Glass making machinery (e.g., blowing, forming, molding) manufacturing · Minnesota
Erdman Automation Corporation
Princeton, MN · ~141 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 4.4
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Erdman Automation Corporation runs at 133% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Glass making machinery (e.g., blowing, forming, molding) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.
Erdman Automation Corporation: 4.4 TCR = 133% of Glass making machinery (e.g., blowing, forming, molding) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Erdman Automation Corporation safety composite
Erdman Automation Corporation 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).
35/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 4.4 per 100 workers
Safer than 30% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 2.21 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%).
Rising injury rate
Erdman Automation Corporation: 4.6 → 5.5 TCR
Peak year 2024 @ 5.5 TCR · DART/TCR 0.5× in 2024
Erdman Automation Corporation's TCR rose 0.9 from 4.6 in 2018 to 5.5 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0.5× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 333249 · Princeton, MN ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade D · TCR 4.4 · 133% of ind
- DART 2.2 DART
- RANK #17/23
- PHOTO United Silicone Lanc…
- BOOK 4y book
- INJ 27 inj
- SIZE ~141 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: United Silicone Lancaster (0.0 TCR gap)
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Erdman Automation Corporation in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Erdman Automation Corporation
4.4 TCR
- United Silicon
United Silicone Lancaster
4.4 TCR
- DANNAR HQ
DANNAR HQ
4.4 TCR
- PFCH
PFCH
4.4 TCR
- Innovative Pla
Innovative Plastics Molders, INC
4.4 TCR
What this shows Erdman Automation Corporation averages 4.4 TCR (133% of the Glass making machinery (e.g., blowing, forming, molding) manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Erdman Automation Corporation TCR series: 2018=4.6 · 2022=2.8 · 2023=4.7 · 2024=5.5 · BLS 3.3
Where Erdman Automation Corporation falls in its industry
448 Glass making machinery (e.g., establishmentsSafer than 30% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.
Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #17 safest of 23 Glass making machinery (e.g., employers in Minnesota.
Erdman Automation Corporation has more employees than the Glass making machinery (e.g., blowing, f 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5.5 | 2.2 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 4.7 | 2.7 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 2.8 | 0.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 4.6 | 3.1 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
333249 · MN · Princeton
448 Glass making machinery (e.g., blowing, forming, molding) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 45 employers in Princeton, 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 | United Silicone Lancaster | 4.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | DANNAR HQ | 4.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | PFCH | 4.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Innovative Plastics Molders, INC | 4.4 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Evergreen MNF2 | 141 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Wieser Brothers General Contractor, Inc. | 141 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Riley Bros Construction Inc | 141 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Peterson Companies, Inc. | 141 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | FV Northland Medical Center | 504 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Crystal Cabinet Works, Inc. | 456 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | WM 3102 | 315 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Princeton1 | 259 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Memorial Campus | 4.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Morrison Bros. Mfg. | 4.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | akers packaging service inc | 4.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | CEMCO, LLC - City of Industry Plant | 4.4 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | CETI | 141 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Meadowview Health & Rehab | 141 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Dedicated Logistics, LLC -10 | 141 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Vessey & Company, Inc. | 141 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.