Aerial work platforms manufacturing · Minnesota

Aspen Aerials, Inc.

Duluth, MN · ~30 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
8.7
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Aspen Aerials, Inc. runs at 262% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Aerial work platforms manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Aspen Aerials, Inc.: 8.7 TCR = 262% of Aerial work platforms manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Aspen Aerials, Inc. safety composite

Aspen Aerials, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 4%), 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

16/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 8.66 per 100 workers

Safer than 6% of industry peers

DART rate
F 6.37 per 100 workers

Safer than 4% 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

−4.8

2017→2024

Aspen Aerials, Inc. injury rate improved

Aspen Aerials, Inc.'s TCR fell 4.8 from 11.2 in 2017 to 6.4 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 21.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.74× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=11.2 · 2018=21.2 · 2019=3.1 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=10.4 · 2022=13.7 · 2023=3.3 · 2024=6.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 333923 · Duluth, MN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 8.7 · 262% of ind

  • DART 6.4 DART
  • RANK P6
  • PHOTO VERSALIFT MID WEST LLC
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 18 inj
  • SIZE ~30 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: VERSALIFT MID WEST LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Aspen Aerials, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Aspen Aerials, Inc. averages 8.7 TCR (262% of the Aerial work platforms manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Aspen Aerials, Inc. TCR series: 2017=11.2 · 2018=21.2 · 2019=3.1 · 2020=0 · 2021=10.4 · 2022=13.7 · 2023=3.3 · 2024=6.4 · BLS 3.3

Where Aspen Aerials, Inc. falls in its industry

157 Aerial work platforms manufact establishments

Safer than 6% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Aspen Aerials, Inc. (30 employees, TCR 8.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 74 employees and a TCR of 2.6 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 Aspen Aerials, Inc.
Aspen Aerials, Inc. (30 employees, TCR 8.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 74 employees and a TCR of 2.6

Aspen Aerials, Inc. has fewer employees than the Aerial work platforms manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.6. 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 6.4 6.4 2 0 0
2023 3.3 0.0 0 1 0
2022 13.7 13.7 4 0 0
2021 10.4 3.5 3 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 3.1 3.1 1 0 0
2018 21.2 12.7 5 0 0
2017 11.2 3.7 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

333923 · MN · Duluth

157 Aerial work platforms manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 340 employers in Duluth, 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 VERSALIFT MID WEST LLC 8.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR M3 8.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Etech Systems Inc 9.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Gorbel, Inc, 593 8.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Nelson Nursery 30 FTE
STATE-SIZE Northern Plains Dairy 30 FTE
STATE-SIZE United Dairy, Westland Dairy 30 FTE
STATE-SIZE Pipestone Grow Finish 30 FTE
CITY-NEAR St Mary's Medical Center 3,230 FTE
CITY-NEAR St. Luke's Hospital of Duluth 3,052 FTE
CITY-NEAR Building D-Miller Dwan Medical Center 1,880 FTE
CITY-NEAR University of Minnesota Duluth 1,701 FTE
NAT-TCR Brush Meat Processors 8.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Germains Seed Technology - Gilroy 8.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Agrana Fruit US, Inc. Lysander 8.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Stericycle - Lake City,GA 8.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE TW Metals - Cincinnati 30 FTE
NAT-SIZE ArborScape Inc 30 FTE
NAT-SIZE BR22 Reno 30 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hill Canyon Wastewater Treatment Plant 30 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. 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.