Insulation contractors · Minnesota

Expert Insulation - Brainerd #457

Brainerd, MN · ~32 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
11.0
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Expert Insulation - Brainerd #457 runs at 391% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Insulation contractors workplace, earning a grade F.

Expert Insulation - Brainerd #457: 11.0 TCR = 391% of Insulation contractors BLS 2.8 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Expert Insulation - Brainerd #457 safety composite

Expert Insulation - Brainerd #457 scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 7%), 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).

F

29/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 10.96 per 100 workers

Safer than 7% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.63 per 100 workers

Safer than 38% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 51% 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

−12.8

2019→2021

Expert Insulation - Brainerd #457 injury rate improved

Expert Insulation - Brainerd #457's TCR fell 12.8 from 15.4 in 2019 to 2.6 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2019 at 15.4 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.24× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=15.4 · 2020=14.9 · 2021=2.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238310 · Brainerd, MN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 11.0 · 391% of ind

  • DART 2.6 DART
  • RANK #28/34
  • PHOTO Broken Drum of Baker…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 8 inj
  • SIZE ~32 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Broken Drum of Bakersfield #890 (0.0 TCR gap)

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Expert Insulation - Brainerd #457 in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Expert Insulation - Brainerd #457 averages 11.0 TCR (391% of the Insulation contractors BLS benchmark).

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

Expert Insulation - Brainerd #457 TCR series: 2019=15.4 · 2020=14.9 · 2021=2.6 · BLS 2.8

Where Expert Insulation - Brainerd #457 falls in its industry

1,613 Insulation contractors establishments

Safer than 7% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #28 safest of 34 Insulation contractors employers in Minnesota.

Expert Insulation - Brainerd #457 (32 employees, TCR 11.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 63 employees and a TCR of 3.4 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 0100200300 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Expert Insulation - Brainerd #457
Expert Insulation - Brainerd #457 (32 employees, TCR 11.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 63 employees and a TCR of 3.4

Expert Insulation - Brainerd #457 has fewer employees than the Insulation contractors median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.4. 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 2.6 2.6 1 0 0
2020 14.9 11.9 5 0 0
2019 15.4 7.7 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238310 · MN · Brainerd

1,613 Insulation contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 75 employers in Brainerd, 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 Broken Drum of Bakersfield #890 11.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Performance Insulation - Main Office 11.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR US Insulation Corp #375 11.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR USI Chase Austin 11.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE MN Farm 32 FTE
STATE-SIZE Schwartz SE Office 32 FTE
STATE-SIZE High Bridge Combined Cycle 32 FTE
STATE-SIZE Steele Waseca Coop Electric 32 FTE
CITY-NEAR St Josephs Medical Center 1,012 FTE
CITY-NEAR Crow Wing County 522 FTE
CITY-NEAR Madden's on Gull Lake 262 FTE
CITY-NEAR Central Lakes Colloege - Brainerd and Staples Campuses 258 FTE
NAT-TCR Broken Drum of Bakersfield #890 11.0 TCR
NAT-TCR KG Marketing & Bag Co. 11.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Summit Medical Center, LLC 11.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Ephrata Manor 11.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Town Building Systems #356 32 FTE
NAT-SIZE EcoLogic Energy Solutions #377 32 FTE
NAT-SIZE ABS Building Systems Integrators, LLC 32 FTE
NAT-SIZE U.S. Bronze Foundry & Machine, Inc. 32 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, 2019. 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.