Ductile iron foundries · Minnesota

Dotson Company

Mankato, MN · ~143 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
14.6
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Dotson Company runs at 441% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Ductile iron foundries workplace, earning a grade F.

Dotson Company: 14.6 TCR = 441% of Ductile iron foundries BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Dotson Company safety composite

Dotson Company scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 18%), 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).

F

29/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 14.55 per 100 workers

Safer than 18% of industry peers

DART rate
F 6.1 per 100 workers

Safer than 26% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 52% 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

−9.6

2018→2023

Dotson Company injury rate improved

Dotson Company's TCR fell 9.6 from 19.5 in 2018 to 9.9 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2018 at 19.5 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.42× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=19.5 · 2019=15.2 · 2020=16.3 · 2021=13.7 · 2022=12.8 · 2023=9.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 331511 · Mankato, MN ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 14.6 · 441% of ind

  • DART 6.1 DART
  • RANK #8/12
  • PHOTO WHEMCO-Ohio Foundry …
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 117 inj
  • SIZE ~143 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: WHEMCO-Ohio Foundry Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Dotson Company in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Dotson Company averages 14.6 TCR (441% of the Ductile iron foundries BLS benchmark).

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

Dotson Company TCR series: 2018=19.5 · 2019=15.2 · 2020=16.3 · 2021=13.7 · 2022=12.8 · 2023=9.9 · BLS 3.3

Where Dotson Company falls in its industry

272 Ductile iron foundries establishments

Safer than 18% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 7.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #8 safest of 12 Ductile iron foundries employers in Minnesota.

Dotson Company (143 employees, TCR 14.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 112 employees and a TCR of 7.2 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 0200400600 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Dotson Company
Dotson Company (143 employees, TCR 14.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 112 employees and a TCR of 7.2

Dotson Company has more employees than the Ductile iron foundries median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 7.2. 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
2023 9.9 6.1 11 2 0
2022 12.8 8.7 19 0 0
2021 13.7 9.9 17 1 0
2020 16.3 11.7 21 0 0
2019 15.2 10.3 22 0 0
2018 19.5 15.5 27 2 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

331511 · MN · Mankato

272 Ductile iron foundries employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 214 employers in Mankato, 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 WHEMCO-Ohio Foundry Inc. 14.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR FRANKLIN IRON WORKS, INC 14.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR MCF Milwaukee Plant 14.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR PLYMOUTH FOUNDRY, INC 14.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Novel Energy Solutions L.L.C. 143 FTE
STATE-SIZE Electronic Communication Systems LLC 143 FTE
STATE-SIZE Weidner Plumbing and Heating Company 143 FTE
STATE-SIZE McC Corporate Office 143 FTE
CITY-NEAR Minnesota State University, Mankato 2,729 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mayo Clinic Health System-Mankato 2,468 FTE
CITY-NEAR MRCI - Premier Drive 1,641 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mankato Area Public Schools 1,200 FTE
NAT-TCR St.George Health Care 14.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Lawndale Healthcare & Wellness Center 14.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Burbank Town Center 14.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Cherry Hill Manor 14.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Independent Printing & Packaging 143 FTE
NAT-SIZE Marukai Hawaii 143 FTE
NAT-SIZE F+F Mechanical Enterprises Inc. 143 FTE
NAT-SIZE Atlas Butler Capital Services 143 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: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018. 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.