3.8 3 1 0
2021 11.3 3.8 6 0 0
2020 10.1 2.5 4 0 0
2019 4.5 0.0 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

237110 · MN · Wadena

1,614 Irrigation project construction (except lawn) 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 CC Edwards Construction, Inc. 8.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Midlands Contracting, Inc. 8.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Warren Township Highway Department 8.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Sheila Allman 8.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE District 45 45 FTE
STATE-SIZE Allstar Construction Commercial Op Co, LLC 45 FTE
STATE-SIZE Doran Construction Company, LLC 45 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hasslen Construction Company, Inc. 45 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 0301 - Rancho Cucamonga 8.2 TCR
NAT-TCR 0958 - Bowling Green 8.2 TCR
NAT-TCR EVR 8.2 TCR
NAT-TCR CBF Bakery Systems 8.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Arw Concrete Contracting, LLC 45 FTE
NAT-SIZE Franz Family Bakeries Lynnwood 45 FTE
NAT-SIZE Thorlabs Vytran Division, Inc. 45 FTE
NAT-SIZE Main 45 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.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.