Lumber Plywood Millwork and Wood Panel Merchant Wholesalers · Minnesota

Aitkin

Aitkin, MN · ~45 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
4.5
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Aitkin runs at 203% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Lumber Plywood Millwork and Wood Panel Merchant Wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.

Aitkin: 4.5 TCR = 203% of Lumber Plywood Millwork and Wood Panel Merchant Wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Aitkin safety composite

Aitkin scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 38%), 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

45/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 4.47 per 100 workers

Safer than 47% of industry peers

DART rate
D 3.64 per 100 workers

Safer than 38% 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%).

Aitkin held a steady TCR band

Aitkin's TCR held near 0.3 from 4.0 in 2021 to 3.6 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 8.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.81× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=4.0 · 2022=1.9 · 2023=8.3 · 2024=3.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423310 · Aitkin, MN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 4.5 · 203% of ind

  • DART 3.6 DART
  • RANK #11/28
  • PHOTO 1003
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 8 inj
  • SIZE ~45 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 1003 (0.0 TCR gap)

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Aitkin in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Aitkin averages 4.5 TCR (203% of the Lumber Plywood Millwork and Wood Panel Merchant Wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

Aitkin TCR series: 2021=4 · 2022=1.9 · 2023=8.3 · 2024=3.6 · BLS 2.2

Where Aitkin falls in its industry

1,225 Lumber Plywood Millwork and Wo establishments

Safer than 47% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #11 safest of 28 Lumber Plywood Millwork and Wo employers in Minnesota.

Aitkin (45 employees, TCR 4.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 41 employees and a TCR of 4.2 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 020406080100120 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Aitkin
Aitkin (45 employees, TCR 4.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 41 employees and a TCR of 4.2

Aitkin has more employees than the Lumber Plywood Millwork and Wood Panel M median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.2. 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 3.6 3.6 1 0 0
2023 8.3 4.2 4 0 0
2022 1.9 1.9 1 0 0
2021 4.0 4.0 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423310 · MN · Aitkin

1,225 Lumber Plywood Millwork and Wood Panel Merchant Wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 26 employers in Aitkin, 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 1003 4.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Masonite Lawrenceville 4.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR BlueLinx Corporation Denville 4.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Sierra Forest Products 4.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE District 45 45 FTE
STATE-SIZE Allstar Construction Commercial Op Co, LLC 45 FTE
STATE-SIZE Doran Construction Company, LLC 45 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hasslen Construction Company, Inc. 45 FTE
CITY-NEAR Riverwood Hospital 373 FTE
CITY-NEAR Riverwood Healthcare Center - Hospital 317 FTE
CITY-NEAR Aitkin County 242 FTE
CITY-NEAR Aitkin High School 115 FTE
NAT-TCR Store 540 4.5 TCR
NAT-TCR 057 Lci 4.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Paul Saunders Roofing Co Inc 4.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Zebulon 4.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Tulsa 45 FTE
NAT-SIZE Clean Harbors Environmental Services Inc 10TI 45 FTE
NAT-SIZE Vanguard Auto Sales LLC 45 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sacramento Plant 45 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, 2021. 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.