Buffing and polishing machines, metalworking, manufacturing · Minnesota

ALMCO

Albert Lea, MN · ~51 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.3
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

ALMCO runs at 40% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Buffing and polishing machines, metalworking, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

ALMCO: 1.3 TCR = 40% of Buffing and polishing machines, metalworking, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

ALMCO safety composite

ALMCO scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 83% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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).

C

72/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.31 per 100 workers

Safer than 83% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 75% 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%).

Rising injury rate

ALMCO: 0.0 → 2.1 TCR

Peak year 2020 @ 2.5 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2022

ALMCO's TCR rose 2.1 from 0.0 in 2017 to 2.1 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2020 at 2.5 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 333517 · Albert Lea, MN AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 1.3 · 40% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #4/21
  • PHOTO Fives Cincinnati
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~51 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Fives Cincinnati (0.0 TCR gap)

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ALMCO in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows ALMCO averages 1.3 TCR (40% of the Buffing and polishing machines, metalworking, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

ALMCO TCR series: 2017=0 · 2019=2 · 2020=2.5 · 2021=0 · 2022=2.1 · BLS 3.3

Where ALMCO falls in its industry

391 Buffing and polishing machines establishments

Safer than 83% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 21 Buffing and polishing machines employers in Minnesota.

ALMCO (51 employees, TCR 1.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 3.4 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 0100200300 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate ALMCO
ALMCO (51 employees, TCR 1.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 3.4

ALMCO has fewer employees than the Buffing and polishing machines, metalwor median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.4. 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
2022 2.1 0.0 0 1 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 2.5 0.0 1 0 0
2019 2.0 0.0 1 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

333517 · MN · Albert Lea

391 Buffing and polishing machines, metalworking, manufacturing 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 Fives Cincinnati 1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Acme Manufacturing Company 1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Grotnes 1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Stolle Machinery - Sidney 1.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE United Dairy, Union Dairy LLP 51 FTE
STATE-SIZE ON 51 FTE
STATE-SIZE Wes Hanson Builders 51 FTE
STATE-SIZE Minneapolis Office 51 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 Louis Dreyfus Company - Norfolk 1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR 769 - Fresh Meadows 1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR 1285 - Orem 1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Windy City Motorcycle Company All Locations 1.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE 500 - Distribution Center - Ace Mart 51 FTE
NAT-SIZE Dumont Wellness Center 51 FTE
NAT-SIZE Price Cutter #29 51 FTE
NAT-SIZE IMPACT 51 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: 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 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.