Aluminum die-casting foundries · Minnesota

Ermak Foundry & Maching, Inc.

Name: Ermak Foundry & Maching, Inc. Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Chaska, MN · ~29 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

F
Failing Safety Record: 8.0
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Ermak Foundry & Maching, Inc. runs at 243% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Aluminum die-casting foundries workplace, earning a grade F.

Ermak Foundry & Maching, Inc.: 8.0 TCR = 243% of Aluminum die-casting foundries BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Ermak Foundry & Maching, Inc. safety composite

Ermak Foundry & Maching, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 16%), 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).

27/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 8.01 per 100 workers

Safer than 21% of industry peers
DART rate: F 5.65 per 100 workers

Safer than 16% 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

−4.7

2020→2021

Ermak Foundry & Maching, Inc. injury rate improved

Ermak Foundry & Maching, Inc.'s TCR fell 4.7 from 10.4 in 2020 to 5.7 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2020 at 10.4 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.71× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=10.4 · 2021=5.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade F · TCR 8.0 · 243% of ind

DART 5.7 DART
RANK #11/15
PHOTO ADC Manufacturing
BOOK 2y book
INJ 5 inj
SIZE ~29 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: ADC Manufacturing (0.1 TCR gap)

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8.3
Kawasaki Tenne

8.3
This site

8
ADC Manufactur

7.9
Serv-All

7.8

What this shows Ermak Foundry & Maching, Inc. averages 8.0 TCR (243% of the Aluminum die-casting foundries BLS benchmark).

Ermak Foundry & Maching, Inc. TCR series: 2020=10.4 · 2021=5.7 · BLS 3.3

Where Ermak Foundry & Maching, Inc. falls in its industry

221 Aluminum die-casting foundries establishments

Safer than 21% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.

Grade F

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #11 safest of 15 Aluminum die-casting foundries employers in Minnesota.

Ermak Foundry & Maching, Inc. (29 employees, TCR 8.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 97 employees and a TCR of 4.7

Ermak Foundry & Maching, Inc. 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
2021	5.7	5.7	2	0	0
2020	10.4	3.5	3	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

331523 · MN · Chaska

221 Aluminum die-casting foundries employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 87 employers in Chaska, MN · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	ADC Manufacturing	HARRISON, AR	7.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Jackson Die Cast LLC	JACKSON, TN	8.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Kawasaki Tennessee, Inc.	MORRISTOWN, TN	8.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Serv-All	CRYSTAL LAKE, IL	7.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Northern Plains Dairy LLP	ST. PETER	29 FTE
STATE-SIZE	The tru Shrimp Company	BALATON	29 FTE
STATE-SIZE	2530-Redwood Falls, MN-FND (Monsanto Co.)	REDWOOD FALLS	29 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Kasota Stone Fabricators	MANKATO	29 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Diagnostics : Beckman Coulter - Chaska	Chaska	917 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Lake Region Medical	Chaska	830 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Entegris - Chaska	Chaska	731 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Administration	Chaska	596 FTE
NAT-TCR	Chesterfield Healthcare Group, Inc	Chester, VA	8.0 TCR
NAT-TCR	Air To Ground Services, Inc.-LA	Los Angeles, CA	8.0 TCR
NAT-TCR	J J Cardosi Inc	Riverside, RI	8.0 TCR
NAT-TCR	MBK - Seven Lakes	Loveland, CO	8.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Harris Rebar - Portland Oregon	Portland, OR	29 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Home2Suites Summerville	Summerville, SC	29 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Campbell Tractor - Wendell	Wendell, ID	29 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Elliott Electric Supply #110	Lubbock, TX	29 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: 2021, 2020. 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.