Explosives manufacturing · Minnesota

Austin Powder Mining LLC - Hibbing

Hibbing, MN · ~27 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
2.8
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Austin Powder Mining LLC - Hibbing runs at 85% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Explosives manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

Austin Powder Mining LLC - Hibbing: 2.8 TCR = 85% of Explosives manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Austin Powder Mining LLC - Hibbing safety composite

Austin Powder Mining LLC - Hibbing scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 80% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 38%), 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

56/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 2.8 per 100 workers

Safer than 38% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 80% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 52% 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

−13.5

2017→2024

Austin Powder Mining LLC - Hibbing injury rate improved

Austin Powder Mining LLC - Hibbing's TCR fell 13.5 from 13.5 in 2017 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2017 at 13.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=13.5 · 2018=4.2 · 2019=4.6 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325920 · Hibbing, MN AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 2.8 · 85% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK P38
  • PHOTO Dyno Nobel Simsbury,…
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~27 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Dyno Nobel Simsbury, CT (0.0 TCR gap)

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Austin Powder Mining LLC - Hibbing in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Austin Powder Mining LLC - Hibbing averages 2.8 TCR (85% of the Explosives manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Austin Powder Mining LLC - Hibbing TCR series: 2017=13.5 · 2018=4.2 · 2019=4.6 · 2020=0 · 2021=0 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Austin Powder Mining LLC - Hibbing falls in its industry

78 Explosives manufacturing establishments

Safer than 38% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Austin Powder Mining LLC - Hibbing (27 employees, TCR 2.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 80 employees and a TCR of 2.4 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 0200400600 0246 Average employees Total Case Rate Austin Powder Mining LLC - Hibbing
Austin Powder Mining LLC - Hibbing (27 employees, TCR 2.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 80 employees and a TCR of 2.4

Austin Powder Mining LLC - Hibbing has fewer employees than the Explosives manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.4. 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 4.6 0.0 1 0 0
2018 4.2 4.2 1 0 0
2017 13.5 4.5 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325920 · MN · Hibbing

78 Explosives manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 53 employers in Hibbing, 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 Dyno Nobel Simsbury, CT 2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Austin Powder Northeast LLC - Sterling, CT 2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Owen Oil Tools 2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Dyno Nobel 2.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Featherstone Fruits and Vegetables LLC. 27 FTE
STATE-SIZE Forest City Feedmill 27 FTE
STATE-SIZE Schwartz Farms PAP MN 27 FTE
STATE-SIZE 2011-Stanton, MN 27 FTE
CITY-NEAR FV - Range Medical Center 811 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 2937 247 FTE
CITY-NEAR L&M Radiator 246 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2937 237 FTE
NAT-TCR Racine 2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Carolina Multifamily Construction Inc 2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR West Hills Towing & Transport LLC 2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Reddy Ice - Salt Lake City (221) 2.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Lehman Roofing, Inc 27 FTE
NAT-SIZE The Crosby Company 27 FTE
NAT-SIZE Events Center 27 FTE
NAT-SIZE Edwards Label-Skokie 27 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.