Elementary and secondary schools · Minnesota

Westwood Elementary School

Zimmerman, MN · ~65 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
2.2
Avg TCR
1.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Westwood Elementary School runs at 159% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Elementary and secondary schools workplace, earning a grade D.

Westwood Elementary School: 2.2 TCR = 159% of Elementary and secondary schools BLS 1.4 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Westwood Elementary School safety composite

Westwood Elementary School scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 79% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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

69/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.23 per 100 workers

Safer than 73% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 79% 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

−4.5

2023→2024

Westwood Elementary School injury rate improved

Westwood Elementary School's TCR fell 4.5 from 4.5 in 2023 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 4.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2023=4.5 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 611110 · Zimmerman, MN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 2.2 · 159% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #453/1589
  • PHOTO ISD# 834-Brookview E…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~65 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: ISD# 834-Brookview Elementary (0.0 TCR gap)

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Westwood Elementary School in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Westwood Elementary School averages 2.2 TCR (159% of the Elementary and secondary schools BLS benchmark).

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

Westwood Elementary School TCR series: 2023=4.5 · 2024=0 · BLS 1.4

Where Westwood Elementary School falls in its industry

3,374 Elementary and secondary schoo establishments

Safer than 73% 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 #453 safest of 1589 Elementary and secondary schoo employers in Minnesota.

Westwood Elementary School (65 employees, TCR 2.2) 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 Westwood Elementary School
Westwood Elementary School (65 employees, TCR 2.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 76 employees and a TCR of 3.8

Westwood Elementary School has fewer employees than the Elementary and secondary schools 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
2024 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 4.5 4.5 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

611110 · MN · Zimmerman

3,374 Elementary and secondary schools employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 13 employers in Zimmerman, 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 ISD# 834-Brookview Elementary 2.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Orono ISD #278-New Middle School 2.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Fairmont Jr & Sr High 2.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Moncks Corner Elementary formally Berkeley Intermediate School 2.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Lake Prairie 65 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hibbing Public Utilities 65 FTE
STATE-SIZE City of Virginia Public Utilities 65 FTE
STATE-SIZE Michels Utility Services Inc-MN-Lakeville 65 FTE
CITY-NEAR Community Living Options 394 FTE
CITY-NEAR Zimmerman Middle High School 146 FTE
CITY-NEAR ISD 728 Zimmerman Middle/High School 134 FTE
CITY-NEAR ISD 728 Zimmerman Elementary 73 FTE
NAT-TCR Harbor Village at Harbor Shores LLC 2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Iatan Generating Station 2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Earthscapes Unlimited, Inc. 2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Montgomeryville 2.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Brookdale First Colony 65 FTE
NAT-SIZE Katherine Healthcare, LLC 65 FTE
NAT-SIZE 218 Lemay 65 FTE
NAT-SIZE 724 Pekin 65 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. 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.