Chemical milling job shops · Minnesota

Comet Tool, Inc.

Hopkins, MN · ~17 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.8
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Comet Tool, Inc. runs at 114% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Chemical milling job shops workplace, earning a grade C.

Comet Tool, Inc.: 3.8 TCR = 114% of Chemical milling job shops BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Comet Tool, Inc. safety composite

Comet Tool, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 47%), 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

48/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 3.76 per 100 workers

Safer than 47% of industry peers

DART rate
D 0.22 per 100 workers

Safer than 49% 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

−5.5

2017→2024

Comet Tool, Inc. injury rate improved

Comet Tool, Inc.'s TCR fell 5.5 from 5.7 in 2017 to 0.2 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 11.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.06× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=5.7 · 2018=11.3 · 2019=5.6 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=7.2 · 2024=0.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332710 · Hopkins, MN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 3.8 · 114% of ind

  • DART 0.2 DART
  • RANK #39/92
  • PHOTO Habco Tool & Develop…
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 6 inj
  • SIZE ~17 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Habco Tool & Development Co., Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Comet Tool, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Comet Tool, Inc. averages 3.8 TCR (114% of the Chemical milling job shops BLS benchmark).

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

Comet Tool, Inc. TCR series: 2017=5.7 · 2018=11.3 · 2019=5.6 · 2020=0 · 2021=0 · 2022=0 · 2023=7.2 · 2024=0.2 · BLS 3.3

Where Comet Tool, Inc. falls in its industry

1,821 Chemical milling job shops establishments

Safer than 47% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #39 safest of 92 Chemical milling job shops employers in Minnesota.

Comet Tool, Inc. (17 employees, TCR 3.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 48 employees and a TCR of 3.5 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 050100150200250 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Comet Tool, Inc.
Comet Tool, Inc. (17 employees, TCR 3.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 48 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Comet Tool, Inc. has fewer employees than the Chemical milling job shops median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.5. 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 0.2 0.2 1 0 0
2023 7.2 7.2 1 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 5.6 0.0 1 0 0
2018 11.3 11.3 2 0 0
2017 5.7 5.7 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332710 · MN · Hopkins

1,821 Chemical milling job shops employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 59 employers in Hopkins, MN · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel Establishment Metric
NAICS-TCR Habco Tool & Development Co., Inc. 3.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Swissturn USA, Inc. 3.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR MB Aerospace Sterling Heights 3.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR R&H MFG., INC. 3.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Select Genetics MN Highway 12 003-0138-HT 17 FTE
STATE-SIZE Olivia - East 17 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hastings, MN 17 FTE
STATE-SIZE Cloquet 17 FTE
CITY-NEAR 9320 Excelsior Crossings 1,101 FTE
CITY-NEAR SUPERVALU DISTRIBUTION CENTER - MINNEAPOLIS 31511 902 FTE
CITY-NEAR Opportunity Partners - Koch Campus 897 FTE
CITY-NEAR The Blake School - Blake Campus 379 FTE
NAT-TCR Delavan 3.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Spartanburg Medical Center 3.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Public Works- Facilities 3.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Jefferson County Comprehensive Services, Inc. 3.8 TCR

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, 2020, 2019, 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.