Support Activities for Air Transportation · Minnesota

DGS Aviation Services : BRD - Brainerd

Name: DGS Aviation Services : BRD - Brainerd Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Brainerd, MN · ~24 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

B
Good Safety Record: 2.8
Avg TCR: 4.5
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

DGS Aviation Services : BRD - Brainerd runs at 61% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Support Activities for Air Transportation workplace, earning a grade B.

DGS Aviation Services : BRD - Brainerd: 2.8 TCR = 61% of Support Activities for Air Transportation BLS 4.5 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

DGS Aviation Services : BRD - Brainerd safety composite

DGS Aviation Services : BRD - Brainerd scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 85% 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).

71/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): C 2.76 per 100 workers

Safer than 72% of industry peers
DART rate: B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 85% 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

−8.3

2017→2020

DGS Aviation Services : BRD - Brainerd injury rate improved

DGS Aviation Services : BRD - Brainerd's TCR fell 8.3 from 8.3 in 2017 to 0.0 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2017 at 8.3 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=8.3 · 2018=0.0 · 2020=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 488119 · Brainerd, MN AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.8 · 61% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #4/28
PHOTO Airport Department
BOOK 3y book
INJ 2 inj
SIZE ~24 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Airport Department (0.0 TCR gap)

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Signature Flig

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What this shows DGS Aviation Services : BRD - Brainerd averages 2.8 TCR (61% of the Support Activities for Air Transportation BLS benchmark).

DGS Aviation Services : BRD - Brainerd TCR series: 2017=8.3 · 2018=0 · 2020=0 · BLS 4.5

Where DGS Aviation Services : BRD - Brainerd falls in its industry

1,555 Support Activities for Air Tra establishments

Safer than 72% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.5.

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 28 Support Activities for Air Tra employers in Minnesota.

DGS Aviation Services : BRD - Brainerd (24 employees, TCR 2.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 65 employees and a TCR of 4.5

DGS Aviation Services : BRD - Brainerd has fewer employees than the Support Activities for Air Transportatio 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
2020	0.0	0.0	0
2018	0.0	0.0	0
2017	8.3	4.2	2

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

488119 · MN · Brainerd

1,555 Support Activities for Air Transportation employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 75 employers in Brainerd, 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	Airport Department	SANTA BARBARA, CA	2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority - Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport	WASHINGTON, DC	2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	00001258 SDL - 258 SCOTTSDALE AIRPORT	SCOTTSDALE, AZ	2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Signature Flight Support-DEN283	DENVER, CO	2.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE	United Dairy, Cottonwood Dairy	COTTONWOOD	24 FTE
STATE-SIZE	WPI-Office	GAYLORD	24 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Production Services - Jackson	JACKSON	24 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Pipestone Repairs and Maintenance	PIPESTONE	24 FTE
CITY-NEAR	St Josephs Medical Center	Brainerd	1,012 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Crow Wing County	Brainerd	522 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Madden's on Gull Lake	Brainerd	262 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Central Lakes Colloege - Brainerd and Staples Campuses	Brainerd	258 FTE
NAT-TCR	Cocchiola Paving, Inc.	Oakville, CT	2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	CommutAir - EWR Maintenance	Newark, NJ	2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Clearwater Rehabilitation Center, LLC	Clearwater, FL	2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Ross store 485	Hemet, CA	2.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE	ECM Transport-Baltimore	Baltimore, MD	24 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Roses 493	West Mifflin, PA	24 FTE
NAT-SIZE	American Girl Denver	Lone Tree, CO	24 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Village Lane	Ticonderoga, NY	24 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: 2020, 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.