Ornamental metalwork manufacturing · Minnesota

Astro Metal Craft

Hanover, MN · ~33 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
13.0
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Astro Metal Craft runs at 393% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Ornamental metalwork manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Astro Metal Craft: 13.0 TCR = 393% of Ornamental metalwork manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Astro Metal Craft safety composite

Astro Metal Craft scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 1%), 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

15/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 12.98 per 100 workers

Safer than 6% of industry peers

DART rate
F 12.5 per 100 workers

Safer than 1% 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

Astro Metal Craft: 10.3 → 15.6 TCR

Peak year 2019 @ 15.6 TCR · DART/TCR 0.96× in 2019

Astro Metal Craft's TCR rose 5.3 from 10.3 in 2018 to 15.6 in 2019. In 2019, DART was 0.96× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332323 · Hanover, MN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 13.0 · 393% of ind

  • DART 12.5 DART
  • RANK #14/15
  • PHOTO General Iron & Steel…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 8 inj
  • SIZE ~33 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: General Iron & Steel, Inc. (0.2 TCR gap)

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Astro Metal Craft in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Astro Metal Craft averages 13.0 TCR (393% of the Ornamental metalwork manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Astro Metal Craft TCR series: 2018=10.3 · 2019=15.6 · BLS 3.3

Where Astro Metal Craft falls in its industry

309 Ornamental metalwork manufactu establishments

Safer than 6% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #14 safest of 15 Ornamental metalwork manufactu employers in Minnesota.

Astro Metal Craft (33 employees, TCR 13.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 48 employees and a TCR of 4.1 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 050100150200250 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Astro Metal Craft
Astro Metal Craft (33 employees, TCR 13.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 48 employees and a TCR of 4.1

Astro Metal Craft has fewer employees than the Ornamental metalwork manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.1. 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 15.6 12.5 5 0 0
2018 10.3 6.9 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332323 · MN · Hanover

309 Ornamental metalwork manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 4 employers in Hanover, 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 General Iron & Steel, Inc. 13.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Sharpe Fabrication Inc 13.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Alfab, Inc. 12.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR 5130 Sunbeam 13.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Perham Egg LLC 33 FTE
STATE-SIZE Gorans Brothers Inc. 33 FTE
STATE-SIZE Las Vegas Raiders 17150004 33 FTE
STATE-SIZE Loeffler Construction & Consulting 33 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hanover Elementary School 43 FTE
CITY-NEAR Inspired Senior Living of Hanover 26 FTE
CITY-NEAR Pearson Bros., Inc. 13 FTE
NAT-TCR Frisco Memory Care, LLC 13.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Somerset Rehabilitation & Living Center 13.0 TCR
NAT-TCR 424 ABC Supply Co., inc 13.0 TCR
NAT-TCR LuLu's Myrtle Beach, LLC. 13.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE 90 Commerce Rd 33 FTE
NAT-SIZE Upper Marlboro Distribution Center 33 FTE
NAT-SIZE Tri-Cities Staffing 33 FTE
NAT-SIZE Original Mattress Factory - Charlotte 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: 2019, 2018. 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.