DDSs' (doctors of dental surgery) offices (e.g., centers, clinics) · Minnesota

Associated Dentists

Saint Paul, MN · ~33 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.0
Avg TCR
3.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Associated Dentists runs at 132% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical DDSs' (doctors of dental surgery) offices (e.g., centers, clinics) workplace, earning a grade D.

Associated Dentists: 5.0 TCR = 132% of DDSs' (doctors of dental surgery) offices (e.g., centers, clinics) BLS 3.8 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Associated Dentists safety composite

Associated Dentists scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 57% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 46%), 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

51/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 5.01 per 100 workers

Safer than 46% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 57% 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

Associated Dentists: 0.0 → 3.3 TCR

Peak year 2023 @ 11.8 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2024

Associated Dentists's TCR rose 3.3 from 0.0 in 2021 to 3.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 11.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 621210 · Saint Paul, MN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 5.0 · 132% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #20/29
  • PHOTO Lake County Dental
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~33 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Lake County Dental (0.2 TCR gap)

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Associated Dentists in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Associated Dentists averages 5.0 TCR (132% of the DDSs' (doctors of dental surgery) offices (e.g., centers, clinics) BLS benchmark).

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

Associated Dentists TCR series: 2021=0 · 2023=11.8 · 2024=3.3 · BLS 3.8

Where Associated Dentists falls in its industry

81 DDSs' (doctors of dental surge establishments

Safer than 46% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #20 safest of 29 DDSs' (doctors of dental surge employers in Minnesota.

Associated Dentists (33 employees, TCR 5.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 35 employees and a TCR of 4.4 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 0200400600800 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Associated Dentists
Associated Dentists (33 employees, TCR 5.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 35 employees and a TCR of 4.4

Associated Dentists has fewer employees than the DDSs' (doctors of dental surgery) office median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.4. 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
2024 3.3 0.0 1 0 0
2023 11.8 0.0 3 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

621210 · MN · Saint Paul

81 DDSs' (doctors of dental surgery) offices (e.g., centers, clinics) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 291 employers in Saint Paul, 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 Lake County Dental 5.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Cambridge Family Dental 4.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Valley Dental Group 5.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Eastern Iowa Dental Clinic 5.4 TCR
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STATE-SIZE Gorans Brothers Inc. 33 FTE
STATE-SIZE Las Vegas Raiders 17150004 33 FTE
STATE-SIZE Loeffler Construction & Consulting 33 FTE
CITY-NEAR HE-Midway Corporate Campus 2,194 FTE
CITY-NEAR Minnesota Department of Public Safety 2,100 FTE
CITY-NEAR Minnesota Department of Human Services, Central Office, Andersen, DC1 & Golden Rule 1,486 FTE
CITY-NEAR FV St Josephs Hospital 1,426 FTE
NAT-TCR Foxen Winery and Vineyard 5.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Kratos Unmanned Aerial Systems OKKUS 5.0 TCR
NAT-TCR The Candler Hotel 5.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Return Polymers 5.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Lonesome Dove 33 FTE
NAT-SIZE Valley Sanitary District 33 FTE
NAT-SIZE GMS Franklin 33 FTE
NAT-SIZE Residence Inn Near Universal Orlando 33 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, 2021. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.