Metal casting machinery and equipment manufacturing · Minnesota

Aerofab Inc

Blaine, MN · ~69 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.8
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Aerofab Inc runs at 116% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Metal casting machinery and equipment manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

Aerofab Inc: 3.8 TCR = 116% of Metal casting machinery and equipment manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Aerofab Inc safety composite

Aerofab Inc scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 29%), 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

37/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 3.82 per 100 workers

Safer than 37% of industry peers

DART rate
F 2.32 per 100 workers

Safer than 29% 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

−3.7

2017→2023

Aerofab Inc injury rate improved

Aerofab Inc's TCR fell 3.7 from 6.0 in 2017 to 2.3 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2017 at 6.0 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.61× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=6.0 · 2021=5.8 · 2022=1.2 · 2023=2.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 333249 · Blaine, MN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 3.8 · 116% of ind

  • DART 2.3 DART
  • RANK #15/23
  • PHOTO Stratasys SDM (Poway)
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 11 inj
  • SIZE ~69 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Stratasys SDM (Poway) (0.0 TCR gap)

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Aerofab Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Aerofab Inc averages 3.8 TCR (116% of the Metal casting machinery and equipment manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Aerofab Inc TCR series: 2017=6 · 2021=5.8 · 2022=1.2 · 2023=2.3 · BLS 3.3

Where Aerofab Inc falls in its industry

448 Metal casting machinery and eq establishments

Safer than 37% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #15 safest of 23 Metal casting machinery and eq employers in Minnesota.

Aerofab Inc (69 employees, TCR 3.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 70 employees and a TCR of 3.0 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 0200400600800 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Aerofab Inc
Aerofab Inc (69 employees, TCR 3.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 70 employees and a TCR of 3.0

Aerofab Inc has fewer employees than the Metal casting machinery and equipment ma median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.0. 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
2023 2.3 2.3 2 0 0
2022 1.2 1.2 1 0 0
2021 5.8 3.5 5 0 0
2017 6.0 0.0 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

333249 · MN · Blaine

448 Metal casting machinery and equipment manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 163 employers in Blaine, 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 Stratasys SDM (Poway) 3.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR A-C Equipment Services 3.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Century Mold-TN 3.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Groz-Beckert, USA, Inc. 3.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE WindLogics St. Paul 69 FTE
STATE-SIZE Lake Region Electric Cooperative 69 FTE
STATE-SIZE Restoration Professionals, Inc 69 FTE
STATE-SIZE Field & Shop 69 FTE
CITY-NEAR Estee Lauder - Blaine 669 FTE
CITY-NEAR Infinite Campus, Inc. 471 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1832 - Blaine 400 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 3498 352 FTE
NAT-TCR Cumberland Corral, LLC 3.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Cheever's Cafe 3.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Cargill 3.8 TCR
NAT-TCR HA - Helena 3.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Best One of Indy 69 FTE
NAT-SIZE Vl-Morrisville Service Center 69 FTE
NAT-SIZE Buckley Roofing Company, Inc 69 FTE
NAT-SIZE Chimes District of Columbia, Andrews Airforce Base 69 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: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2017. 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.