Chemical research and development laboratories or services (except biotechnology research and development) · Minnesota

BASF Corporation - Shakopee

Shakopee, MN · ~93 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
0.8
Avg TCR
0.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

BASF Corporation - Shakopee runs at 164% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Chemical research and development laboratories or services (except biotechnology research and development) workplace, earning a grade D.

BASF Corporation - Shakopee: 0.8 TCR = 164% of Chemical research and development laboratories or services (except biotechnology research and development) BLS 0.5 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

BASF Corporation - Shakopee safety composite

BASF Corporation - Shakopee scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 70% 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).

C

55/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 0.82 per 100 workers

Safer than 46% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 70% 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%).

BASF Corporation - Shakopee held a steady TCR band

BASF Corporation - Shakopee's TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2017 at 2.2 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=0.0 · 2017=2.2 · 2018=1.1 · 2019=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 541712 · Shakopee, MN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 0.8 · 164% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #3/10
  • PHOTO Virgin Hyperloop
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~93 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Virgin Hyperloop (0.0 TCR gap)

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BASF Corporation - Shakopee in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows BASF Corporation - Shakopee averages 0.8 TCR (164% of the Chemical research and development laboratories or services (except biotechnology research and development) BLS benchmark).

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

BASF Corporation - Shakopee TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=2.2 · 2018=1.1 · 2019=0 · BLS 0.5

Where BASF Corporation - Shakopee falls in its industry

319 Chemical research and developm establishments

Safer than 46% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 0.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 10 Chemical research and developm employers in Minnesota.

BASF Corporation - Shakopee (93 employees, TCR 0.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 159 employees and a TCR of 0.8 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 01,0002,0003,0004,0005,000 02468 Average employees Total Case Rate BASF Corporation - Shakopee
BASF Corporation - Shakopee (93 employees, TCR 0.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 159 employees and a TCR of 0.8

BASF Corporation - Shakopee has fewer employees than the Chemical research and development labora median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 0.8. 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 1.1 0.0 1 0 0
2017 2.2 1.1 1 1 0
2016 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

541712 · MN · Shakopee

319 Chemical research and development laboratories or services (except biotechnology research and development) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 180 employers in Shakopee, 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 Virgin Hyperloop 0.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR SSRI 0.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Carrier Corporation (Engineering/R&D) 0.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Paragon Technical Services 0.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Better Futures Minnesota 93 FTE
STATE-SIZE Bruce Kreofsky and Sons 93 FTE
STATE-SIZE Bruce Kreofsky & Sons, Inc 93 FTE
STATE-SIZE Stockness Construction Inc 93 FTE
CITY-NEAR Amazon.com Services LLC - MSP1 2,298 FTE
CITY-NEAR North America Fulfillment Centers (FCs) : MSP1 2,202 FTE
CITY-NEAR Entrust Corporation 1,448 FTE
CITY-NEAR Emerson Automation Solutions - Shakopee 1,350 FTE
NAT-TCR L'Oreal - Torrance 0.8 TCR
NAT-TCR C.C.D.S. Inc. dba Industrial Door Company 0.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Gillette Rebuild 0.8 TCR
NAT-TCR RJT Excavating Inc. 0.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE CTI Industries 93 FTE
NAT-SIZE Administrative Services 93 FTE
NAT-SIZE Douglas Cleaners Inc DBA: ImageFIRST Healthcare Laundry 93 FTE
NAT-SIZE Corp 93 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, 2016. 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.