New and Used Car Dealer · Minnesota

Elk River Ford, Inc.

Elk River, MN · ~166 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.3
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Elk River Ford, Inc. runs at 125% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical New and Used Car Dealer workplace, earning a grade D.

Elk River Ford, Inc.: 4.3 TCR = 125% of New and Used Car Dealer BLS 3.4 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Elk River Ford, Inc. safety composite

Elk River Ford, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 35%), 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

39/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 4.26 per 100 workers

Safer than 35% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.07 per 100 workers

Safer than 35% 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

−3.5

2017→2024

Elk River Ford, Inc. injury rate improved

Elk River Ford, Inc.'s TCR fell 3.5 from 6.3 in 2017 to 2.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 10.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.49× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=6.3 · 2018=3.9 · 2019=4.6 · 2020=4.8 · 2021=10.9 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=0.8 · 2024=2.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 441110 · Elk River, MN ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 4.3 · 125% of ind

  • DART 2.1 DART
  • RANK #130/240
  • PHOTO Zimbrick East Side
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 46 inj
  • SIZE ~166 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Zimbrick East Side (0.0 TCR gap)

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Elk River Ford, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Elk River Ford, Inc. averages 4.3 TCR (125% of the New and Used Car Dealer BLS benchmark).

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

Elk River Ford, Inc. TCR series: 2017=6.3 · 2018=3.9 · 2019=4.6 · 2020=4.8 · 2021=10.9 · 2022=0 · 2023=0.8 · 2024=2.8 · BLS 3.4

Where Elk River Ford, Inc. falls in its industry

2,847 New and Used Car Dealer establishments

Safer than 35% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #130 safest of 240 New and Used Car Dealer employers in Minnesota.

Elk River Ford, Inc. (166 employees, TCR 4.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 69 employees and a TCR of 3.3 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 0100200300400 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Elk River Ford, Inc.
Elk River Ford, Inc. (166 employees, TCR 4.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 69 employees and a TCR of 3.3

Elk River Ford, Inc. has more employees than the New and Used Car Dealer median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.3. 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 2.8 2.1 4 0 0
2023 0.8 0.8 1 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 10.9 4.7 13 1 0
2020 4.8 2.4 6 0 0
2019 4.6 2.0 7 0 0
2018 3.9 1.3 6 0 0
2017 6.3 2.1 9 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

441110 · MN · Elk River

2,847 New and Used Car Dealer employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 102 employers in Elk River, 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 Zimbrick East Side 4.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Lithia Reno Subaru 4.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR 2464 4.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Jack Powell Chrysler-Dodge Inc 4.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Bosch Security Systems 166 FTE
STATE-SIZE IntriCon - Arden Hills 166 FTE
STATE-SIZE Resonetics Blaine 166 FTE
STATE-SIZE Lunds - Golden Valley 166 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 3209 437 FTE
CITY-NEAR Sherburne County Government Center - General 418 FTE
CITY-NEAR 3209 387 FTE
CITY-NEAR Sherburne County Government Center 367 FTE
NAT-TCR Commercial Cooling 4.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Zimbrick East Side 4.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Dallas North 4.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Riverside 4.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Mitchell Plastics Sterling Heights 166 FTE
NAT-SIZE S04112 - WM of Nashville - Antioch Hauling 166 FTE
NAT-SIZE Alcal Fremont Roofing 166 FTE
NAT-SIZE Continental Express Driving Leasing 166 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, 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.