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Minnesota workplace safety

How 15,828 OSHA-reporting employers across Minnesota compare on workplace injuries, 2016–2024. Average TCR uses the 13,817 establishments with a credible rate (see methodology).

15,828
Employers
5.7
Avg TCR (rated)
259,594
Injuries (all)
141
Fatalities (all)

TCR, interpreted

Far above average

5.7 avg TCR

Minnesota vs all states by OSHA-reporting employer count

Where this state's ITA establishment inventory sits among every tracked state and territory (coverage signal, not a safety ranking)

15,828 10th of 54 higher than 44 of 54 states

States and territories, banded by OSHA ITA reporting employer count

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Source official public datasets · 2026

The state picture

Minnesota's 13,817 rated reporting employers average 5.7 recordable injuries per 100 workers, 2.1 times the ~2.7 all-industry private-sector norm.

5.7
avg TCR · rated subset
13,817
rated employers
15,828
all reporting employers
259,594
recordable injuries (all)

Inventory counts and injury/fatality totals cover all 15,828 ITA establishments; the average TCR excludes zero-rate and corrupt-hours filings. See Methodology → Three Populations.

Minnesota grade distribution 15,820 graded establishments · width = share

32% of Minnesota's reporting establishments earn an F and 12% an A, each measured against its own industry benchmark, not the state line. These grades are a transparent derived index, not an official OSHA rating; see the Methodology for the exact formula.

Where Minnesota ranks among states

54 states & territories by avg TCR

Minnesota's average TCR of 5.7 is lower than 26% of states, a state average reflects industry mix as much as workplace safety.

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A second cut tells a different story: ranked by rated-subset injury rate alone, Minnesota is #40 of 54. Ranked instead by fatalities per rated employer establishment (same 13,817-employer subset), it's #9 of 54, a 31-place swing. A state can run a moderate everyday injury rate while its rarer, most severe incidents cluster differently; the two metrics measure different things on the same population and shouldn't be read as interchangeable.

How Minnesota Workplaces Compare

Minnesota hosts 15,828 employer establishments currently reporting to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application. These are not small shops: federal rules require ITA submission from workplaces with 250+ employees in any industry, plus workplaces with 20+ employees in the roughly 60 NAICS codes classified as high-hazard (construction, manufacturing, healthcare, warehousing, agriculture, and others). Across this Minnesota cohort, workers have logged 259,594 recordable injuries. The published state average Total Case Rate (TCR) of 5.7 injuries per 100 full-time workers uses the 13,817 establishments with a credible rate (zero-rate and corrupt-hours filings stay in the inventory counts above but are excluded from the average, see methodology).

The state has recorded 141 workplace fatalities in the reporting window, which is tracked separately from non-fatal injury counts because fatal events have their own investigation trail under 29 CFR 1904.39. Reading state-level TCR requires context: the headline figure is driven by a state's industry mix. A state with a heavy construction, logging, or meatpacking footprint will mechanically post higher TCR than a state dominated by finance or professional services, even when individual employers are equally well-managed. That is why the employer table below sorts each establishment by its own TCR and letter grade, against the BLS benchmark for its specific industry, not against the state average.

For jobseekers, relocators, investors, and local safety professionals, state-level pages function as an entry point: use the grade-sorted list to spot the safest and highest-risk employers in Minnesota, then click through to an individual establishment for its year-by-year injury, illness, DART, and fatality trajectory. Compare multiple years before drawing conclusions, a single outlier year can reflect a specific event, whereas a sustained pattern across reporting cycles is a more reliable risk signal. All data comes directly from employer-submitted OSHA Form 300A summaries. State OSHA plans in 22 states operate their own enforcement programs in parallel, but the injury data above is harmonized through the federal ITA system.

Employers in Minnesota, by injury rate

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EmployerCityIndustryGradeAvg TCR
Mille Lacs Energy CooperativeAitkinDistribution of electric powF7.6
Northern Wholesale Supply - Lino LakesLino LakesMarine supplies, pleasure, mF7.6
00001719 1719 MonticelloMonticelloPet and Pet Supplies StoresF7.6
4186-00751Saint PaulAll Other General MerchandisF7.6
XOWOwatonnaFreight TransportationD7.6
District WideWindomK-12 EducationF7.6
2248-63144EdinaAssisted LivingD7.6
Plainview-Elgin-Millville ISD#2899PlainviewCafeteria food services contF7.6
St Louis Park 3316St. Louis ParkAuto body repair and refinisF7.6
Silverstreak Dairy LLC, Silverstreak DairyPierzDairy cattle farmingD7.5
Manheim Northstar MinnesotaShakopeeAutomobile and Other Motor VF7.5
1757HermantownWarehouse Clubs and SupercenF7.5
2548-00000461MaplewoodPet and Pet Supplies StoresF7.5
2007 St Cloud Distrib Center (Mn)St CloudGeneral Warehousing and StorD7.5
Global Specialty Fulfillment : UMN1MinneapolisGeneral Warehousing and StorD7.5
S03174 - MN FairmontFairmont-F7.5
Brooklyn Center Middle and High School STEAMBrooklyn CenterSchools, secondaryF7.5
Minnesota Specialty Health System - WadenaWadenaAlcoholism rehabilitation faD7.5
Augustana The PinesRichfieldAssisted-living facilities wD7.5
Hilton Garden Inn EaganEaganHotels (except casino hotelsF7.5
KellingtonMinneapolisAddition, alteration and renF7.5
Domino's Supply Chain Center- MinnesotaEaganPizza doughs made from purchF7.5
Quality Metals IncSaint PaulAluminum plate made by flat F7.5
Far 72Minneapolis-F7.5
Greenway Surgery CenterMinneapolisAmbulatory surgical centers D7.5
6795-03313B01West St. PaulPharmacies and Drug StoresF7.5
2957Detroit LakesWarehouse Clubs and SupercenF7.5
267171-Oss-Maple Grove BrOsseoMail and Parcel DeliveryD7.5
WebsterMinneapolisAcademies, elementary or secF7.5
Building F-Duluth Clinic -3rd StreetDuluthFamily physicians' offices (D7.5
Allina Health Forest Lake ClinicForest Lake-D7.5
Boulder Ponds Senior LivingLake ElmoAssisted Living FacilityC7.5
Fitger's on the Lake, LLCDuluthHotels (except casino hotelsF7.5
Hulstein Excavating Inc.EdgertonBackfilling, constructionF7.5
06489s DrugstoreShakopeePharmacies and drug storesF7.5
Richfield Senior HighRichfieldElementary and secondary schF7.5
EnviroBateMinneapolisBlacktop work, residential aF7.5
Akkerman IncBrownsdaleUnderground mining machineryF7.5
2346White Bear LakeAutomotive DealersF7.5
0663 - MankatoMankatoDiscount Department StoresF7.5
Brookdale Inver Grove HeightsInver Grove HeightsAssisted-living facilities wD7.5
American Masonry RestorationFridleyMasonry contractorsF7.5
ProForm Fabrication, LLCWinstedMetal casting machinery and F7.5
Amerhart MSMarshallLumber, Plywood, MillworkF7.5
Caledonia StoreCaledoniaFarm machinery and equipmentF7.5
2904-SAS-MNAnyWholesale Trade Agents and BF7.5
Lupient ChevroletBloomingtonAutomobile dealers, new onlyF7.5
MINNEHAHA_1574855MinneapolisMail and Parcel DeliveryD7.5
Star Tribune Media Company, LLC - Heritage PlantMinneapolisNewspaper publishers and priF7.5
Highland SchoolCrookstonK-12 EducationF7.5
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Nationwide states with similar injury rates or employer scale

Two PlainSafetyScore-derived peer sets for Minnesota: nearest states and territories by rated-subset average Total Case Rate and by OSHA-reporting employer inventory. These are cross-state neighborhoods, not the employer list above.

Similar average TCR

Nearest states by rated-subset Total Case Rate (5.7 here).

Similar employer inventory

Nearest states by reporting employer count (15,828 here).

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainSafetyScore

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Every figure and grade on PlainSafetyScore is computed directly from OSHA's published Injury Tracking Application data and BLS industry benchmarks, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these safety grades, or report a data error. Data current as of 2016-2024 OSHA ITA release.