Independent School District · Minnesota

West St Paul ISD 197-Early Learning Center

St. Paul, MN · ~39 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
2.4
Avg TCR
1.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

West St Paul ISD 197-Early Learning Center runs at 172% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Independent School District workplace, earning a grade D.

West St Paul ISD 197-Early Learning Center: 2.4 TCR = 172% of Independent School District BLS 1.4 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

West St Paul ISD 197-Early Learning Center safety composite

West St Paul ISD 197-Early Learning Center scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 70% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 6%), 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).

D

43/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.41 per 100 workers

Safer than 70% of industry peers

DART rate
F 7.9 per 100 workers

Safer than 6% 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%).

Rising injury rate

West St Paul ISD 197-Early Learning Center: 0.0 → 7.9 TCR

Peak year 2022 @ 7.9 TCR · DART/TCR 3.28× in 2022

West St Paul ISD 197-Early Learning Center's TCR rose 7.9 from 0.0 in 2017 to 7.9 in 2022. In 2022, DART was 3.28× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 611110 · St. Paul, MN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 2.4 · 172% of ind

  • DART 7.9 DART
  • RANK #495/1589
  • PHOTO Barnum Elementary Sc…
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~39 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Barnum Elementary School (0.0 TCR gap)

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West St Paul ISD 197-Early Learning Center in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows West St Paul ISD 197-Early Learning Center averages 2.4 TCR (172% of the Independent School District BLS benchmark).

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

West St Paul ISD 197-Early Learning Center TCR series: 2017=0 · 2018=0 · 2019=0 · 2020=0 · 2021=6.6 · 2022=7.9 · BLS 1.4

Where West St Paul ISD 197-Early Learning Center falls in its industry

3,374 Independent School District establishments

Safer than 70% 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 #495 safest of 1589 Independent School District employers in Minnesota.

West St Paul ISD 197-Early Learning Center (39 employees, TCR 2.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 76 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 02,0004,0006,0008,00010,000 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate West St Paul ISD 197-Early Learning Center
West St Paul ISD 197-Early Learning Center (39 employees, TCR 2.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 76 employees and a TCR of 3.8

West St Paul ISD 197-Early Learning Center has fewer employees than the Independent School District median and a lower 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
2022 7.9 7.9 2 0 0
2021 6.6 3.3 2 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

611110 · MN · St. Paul

3,374 Independent School District employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 370 employers in St. Paul, 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 Barnum Elementary School 2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Longfellow Elementary School 2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Raven Stream Elementary School 2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Columbus Elementary School 2.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Detroit Lakes Hatchery 39 FTE
STATE-SIZE Southern Minnesota Municipal Power Agency 39 FTE
STATE-SIZE Your Home Improvement Company - St Cloud 39 FTE
STATE-SIZE AP Shared Services 39 FTE
CITY-NEAR YCID 5,214 FTE
CITY-NEAR Boston Scientific CRM 5,100 FTE
CITY-NEAR United Hospital 3,384 FTE
CITY-NEAR IT Campus 2,409 FTE
NAT-TCR Clarksville Dept of Electricity 2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR ESCO Group LLC, 2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR B.J Baldwin, Inc. 2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Thermo King of San Antonio 2.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Select Genetics VA Hatch 60 61 62 64 65 66, 950-VA 39 FTE
NAT-SIZE Select Genetics MO White Oak 006-0138-WG, WH, WT 39 FTE
NAT-SIZE Fulcrum Logistics 39 FTE
NAT-SIZE Western Jet Maintenance (dba JetWorx) 39 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: 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 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.