Gearmotors (i.e., power transmission equipment) manufacturing · Minnesota

Columbia Gear

Avon, MN · ~277 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.5
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Columbia Gear runs at 77% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Gearmotors (i.e., power transmission equipment) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

Columbia Gear: 2.5 TCR = 77% of Gearmotors (i.e., power transmission equipment) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Columbia Gear safety composite

Columbia Gear scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 55% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (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).

D

52/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.54 per 100 workers

Safer than 55% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.24 per 100 workers

Safer than 50% 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%).

TCR Δ

−0.5

2016→2024

Columbia Gear injury rate improved

Columbia Gear's TCR fell 0.5 from 2.1 in 2016 to 1.6 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2017 at 5.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.49× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=2.1 · 2017=5.2 · 2018=3.7 · 2019=2.3 · 2020=1.9 · 2022=2.3 · 2023=1.1 · 2024=1.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 333612 · Avon, MN AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 2.5 · 77% of ind

  • DART 1.2 DART
  • RANK P55
  • PHOTO Gearbox Express
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 56 inj
  • SIZE ~277 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Gearbox Express (0.0 TCR gap)

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Columbia Gear in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Columbia Gear averages 2.5 TCR (77% of the Gearmotors (i.e., power transmission equipment) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Columbia Gear TCR series: 2016=2.1 · 2017=5.2 · 2018=3.7 · 2019=2.3 · 2020=1.9 · 2022=2.3 · 2023=1.1 · 2024=1.6 · BLS 3.3

Where Columbia Gear falls in its industry

106 Gearmotors (i.e., power transm establishments

Safer than 55% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Columbia Gear (277 employees, TCR 2.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 86 employees and a TCR of 3.1 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 0100200300400 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Columbia Gear
Columbia Gear (277 employees, TCR 2.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 86 employees and a TCR of 3.1

Columbia Gear has more employees than the Gearmotors (i.e., power transmission equ median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.1. 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 Illnesses Fatalities
2024 1.6 1.2 4 0 0
2023 1.1 0.7 3 0 0
2022 2.3 0.4 6 0 0
2020 1.9 1.0 4 0 0
2019 2.3 0.9 8 0 0
2018 3.7 1.1 13 0 0
2017 5.2 2.6 13 1 0
2016 2.1 0.9 5 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

333612 · MN · Avon

106 Gearmotors (i.e., power transmission equipment) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 12 employers in Avon, 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 Gearbox Express 2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Euclid Universal 2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Overton Chicago Gear - Addison 2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Formsprag LLC 2.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Lou-Rich Front Street 277 FTE
STATE-SIZE 6340-VIKING-001020_US_S0443 277 FTE
STATE-SIZE MINNESOTA 277 FTE
STATE-SIZE 0220 - Eden Prairie 277 FTE
CITY-NEAR Blattner Company LLC 6,665 FTE
CITY-NEAR Blattner Energy Inc 2,881 FTE
CITY-NEAR 118_12578 163 FTE
CITY-NEAR Midsota Manufacturing 129 FTE
NAT-TCR United Agronomy LLC 2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Marathon - CMC 2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Eau Claire Health Center 2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Sumter SC Truss 2.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Phoenix Alaska Reservations 277 FTE
NAT-SIZE Chapel Electric Co., LLC 277 FTE
NAT-SIZE International Packaging Corp 277 FTE
NAT-SIZE Giant Eagle #4036 277 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, 2020, 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.