Signs and signboards (except paper, paperboard) manufacturing · Minnesota

Archetype Signmakers, Inc.

Minneapolis, MN · ~65 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
10.7
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Archetype Signmakers, Inc. runs at 324% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Signs and signboards (except paper, paperboard) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Archetype Signmakers, Inc.: 10.7 TCR = 324% of Signs and signboards (except paper, paperboard) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Archetype Signmakers, Inc. safety composite

Archetype Signmakers, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 3%), 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

25/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 10.7 per 100 workers

Safer than 3% of industry peers

DART rate
F 2.67 per 100 workers

Safer than 31% 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

Archetype Signmakers, Inc.: 6.9 → 9.3 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 15.9 TCR · DART/TCR 0.25× in 2019

Archetype Signmakers, Inc.'s TCR rose 2.5 from 6.9 in 2017 to 9.3 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2018 at 15.9 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0.25× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 339950 · Minneapolis, MN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 10.7 · 324% of ind

  • DART 2.7 DART
  • RANK #12/12
  • PHOTO Manufacturing & Office
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 21 inj
  • SIZE ~65 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Manufacturing & Office (0.1 TCR gap)

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Archetype Signmakers, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Archetype Signmakers, Inc. averages 10.7 TCR (324% of the Signs and signboards (except paper, paperboard) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Archetype Signmakers, Inc. TCR series: 2017=6.9 · 2018=15.9 · 2019=9.3 · BLS 3.3

Where Archetype Signmakers, Inc. falls in its industry

405 Signs and signboards (except p establishments

Safer than 3% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #12 safest of 12 Signs and signboards (except p employers in Minnesota.

Archetype Signmakers, Inc. (65 employees, TCR 10.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 53 employees and a TCR of 3.5 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 Archetype Signmakers, Inc.
Archetype Signmakers, Inc. (65 employees, TCR 10.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 53 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Archetype Signmakers, Inc. has more employees than the Signs and signboards (except paper, pape median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.5. 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
2019 9.3 2.7 7 0 0
2018 15.9 3.2 10 0 0
2017 6.9 0.0 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

339950 · MN · Minneapolis

405 Signs and signboards (except paper, paperboard) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 1,321 employers in Minneapolis, 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 Manufacturing & Office 10.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR United Signs & Signals, Inc. 10.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Mac Industries, Inc. 10.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Salem Sports, Inc. 10.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Lake Prairie 65 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hibbing Public Utilities 65 FTE
STATE-SIZE City of Virginia Public Utilities 65 FTE
STATE-SIZE Michels Utility Services Inc-MN-Lakeville 65 FTE
CITY-NEAR University of Minnesota Twin Cities 22,522 FTE
CITY-NEAR MN950 MN TELECOMMUTER 12,021 FTE
CITY-NEAR 0501 - City Center 8,459 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hennepin County Medical Center 7,030 FTE
NAT-TCR Oklahoma City Ok - Cb Truck Parking 10.7 TCR
NAT-TCR St. Francis Center at the Knolls/Mt. Alverno Center 10.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Independence Property Services 10.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Richard Cohen Landscape & Construction, Inc. 10.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Whse Bsg 86126 Marinette Wi 65 FTE
NAT-SIZE Reduction Engineering Scheer 65 FTE
NAT-SIZE Terminix Service, Inc. TSI Commercial 71- 52 65 FTE
NAT-SIZE Reelfoot Manor Health & Rehab 65 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: 2019, 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.