Insulation contractors · Minnesota

Expert Insulation Brainerd

Name: Expert Insulation Brainerd Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Brainerd, MN · ~33 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

D
Poor Safety Record: 4.2
Avg TCR: 2.8
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Expert Insulation Brainerd runs at 150% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Insulation contractors workplace, earning a grade D.

Expert Insulation Brainerd: 4.2 TCR = 150% of Insulation contractors BLS 2.8 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Expert Insulation Brainerd safety composite

Expert Insulation Brainerd scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 14%), 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).

34/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): D 4.19 per 100 workers

Safer than 40% of industry peers
DART rate: F 6.53 per 100 workers

Safer than 14% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Expert Insulation Brainerd: 3.0 → 6.5 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 6.5 TCR · DART/TCR 1.56× in 2024

Expert Insulation Brainerd's TCR rose 3.5 from 3.0 in 2022 to 6.5 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1.56× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade D · TCR 4.2 · 150% of ind

DART 6.5 DART
RANK #11/34
PHOTO M-E Construction
BOOK 3y book
INJ 4 inj
SIZE ~33 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: M-E Construction (0.0 TCR gap)

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4.2
M-E Constructi

4.2
Interior Contr

4.2
HCS Oldsmar

4.2
5683_12476

4.2

What this shows Expert Insulation Brainerd averages 4.2 TCR (150% of the Insulation contractors BLS benchmark).

Expert Insulation Brainerd TCR series: 2022=3 · 2023=3 · 2024=6.5 · BLS 2.8

Where Expert Insulation Brainerd falls in its industry

1,613 Insulation contractors establishments

Safer than 40% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.4.

Grade D

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 34 Insulation contractors employers in Minnesota.

Expert Insulation Brainerd (33 employees, TCR 4.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 63 employees and a TCR of 3.4

Expert Insulation Brainerd 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
2024	6.5	6.5	2
2023	3.0	3.0	1
2022	3.0	3.0	1

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	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	M-E Construction	ERIE, PA	4.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Interior Contractors Inc, LLC	ARVADA, CO	4.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	HCS Oldsmar	OLDSMAR, FL	4.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	5683_12476	KENTWOOD, MI	4.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Perham Egg LLC	PERHAM	33 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Gorans Brothers Inc.	BLOMKEST	33 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Las Vegas Raiders 17150004	MINNEAPOLIS	33 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Loeffler Construction & Consulting	LAKEVILLE	33 FTE
CITY-NEAR	St Josephs Medical Center	Brainerd	1,012 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Crow Wing County	Brainerd	522 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Madden's on Gull Lake	Brainerd	262 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Central Lakes Colloege - Brainerd and Staples Campuses	Brainerd	258 FTE
NAT-TCR	Ndx Davis	Wyoming, MI	4.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	Bowling Green Assembly	Bowling Green, KY	4.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	Festool USA Lebanon IN	Lebanon, IN	4.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	HK Kolmar USA	Olyphant, PA	4.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Diamondback Acres Inc.	Chelan, WA	33 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Thermo King of Tulsa, LLC	Tulsa, OK	33 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Lockheed Martin Sunnyvale	Sunnyvale, CA	33 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Muscatine Career/Support	Muscatine, IA	33 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.