Construction management, highway, road, street and bridge · Minnesota
Watonwan County Public Works
St. James, MN · ~20 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 13.5
- Avg TCR
- 2.8
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Watonwan County Public Works runs at 483% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Construction management, highway, road, street and bridge workplace, earning a grade F.
Watonwan County Public Works: 13.5 TCR = 483% of Construction management, highway, road, street and bridge BLS 2.8 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Watonwan County Public Works safety composite
Watonwan County Public Works scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 81% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 5%), 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).
44/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 13.51 per 100 workers
Safer than 5% of industry peers
- DART rate
- B 0 per 100 workers
Safer than 81% 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%).
TCR Δ
−29.1
2017→2023
Watonwan County Public Works injury rate improved
Watonwan County Public Works's TCR fell 29.1 from 29.1 in 2017 to 0.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2017 at 29.1 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2017=29.1 · 2018=5.5 · 2019=10.1 · 2020=20.2 · 2021=17.8 · 2022=12.0 · 2023=0.0
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 237310 · St. James, MN ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 13.5 · 483% of ind
- DART 0.0 DART
- RANK #104/107
- PHOTO City of Bend - Stree…
- BOOK 7y book
- INJ 17 inj
- SIZE ~20 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: City of Bend - Streets ROW (0.0 TCR gap)
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Watonwan County Public Works in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Watonwan County Public Works
13.5 TCR
- City of Bend -
City of Bend - Streets ROW
13.5 TCR
- Maintenance an
Maintenance and Operations - Airport Road Building M
13.5 TCR
- D1 Arlington H
D1 Arlington Heights Yard
13.5 TCR
- Concrete Exper
Concrete Experts, LLC
13.5 TCR
What this shows Watonwan County Public Works averages 13.5 TCR (483% of the Construction management, highway, road, street and bridge BLS benchmark).
Watonwan County Public Works TCR series: 2017=29.1 · 2018=5.5 · 2019=10.1 · 2020=20.2 · 2021=17.8 · 2022=12 · 2023=0 · BLS 2.8
Where Watonwan County Public Works falls in its industry
4,078 Construction management, highw establishmentsSafer than 5% 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 #104 safest of 107 Construction management, highw employers in Minnesota.
Watonwan County Public Works 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 12.0 | 6.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 17.8 | 17.8 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 20.2 | 20.2 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 10.1 | 5.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 29.1 | 11.6 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
237310 · MN · St. James
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 · 16 employers in St. James, 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 Bend - Streets ROW | 13.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Maintenance and Operations - Airport Road Building M | 13.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | D1 Arlington Heights Yard | 13.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Concrete Experts, LLC | 13.5 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | C74 | 20 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | MNSGA-SEL-SELECT GENETICS ADMIN' | 20 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Bees Minnesota | 20 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Glyndon | 20 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Smithfield Foods | 586 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Smithfield St. James, MN | 536 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | St. James High School | 79 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | City of St. James | 75 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Corp Yard | 13.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Prairie City | 13.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | 2524 Fre87 | 13.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Dickenson County Ambulance Service Inc | 13.5 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Recycle Midland | 20 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | 342-NiSource-Washington PA-Construction MOD | 20 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Beachcomber | 20 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Mount Hood Village | 20 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.