Employer · Minnesota

7477_17218

Cologne, MN · ~50 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.7
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

7477_17218 runs at 111% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical industry workplace, earning a grade C.

7477_17218: 3.7 TCR = 111% of industry BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

7477_17218 safety composite

7477_17218 scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 16%), 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

39/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 3.66 per 100 workers

Safer than 51% of industry peers

DART rate
F 5.37 per 100 workers

Safer than 16% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 51% 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

7477_17218: 3.6 → 5.4 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 5.4 TCR · DART/TCR 1.47× in 2024

7477_17218's TCR rose 1.8 from 3.6 in 2022 to 5.4 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1.47× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 337110 · Cologne, MN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 3.7 · 111% of ind

  • DART 5.4 DART
  • RANK #9/24
  • PHOTO Nature's Blend
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~50 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Nature's Blend (0.0 TCR gap)

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7477_17218 in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows 7477_17218 averages 3.7 TCR (111% of the industry BLS benchmark).

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

7477_17218 TCR series: 2022=3.6 · 2023=2 · 2024=5.4 · BLS 3.3

Where 7477_17218 falls in its industry

508 industry establishments

Safer than 51% 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 #9 safest of 24 industry employers in Minnesota.

7477_17218 (50 employees, TCR 3.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 75 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 0200400600 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate 7477_17218
7477_17218 (50 employees, TCR 3.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 75 employees and a TCR of 3.8

7477_17218 has fewer employees than the industry 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 5.4 5.4 2 1 0
2023 2.0 0.0 1 0 0
2022 3.6 3.6 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

337110 · MN · Cologne

508 industry employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 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 Nature's Blend 3.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR MasterBrand Cabinet Inc. 3.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Tharp Cabinet Company 3.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR NorCal 3.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Meadow Star 50 FTE
STATE-SIZE Louriston 50 FTE
STATE-SIZE East Dublin 50 FTE
STATE-SIZE Edina Service Center-UB 50 FTE
CITY-NEAR PWHQ 93 FTE
NAT-TCR Saticoy Lemon Association - Ventura 3.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Stainless Systems, Inc. 3.7 TCR
NAT-TCR 5030 Winchester Rdc 3.7 TCR
NAT-TCR 1238 Springfield Gardens 3.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Fast Trips LLC 50 FTE
NAT-SIZE US Boiler Co, LLC Centerville Warehouse 50 FTE
NAT-SIZE RBM-Guardian Fire Protection, Inc. 50 FTE
NAT-SIZE GFL Environmental Elmira Hauling and Transfer Station 50 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. 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.