Painting (except roof) contractors · Minnesota

Fransen Decorating - Milaca, MN

Milaca, MN · ~18 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.3
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Fransen Decorating - Milaca, MN runs at 117% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Painting (except roof) contractors workplace, earning a grade C.

Fransen Decorating - Milaca, MN: 3.3 TCR = 117% of Painting (except roof) contractors BLS 2.8 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Fransen Decorating - Milaca, MN safety composite

Fransen Decorating - Milaca, MN scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 76% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 43%), 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).

C

57/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 3.27 per 100 workers

Safer than 43% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 76% 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

−4.9

2017→2023

Fransen Decorating - Milaca, MN injury rate improved

Fransen Decorating - Milaca, MN's TCR fell 4.9 from 4.9 in 2017 to 0.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2021 at 6.8 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=4.9 · 2018=5.4 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=5.8 · 2021=6.8 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238320 · Milaca, MN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 3.3 · 117% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #7/15
  • PHOTO LONGSTRETH BROTHERS,…
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~18 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: LONGSTRETH BROTHERS, INC. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Fransen Decorating - Milaca, MN in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Fransen Decorating - Milaca, MN averages 3.3 TCR (117% of the Painting (except roof) contractors BLS benchmark).

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

Fransen Decorating - Milaca, MN TCR series: 2017=4.9 · 2018=5.4 · 2019=0 · 2020=5.8 · 2021=6.8 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · BLS 2.8

Where Fransen Decorating - Milaca, MN falls in its industry

582 Painting (except roof) contrac establishments

Safer than 43% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #7 safest of 15 Painting (except roof) contrac employers in Minnesota.

Fransen Decorating - Milaca, MN (18 employees, TCR 3.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 48 employees and a TCR of 2.8 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 050100150200250 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Fransen Decorating - Milaca, MN
Fransen Decorating - Milaca, MN (18 employees, TCR 3.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 48 employees and a TCR of 2.8

Fransen Decorating - Milaca, MN has fewer employees than the Painting (except roof) contractors median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.8. 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
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 6.8 6.8 1 0 0
2020 5.8 5.8 0 1 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 5.4 5.4 1 0 0
2017 4.9 4.9 0 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238320 · MN · Milaca

582 Painting (except roof) contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 15 employers in Milaca, MN · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel Establishment Metric
NAICS-TCR LONGSTRETH BROTHERS, INC. 3.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR The Paint Kings Inc 3.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Richken Painting Inc. 3.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Swanson & Youngdale, Inc. 3.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE WPI-Fieldstaff 18 FTE
STATE-SIZE Select Genetics MN Magnum 003-0138-MA 18 FTE
STATE-SIZE Mesabi Metallics 18 FTE
STATE-SIZE Vigen Construction- Erskine 18 FTE
CITY-NEAR Milaca Public Schools 477 FTE
CITY-NEAR Milaca Public School District #912 275 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mille Lacs County 244 FTE
CITY-NEAR Milaca Elim Meadows Healthcare Center 148 FTE
NAT-TCR WMS 3.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Barden Assembly - Trim 3.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Boston Harbor Hotel 3.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Electra 3.3 TCR

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: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017. 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.