Equipment finance leasing · Minnesota

First Western Equipment Finance

Eden Prairie, MN · ~135 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
1.3
Avg TCR
0.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

First Western Equipment Finance runs at 256% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Equipment finance leasing workplace, earning a grade F.

First Western Equipment Finance: 1.3 TCR = 256% of Equipment finance leasing BLS 0.5 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

First Western Equipment Finance safety composite

First Western Equipment Finance scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 2%), 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

21/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 1.28 per 100 workers

Safer than 19% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.85 per 100 workers

Safer than 2% 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

First Western Equipment Finance: 0.0 → 3.9 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 3.9 TCR · DART/TCR 3.01× in 2024

First Western Equipment Finance's TCR rose 3.9 from 0.0 in 2022 to 3.9 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 3.01× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 522220 · Eden Prairie, MN ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 1.3 · 256% of ind

  • DART 3.9 DART
  • RANK P19
  • PHOTO Gwinett
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~135 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Gwinett (0.0 TCR gap)

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First Western Equipment Finance in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows First Western Equipment Finance averages 1.3 TCR (256% of the Equipment finance leasing BLS benchmark).

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

First Western Equipment Finance TCR series: 2022=0 · 2023=0 · 2024=3.9 · BLS 0.5

Where First Western Equipment Finance falls in its industry

21 Equipment finance leasing establishments

Safer than 19% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 0.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
First Western Equipment Finance (135 employees, TCR 1.3) among 12 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 174 employees and a TCR of 0.4 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 13 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 0200400600800 012345 Average employees Total Case Rate First Western Equipment Finance
First Western Equipment Finance (135 employees, TCR 1.3) among 12 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 174 employees and a TCR of 0.4

First Western Equipment Finance has fewer employees than the Equipment finance leasing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 0.4. 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
2024 3.9 3.9 1 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

522220 · MN · Eden Prairie

21 Equipment finance leasing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 242 employers in Eden Prairie, 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 Gwinett 1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Transwest_BR 29 1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR FL Branch 0.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Sugarland 0.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Maple Island Inc 135 FTE
STATE-SIZE Liberty Packaging, Brooklyn Park 135 FTE
STATE-SIZE The Smead Manufacturing Company 135 FTE
STATE-SIZE Edgerton Location 135 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2573-MN101 1,940 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2573-MN051 1,643 FTE
CITY-NEAR Minnesota 1,632 FTE
CITY-NEAR Fortra, LLC 1,367 FTE
NAT-TCR E-Tech Electric Inc. 1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR AAA American Abatement and Asbestos Removal Co 1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Ultragenyx - Bedford 1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR ATHENA Consulting, LLC 1.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Canton Ma 135 FTE
NAT-SIZE OSG USA, Inc St. Charles 135 FTE
NAT-SIZE Kulzer LLC 135 FTE
NAT-SIZE RSCG - Hebron Warehouse 135 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.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

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