Stampings (except automotive, cans, coins), metal, unfinished, manufacturing · Minnesota

Chaska Machine and Tool

Name: Chaska Machine and Tool Workplace Safety Data
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Waconia, MN · ~32 workers · 5 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

Chaska Machine and Tool runs at 74% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Stampings (except automotive, cans, coins), metal, unfinished, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

Chaska Machine and Tool: 2.4 TCR = 74% of Stampings (except automotive, cans, coins), metal, unfinished, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Chaska Machine and Tool safety composite

Chaska Machine and Tool scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 84% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 29%), 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).

56/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): B 2.44 per 100 workers

Safer than 84% of industry peers
DART rate: F 3.51 per 100 workers

Safer than 29% 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%).

Chaska Machine and Tool held a steady TCR band

Chaska Machine and Tool's TCR held near 0.2 from 3.3 in 2017 to 3.5 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1.44× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=3.3 · 2021=2.7 · 2022=2.6 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=3.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332119 · Waconia, MN AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.4 · 74% of ind

DART 3.5 DART
RANK #4/27
PHOTO Cole Manufacturing
BOOK 5y book
INJ 4 inj
SIZE ~32 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Cole Manufacturing (0.0 TCR gap)

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Dynamic Stampi

2.5
This site

2.4
Cole Manufactu

2.4
Clairon Metals

2.4
Dyco Manufactu

2.4

What this shows Chaska Machine and Tool averages 2.4 TCR (74% of the Stampings (except automotive, cans, coins), metal, unfinished, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Chaska Machine and Tool TCR series: 2017=3.3 · 2021=2.7 · 2022=2.6 · 2023=0 · 2024=3.5 · BLS 3.3

Where Chaska Machine and Tool falls in its industry

477 Stampings (except automotive, establishments

Safer than 84% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.1.

Grade B

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 27 Stampings (except automotive, employers in Minnesota.

Chaska Machine and Tool (32 employees, TCR 2.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 62 employees and a TCR of 5.1

Chaska Machine and Tool has fewer employees than the Stampings (except automotive, cans, coin median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.1. 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
2024	3.5	3.5	1
2023	0.0	0.0	0
2022	2.6	2.6	1
2021	2.7	2.7	1
2017	3.3	0.0	1

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332119 · MN · Waconia

477 Stampings (except automotive, cans, coins), metal, unfinished, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 44 employers in Waconia, 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	Cole Manufacturing	WEST BEND, WI	2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Dynamic Stampings, Inc	SUSSEX, WI	2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Clairon Metals Corporation	COVINGTON, GA	2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Dyco Manufacturing, INC	MONTPELIER, OH	2.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE	MN Farm	MORRIS	32 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Schwartz SE Office	SLEEPY EYE	32 FTE
STATE-SIZE	High Bridge Combined Cycle	SAINT PAUL	32 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Steele Waseca Coop Electric	OWATONNA	32 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Ridgeview Waconia	Waconia	2,057 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Ridgeview Medical Center	Waconia	1,793 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Cabinetworks Group	Waconia	441 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Educational Services Center	Waconia	415 FTE
NAT-TCR	Cedarcrest Care Center	Broken Arrow, OK	2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR	Recovery Village at Palmer Lake	Palmer Lake, CO	2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR	Lakeland Hills Center	Lakeland, FL	2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR	ClimaCool Corp	Oklahoma City, OK	2.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Dry Cleaner/Laundry	Lincoln, NE	32 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Wendy's	Kuttawa, KY	32 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Friends of Dinosaur Ridge	Morrison, CO	32 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Wyler Industrial Works, Inc	El Paso, TX	32 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, 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.