Community action advocacy organizations · Minnesota

West Central MN Communities Action, Inc.

Elbow Lake, MN · ~130 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
3.8
Avg TCR
2.1
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

West Central MN Communities Action, Inc. runs at 181% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Community action advocacy organizations workplace, earning a grade D.

West Central MN Communities Action, Inc.: 3.8 TCR = 181% of Community action advocacy organizations BLS 2.1 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

West Central MN Communities Action, Inc. safety composite

West Central MN Communities Action, Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 76% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 48%), 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).

C

58/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 3.81 per 100 workers

Safer than 48% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 76% 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%).

TCR Δ

−3.8

2017→2018

West Central MN Communities Action, Inc. injury rate improved

West Central MN Communities Action, Inc.'s TCR fell 3.8 from 5.7 in 2017 to 1.9 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2017 at 5.7 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=5.7 · 2018=1.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 813319 · Elbow Lake, MN ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 3.8 · 181% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #23/36
  • PHOTO White Bear Area YMCA
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 8 inj
  • SIZE ~130 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: White Bear Area YMCA (0.0 TCR gap)

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West Central MN Communities Action, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows West Central MN Communities Action, Inc. averages 3.8 TCR (181% of the Community action advocacy organizations BLS benchmark).

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

West Central MN Communities Action, Inc. TCR series: 2017=5.7 · 2018=1.9 · BLS 2.1

Where West Central MN Communities Action, Inc. falls in its industry

81 Community action advocacy orga establishments

Safer than 48% 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 #23 safest of 36 Community action advocacy orga employers in Minnesota.

West Central MN Communities Action, Inc. (130 employees, TCR 3.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 147 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 05001,0001,5002,000 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate West Central MN Communities Action, Inc.
West Central MN Communities Action, Inc. (130 employees, TCR 3.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 147 employees and a TCR of 3.8

West Central MN Communities Action, Inc. has fewer employees than the Community action advocacy organizations 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
2018 1.9 0.0 2 0 0
2017 5.7 1.9 6 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

813319 · MN · Elbow Lake

81 Community action advocacy organizations employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 5 employers in Elbow Lake, 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 White Bear Area YMCA 3.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR YWCA of Minneapolis 3.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Harold Mezile North Community YMCA 3.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Camp du Nord 3.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Faribault Grow Out 130 FTE
STATE-SIZE Design Electric INC. 130 FTE
STATE-SIZE ARK Parent, LLC 130 FTE
STATE-SIZE Kerry Rochester 130 FTE
CITY-NEAR Prairie Ridge Hospital and Health Services 123 FTE
CITY-NEAR Elbow Lake Store 26 FTE
CITY-NEAR Cosmos Enterprises, Inc 23 FTE
CITY-NEAR Elbow Lake 21 FTE
NAT-TCR Grand Island - 90-01 3.8 TCR
NAT-TCR EFP Elkhart 3.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Coherex 3.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Supervalu Distribution Center - Quincy 38011 3.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE East Jordan Plastics Beaverton Facility 130 FTE
NAT-SIZE East Jordan Plastics, East Jordan Facility 130 FTE
NAT-SIZE Village at Pennwood 130 FTE
NAT-SIZE AUS-HCT-AUSTIN 130 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: 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.