Sheriffs' offices (except court functions only) · Minnesota

Wright County- Sheriff Department

Name: Wright County- Sheriff Department Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Buffalo, MN · ~306 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

F
Failing Safety Record: 11.1
Avg TCR: 3.2
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Wright County- Sheriff Department runs at 346% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Sheriffs' offices (except court functions only) workplace, earning a grade F.

Wright County- Sheriff Department: 11.1 TCR = 346% of Sheriffs' offices (except court functions only) BLS 3.2 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Wright County- Sheriff Department safety composite

Wright County- Sheriff Department scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 53% 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).

31/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): D 11.08 per 100 workers

Safer than 40% of industry peers
DART rate: F 14.63 per 100 workers

Safer than 6% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Wright County- Sheriff Department: 7.9 → 14.6 TCR

Peak year 2021 @ 17.7 TCR · DART/TCR 1.32× in 2022

Wright County- Sheriff Department's TCR rose 6.7 from 7.9 in 2019 to 14.6 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2021 at 17.7 TCR. In 2022, DART was 1.32× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 922120 · Buffalo, MN ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 11.1 · 346% of ind

DART 14.6 DART
RANK #42/71
PHOTO Town of Simsbury Pol…
BOOK 4y book
INJ 41 inj
SIZE ~306 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Town of Simsbury Police (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Wright County- Sheriff Department averages 11.1 TCR (346% of the Sheriffs' offices (except court functions only) BLS benchmark).

Wright County- Sheriff Department TCR series: 2019=7.9 · 2020=4 · 2021=17.7 · 2022=14.6 · BLS 3.2

Where Wright County- Sheriff Department falls in its industry

716 Sheriffs' offices (except cour establishments

Safer than 40% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 9.5.

Grade F

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #42 safest of 71 Sheriffs' offices (except cour employers in Minnesota.

Wright County- Sheriff Department (306 employees, TCR 11.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 95 employees and a TCR of 9.5

Wright County- Sheriff Department has more employees than the Sheriffs' offices (except court function median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 9.5. 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
2022	14.6	14.6	8	35
2021	17.7	16.0	6	46
2020	4.0	3.4	9	3
2019	7.9	1.1	18	4

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

922120 · MN · Buffalo

716 Sheriffs' offices (except court functions only) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 74 employers in Buffalo, MN · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Town of Simsbury Police	SIMSBURY, CT	11.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Yuma County Sheriff's Office	YUMA, AZ	11.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	King County Sheriff's Office	SEATTLE, WA	11.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Sheriff's Office	MINNEAPOLIS, MN	11.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE	320141 - Various Mobile	SAUK RAPIDS	306 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Mulcahy Nickolaus LLC	OAKDALE	306 FTE
STATE-SIZE	District One Hospital	FARIBAULT	306 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Minnesota Community Care	ST PAUL	306 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Health One Buffalo (Buffalo Hospital)	Buffalo	532 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Health One Buffalo	Buffalo	500 FTE
CITY-NEAR	WM 1577	Buffalo	404 FTE
CITY-NEAR	1577	Buffalo	320 FTE
NAT-TCR	350076-ALB-TERMINAL	Albany, NY	11.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	5472-NAI-0033-0033-00326	Waitsfield, VT	11.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	5472-NAI-0033-0033-02190	Belmont, NH	11.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	6962-SWY-0025-0025-00975	Fortuna, CA	11.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE	PLI Cards Asheville	Asheville, NC	306 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Bush Industries.com	Jamestown, NY	306 FTE
NAT-SIZE	0126 - Garden Grove Ca Whse	Garden Grove, CA	306 FTE
NAT-SIZE	0374 - Lakeside Mi Whse	Shelby Township, MI	306 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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