Grinding machines, metalworking, manufacturing · Minnesota

Caribou Technologies

Name: Caribou Technologies Workplace Safety Data
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Circle Pines, MN · ~78 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

B
Good Safety Record: 2.4
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Caribou Technologies runs at 73% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Grinding machines, metalworking, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

Caribou Technologies: 2.4 TCR = 73% of Grinding machines, metalworking, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Caribou Technologies safety composite

Caribou Technologies scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 75% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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).

65/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): C 2.41 per 100 workers

Safer than 65% of industry peers
DART rate: B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 75% 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%).

Caribou Technologies held a steady TCR band

Caribou Technologies's TCR held near 0.1 from 2.5 in 2017 to 2.4 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2017 at 2.5 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=2.5 · 2018=2.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 333517 · Circle Pines, MN AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.4 · 73% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #7/21
PHOTO Messer
BOOK 2y book
INJ 4 inj
SIZE ~78 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Messer (0.0 TCR gap)

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2.4
Messer

2.4
Polco Metal Fi

2.4
Sakamura U.S.A

2.4
Mendell Machin

2.4

What this shows Caribou Technologies averages 2.4 TCR (73% of the Grinding machines, metalworking, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Caribou Technologies TCR series: 2017=2.5 · 2018=2.4 · BLS 3.3

Where Caribou Technologies falls in its industry

391 Grinding machines, metalworkin establishments

Safer than 65% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.4.

Grade B

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #7 safest of 21 Grinding machines, metalworkin employers in Minnesota.

Caribou Technologies (78 employees, TCR 2.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 3.4

Caribou Technologies has more employees than the Grinding machines, metalworking, manufac median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.4. 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
2018	2.4	0.0	2	0	0
2017	2.5	0.0	2	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

333517 · MN · Circle Pines

391 Grinding machines, metalworking, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 27 employers in Circle Pines, MN · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Messer	MENOMONEE FALLS, WI	2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Polco Metal Finishing	MILWAUKEE, WI	2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Sakamura U.S.A., Inc.	MARION, OH	2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Mendell Machine & Manufacturing DBA EPTAM Precision Micro-machining	LAKEVILLE, MN	2.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Austin Utilities	AUSTIN	78 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Highline Construction, Inc.	PAYNESVILLE	78 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Wireless - Wanamingo, MN	WANAMINGO	78 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Prestige Drywall inc.	ANOKA	78 FTE
CITY-NEAR	High School - West Building	Circle Pines	239 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Centennial High School	Circle Pines	220 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Region 065 - Minnesota, South Dakota, North Dakota	Circle Pines	198 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Advanced Molding Technologies	Circle Pines	169 FTE
NAT-TCR	Design Manufacturing, LLC	Comstock Park, MI	2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR	Wilderness Resort & Hotel, Inc	Wisconsin Dells, WI	2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR	Mesa Vineyard Management, Inc.	Templeton, CA	2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR	Industrial Transfer & Storage Inc.	Dudley, MA	2.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Mundy Maintenance, Services and Operations LLC Job #32010	Orange, TX	78 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Creamland - Albq - 2nd St - Plant	Albuquerque, NM	78 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Country Fresh - Livonia - Merriman	Livonia, MI	78 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Sterett Crane and Rigging, LLC	Owensboro, KY	78 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: 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.