Pickling metals and metal products for the trade · Minnesota

Albert Lea Electro Plating, Inc

Albert Lea, MN · ~22 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
10.4
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Albert Lea Electro Plating, Inc runs at 315% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Pickling metals and metal products for the trade workplace, earning a grade F.

Albert Lea Electro Plating, Inc: 10.4 TCR = 315% of Pickling metals and metal products for the trade BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Albert Lea Electro Plating, Inc safety composite

Albert Lea Electro Plating, Inc scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (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).

F

21/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 10.38 per 100 workers

Safer than 6% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.97 per 100 workers

Safer than 17% 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

Albert Lea Electro Plating, Inc: 4.6 → 5.0 TCR

Peak year 2023 @ 20.2 TCR · DART/TCR 0.48× in 2024

Albert Lea Electro Plating, Inc's TCR rose 0.4 from 4.6 in 2016 to 5.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 20.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.48× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332813 · Albert Lea, MN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 10.4 · 315% of ind

  • DART 5.0 DART
  • RANK #24/29
  • PHOTO Samuel Steel Picklin…
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 21 inj
  • SIZE ~22 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Samuel Steel Pickling Company TWI (0.0 TCR gap)

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Albert Lea Electro Plating, Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Albert Lea Electro Plating, Inc averages 10.4 TCR (315% of the Pickling metals and metal products for the trade BLS benchmark).

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

Albert Lea Electro Plating, Inc TCR series: 2016=4.6 · 2017=18.4 · 2018=0 · 2019=12.3 · 2020=9.1 · 2021=18.9 · 2022=5 · 2023=20.2 · 2024=5 · BLS 3.3

Where Albert Lea Electro Plating, Inc falls in its industry

585 Pickling metals and metal prod establishments

Safer than 6% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #24 safest of 29 Pickling metals and metal prod employers in Minnesota.

Albert Lea Electro Plating, Inc (22 employees, TCR 10.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 4.0 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 0200400600 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Albert Lea Electro Plating, Inc
Albert Lea Electro Plating, Inc (22 employees, TCR 10.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 4.0

Albert Lea Electro Plating, Inc has fewer employees than the Pickling metals and metal products for t median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.0. 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
2024 5.0 5.0 1 0 0
2023 20.2 20.2 4 0 0
2022 5.0 0.0 1 0 0
2021 18.9 9.4 4 0 0
2020 9.1 9.1 2 0 0
2019 12.3 0.0 3 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 18.4 3.7 5 0 0
2016 4.6 4.6 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332813 · MN · Albert Lea

585 Pickling metals and metal products for the trade employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 93 employers in Albert Lea, 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 Samuel Steel Pickling Company TWI 10.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Tri-State Plating 10.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Kryler Corporation 10.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Allied Finishing, Inc. 10.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Sunrise Dairy 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE Emerald Spring Dairy, Inc. 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE Silverstreak Dairy LLC, Greenstreak Dairy 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE Dassel 22 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mayo Clinic Health System-Albert Lea 825 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lou-Rich Front Street 277 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 1020 262 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1020 261 FTE
NAT-TCR Westminster Village Terre Haute 10.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Westside Care Center LLC 10.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Restoration Resources, Inc. 10.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Hrt Mtague Trl Slvr Lk Pk -Dnr 10.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Eurowood Custom Cabinets, Inc 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE Avista Generation Control Center 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE ABF Freight 027 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE ABF Freight 115 22 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, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.