Aluminum die-casting foundries · Minnesota

DyCast Specialties Corp

Starbuck, MN · ~50 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
6.4
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

DyCast Specialties Corp runs at 194% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Aluminum die-casting foundries workplace, earning a grade D.

DyCast Specialties Corp: 6.4 TCR = 194% of Aluminum die-casting foundries BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

DyCast Specialties Corp safety composite

DyCast Specialties Corp scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 30%), 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

35/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.41 per 100 workers

Safer than 30% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.53 per 100 workers

Safer than 31% 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

−7.4

2017→2024

DyCast Specialties Corp injury rate improved

DyCast Specialties Corp's TCR fell 7.4 from 14.5 in 2017 to 7.1 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2017 at 14.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.55× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=14.5 · 2019=2.1 · 2023=2.0 · 2024=7.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 331523 · Starbuck, MN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 6.4 · 194% of ind

  • DART 3.5 DART
  • RANK #9/15
  • PHOTO RCM Industries Company
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 11 inj
  • SIZE ~50 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: RCM Industries Company (0.0 TCR gap)

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DyCast Specialties Corp in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows DyCast Specialties Corp averages 6.4 TCR (194% of the Aluminum die-casting foundries BLS benchmark).

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

DyCast Specialties Corp TCR series: 2017=14.5 · 2019=2.1 · 2023=2 · 2024=7.1 · BLS 3.3

Where DyCast Specialties Corp falls in its industry

221 Aluminum die-casting foundries establishments

Safer than 30% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #9 safest of 15 Aluminum die-casting foundries employers in Minnesota.

DyCast Specialties Corp (50 employees, TCR 6.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 97 employees and a TCR of 4.7 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 02004006008001,000 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate DyCast Specialties Corp
DyCast Specialties Corp (50 employees, TCR 6.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 97 employees and a TCR of 4.7

DyCast Specialties Corp has fewer employees than the Aluminum die-casting foundries median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.7. 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 7.1 3.5 2 0 0
2023 2.0 0.0 1 0 0
2019 2.1 2.1 1 0 0
2017 14.5 10.3 7 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

331523 · MN · Starbuck

221 Aluminum die-casting foundries employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 9 employers in Starbuck, 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 RCM Industries Company 6.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Dynacast 6.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR AAM - Twinsburg (i.e. Metaldyne - Twinsburg) 6.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ozark Die Casting Two 6.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Meadow Star 50 FTE
STATE-SIZE Louriston 50 FTE
STATE-SIZE East Dublin 50 FTE
STATE-SIZE Edina Service Center-UB 50 FTE
CITY-NEAR Minnewaska Lutheran Home 107 FTE
CITY-NEAR Starbuck Elementary 56 FTE
CITY-NEAR Holly Ridge Manor 39 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hoffman Senior Living 35 FTE
NAT-TCR Mesa Verde Enterprises 6.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Giant Food Stores 6519 6.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Central Bi-Products - Estherville 6.4 TCR
NAT-TCR US Foods Streator 6.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Sweetens Concrete Services, LLC. 50 FTE
NAT-SIZE E-Z Construction Company, Inc. 50 FTE
NAT-SIZE Upper East Side 50 FTE
NAT-SIZE Windsor Heights 50 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, 2019, 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.