Bulk mail truck transportation, contract, long-distance (TL) · Minnesota

Duane Kottke Trucking Corp

Buffalo Lake, MN · ~154 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
7.4
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Duane Kottke Trucking Corp runs at 165% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Bulk mail truck transportation, contract, long-distance (TL) workplace, earning a grade D.

Duane Kottke Trucking Corp: 7.4 TCR = 165% of Bulk mail truck transportation, contract, long-distance (TL) BLS 4.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Duane Kottke Trucking Corp safety composite

Duane Kottke Trucking Corp scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 53% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 12%), 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

36/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.41 per 100 workers

Safer than 12% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.03 per 100 workers

Safer than 50% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 53% 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

−10.8

2017→2019

Duane Kottke Trucking Corp injury rate improved

Duane Kottke Trucking Corp's TCR fell 10.8 from 12.8 in 2017 to 2.0 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2017 at 12.8 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0.27× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=12.8 · 2019=2.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 484121 · Buffalo Lake, MN ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 7.4 · 165% of ind

  • DART 2.0 DART
  • RANK #66/74
  • PHOTO D&D Trucking and Ser…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 11 inj
  • SIZE ~154 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: D&D Trucking and Services, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Duane Kottke Trucking Corp in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Duane Kottke Trucking Corp averages 7.4 TCR (165% of the Bulk mail truck transportation, contract, long-distance (TL) BLS benchmark).

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

Duane Kottke Trucking Corp TCR series: 2017=12.8 · 2019=2 · BLS 4.5

Where Duane Kottke Trucking Corp falls in its industry

3,252 Bulk mail truck transportation establishments

Safer than 12% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #66 safest of 74 Bulk mail truck transportation employers in Minnesota.

Duane Kottke Trucking Corp (154 employees, TCR 7.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 61 employees and a TCR of 3.0 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 01,0002,0003,0004,0005,000 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Duane Kottke Trucking Corp
Duane Kottke Trucking Corp (154 employees, TCR 7.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 61 employees and a TCR of 3.0

Duane Kottke Trucking Corp has more employees than the Bulk mail truck transportation, contract median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.0. 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
2019 2.0 2.0 4 0 0
2017 12.8 5.5 7 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

484121 · MN · Buffalo Lake

3,252 Bulk mail truck transportation, contract, long-distance (TL) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 8 employers in Buffalo Lake, 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 D&D Trucking and Services, Inc. 7.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Laredo Terminal 7.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Pottsville PA Drivers 7.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Family Dollar (WC USX FAR) 7.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Lunda/ C.S. McCrossan Joint Venture 154 FTE
STATE-SIZE Shafer Contracting Co., Inc. 154 FTE
STATE-SIZE Pinnacle Wall Systems 154 FTE
STATE-SIZE NTE Engineering + Manufacturing 154 FTE
CITY-NEAR US 212 Beef Corporation 186 FTE
CITY-NEAR Kottke Trucking Inc. 168 FTE
CITY-NEAR Buffalo Lake Healthcare Center 87 FTE
CITY-NEAR Buffalo Lake Elementary 47 FTE
NAT-TCR 0000000400 Parks/Rec 7.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Advanced Disposal - Moody Hauling 7.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Tokyo Central Costa Mesa 7.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Compassionate Care Hospice of Alexandria 7.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Dean - Decatur IN (Suiza) 154 FTE
NAT-SIZE RCX Alabama 154 FTE
NAT-SIZE Standard Heating & Air Conditioning Inc 154 FTE
NAT-SIZE Labels - Mason 154 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: 2019, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.