Academies, college or university · Minnesota

West Central Research and Outreach Center

Morris, MN · ~33 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
8.0
Avg TCR
1.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

West Central Research and Outreach Center runs at 571% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Academies, college or university workplace, earning a grade F.

West Central Research and Outreach Center: 8.0 TCR = 571% of Academies, college or university BLS 1.4 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

West Central Research and Outreach Center safety composite

West Central Research and Outreach Center scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 2%), 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

15/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.99 per 100 workers

Safer than 4% of industry peers

DART rate
F 6.25 per 100 workers

Safer than 2% 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%).

TCR Δ

−8.1

2018→2024

West Central Research and Outreach Center injury rate improved

West Central Research and Outreach Center's TCR fell 8.1 from 14.3 in 2018 to 6.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 15.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.78× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=14.3 · 2019=10.5 · 2020=5.9 · 2021=3.1 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=15.8 · 2024=6.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 611310 · Morris, MN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 8.0 · 571% of ind

  • DART 6.3 DART
  • RANK #45/47
  • PHOTO University of Minnes…
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 16 inj
  • SIZE ~33 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: University of Minnesota Landscape Arboretum (0.1 TCR gap)

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West Central Research and Outreach Center in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows West Central Research and Outreach Center averages 8.0 TCR (571% of the Academies, college or university BLS benchmark).

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

West Central Research and Outreach Center TCR series: 2018=14.3 · 2019=10.5 · 2020=5.9 · 2021=3.1 · 2022=0 · 2023=15.8 · 2024=6.3 · BLS 1.4

Where West Central Research and Outreach Center falls in its industry

347 Academies, college or universi establishments

Safer than 4% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #45 safest of 47 Academies, college or universi employers in Minnesota.

West Central Research and Outreach Center (33 employees, TCR 8.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 617 employees and a TCR of 1.5 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 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate West Central Research and Outreach Center
West Central Research and Outreach Center (33 employees, TCR 8.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 617 employees and a TCR of 1.5

West Central Research and Outreach Center has fewer employees than the Academies, college or university median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.5. 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 6.3 6.3 2 0 0
2023 15.8 12.7 5 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 3.1 3.1 1 0 0
2020 5.9 0.0 2 0 0
2019 10.5 10.5 2 0 0
2018 14.3 3.6 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

611310 · MN · Morris

347 Academies, college or university employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 38 employers in Morris, 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 University of Minnesota Landscape Arboretum 7.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR East Carolina University Dental Learning Center - Brunswick 8.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Wesley Woods Budd Terrace 7.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR University Health Service UIC UIC Campus 7.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Perham Egg LLC 33 FTE
STATE-SIZE Gorans Brothers Inc. 33 FTE
STATE-SIZE Las Vegas Raiders 17150004 33 FTE
STATE-SIZE Loeffler Construction & Consulting 33 FTE
CITY-NEAR University of Minnesota Morris 392 FTE
CITY-NEAR Westmor Industries 287 FTE
CITY-NEAR Services 255 FTE
CITY-NEAR Morris Area Schools ISD #2769 223 FTE
NAT-TCR AZP029 8.0 TCR
NAT-TCR ORP008 8.0 TCR
NAT-TCR 15 - Orlando 8.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Retail East - Brunswick 8.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Stericycle - N.Salt Lake,UT 33 FTE
NAT-SIZE Earth Basics Contracting Corporation - Anaheim 33 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hall Financial Group - Hall Park 33 FTE
NAT-SIZE Assembly Center 33 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.