Furniture, household-type, upholstered on frames of any material, manufacturing · Minnesota
Blu Dot Design & Manufacturing
Minneapolis, MN · ~197 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- A
- Excellent Safety Record
- 1.3
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Blu Dot Design & Manufacturing runs at 39% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Furniture, household-type, upholstered on frames of any material, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.
Blu Dot Design & Manufacturing: 1.3 TCR = 39% of Furniture, household-type, upholstered on frames of any material, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Blu Dot Design & Manufacturing safety composite
Blu Dot Design & Manufacturing scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 91% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).
67/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- A 1.28 per 100 workers
Safer than 91% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 2.16 per 100 workers
Safer than 52% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- D 0
Safer than 51% 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
Blu Dot Design & Manufacturing: 0.0 → 2.2 TCR
Peak year 2022 @ 2.7 TCR · DART/TCR 1.69× in 2024
Blu Dot Design & Manufacturing's TCR rose 2.2 from 0.0 in 2020 to 2.2 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 2.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.69× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 337121 · Minneapolis, MN AT/BELOW-IND · MID
Grade A · TCR 1.3 · 39% of ind
- DART 2.2 DART
- RANK P91
- PHOTO Best Home Furnishing…
- BOOK 5y book
- INJ 13 inj
- SIZE ~197 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Best Home Furnishings/Office (0.0 TCR gap)
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Blu Dot Design & Manufacturing in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Blu Dot Design & Manufacturing
1.3 TCR
- Best Home Furn
Best Home Furnishings/Office
1.3 TCR
- King Hickory F
King Hickory Furniture - Greenville-SC
1.3 TCR
- RHM
RHM
1.3 TCR
- Ort Furniture
Ort Furniture Mfg. Co.
1.3 TCR
What this shows Blu Dot Design & Manufacturing averages 1.3 TCR (39% of the Furniture, household-type, upholstered on frames of any material, manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Blu Dot Design & Manufacturing TCR series: 2020=0 · 2021=1.1 · 2022=2.7 · 2023=0.5 · 2024=2.2 · BLS 3.3
Where Blu Dot Design & Manufacturing falls in its industry
300 Furniture, household-type, uph establishmentsSafer than 91% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.5.
Blu Dot Design & Manufacturing has more employees than the Furniture, household-type, upholstered o median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.5. 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 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 2.7 | 1.8 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
337121 · MN · Minneapolis
300 Furniture, household-type, upholstered on frames of any material, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 1,321 employers in Minneapolis, 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 | Best Home Furnishings/Office | 1.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | King Hickory Furniture - Greenville-SC | 1.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | RHM | 1.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Ort Furniture Mfg. Co. | 1.3 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Michels Gas Distribution- Rogers, MN | 197 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Gagnon, Inc. | 197 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | DBL Labs | 197 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Productivity - MN HQ | 197 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 22,522 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | MN950 MN TELECOMMUTER | 12,021 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 0501 - City Center | 8,459 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Hennepin County Medical Center | 7,030 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Jackson Dean Construction | 1.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Gateway Chemicals LLC DBA Aldon | 1.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Wrens IGA #690 | 1.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Conklin Metal Industries - Nashville Branch | 1.3 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Ameriflight, LLC DFW | 197 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Smith Village | 197 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Riverside Suites Sales | 197 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | 10570 Green Bay Road | 197 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.