Vocational Rehabilitation Job Training · Minnesota
Functional Industries,Inc.
Buffalo, MN · ~271 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 19.8
- Avg TCR
- 3.8
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Functional Industries,Inc. runs at 521% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Vocational Rehabilitation Job Training workplace, earning a grade F.
Functional Industries,Inc.: 19.8 TCR = 521% of Vocational Rehabilitation Job Training BLS 3.8 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Functional Industries,Inc. safety composite
Functional Industries,Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (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).
29/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 19.8 per 100 workers
Safer than 2% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 2.59 per 100 workers
Safer than 44% 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
−5.3
2017→2024
Functional Industries,Inc. injury rate improved
Functional Industries,Inc.'s TCR fell 5.3 from 10.5 in 2017 to 5.2 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 48.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.13× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2017=10.5 · 2018=11.8 · 2019=17.4 · 2020=43.1 · 2021=15.4 · 2022=48.9 · 2023=6.2 · 2024=5.2
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 624310 · Buffalo, MN ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade F · TCR 19.8 · 521% of ind
- DART 2.6 DART
- RANK #56/58
- PHOTO North Eastern Michig…
- BOOK 8y book
- INJ 130 inj
- SIZE ~271 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: North Eastern Michigan Rehabilitation and Opportunity Center (0.0 TCR gap)
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Functional Industries,Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Rainbow Indust
Rainbow Industries - VRC
20.1 TCR
- J. Arthur Trud
J. Arthur Trudeau Memorial Center
20 TCR
- Quakertown Wor
Quakertown Workshop
19.9 TCR
- This site
Functional Industries,Inc.
19.8 TCR
- North Eastern
North Eastern Michigan Rehabilitation and Opportunity Center
19.8 TCR
What this shows Functional Industries,Inc. averages 19.8 TCR (521% of the Vocational Rehabilitation Job Training BLS benchmark).
Functional Industries,Inc. TCR series: 2017=10.5 · 2018=11.8 · 2019=17.4 · 2020=43.1 · 2021=15.4 · 2022=48.9 · 2023=6.2 · 2024=5.2 · BLS 3.8
Where Functional Industries,Inc. falls in its industry
1,455 Vocational Rehabilitation Job establishmentsSafer than 2% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.6.
Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #56 safest of 58 Vocational Rehabilitation Job employers in Minnesota.
Functional Industries,Inc. has more employees than the Vocational Rehabilitation Job Training median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.6. 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 | 5.2 | 2.6 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 6.2 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 48.9 | 8.7 | 28 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 15.4 | 2.2 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 43.1 | 9.0 | 24 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 17.4 | 16.5 | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 11.8 | 5.9 | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 10.5 | 3.9 | 15 | 1 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
624310 · MN · Buffalo
1,455 Vocational Rehabilitation Job Training employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 74 employers in Buffalo, 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 | North Eastern Michigan Rehabilitation and Opportunity Center | 19.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Quakertown Workshop | 19.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | J. Arthur Trudeau Memorial Center | 20.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Rainbow Industries - VRC | 20.1 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Sign-Zone, LLC (MN Manufacturing) | 271 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Mate Precision Technologies | 271 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | 1456 - Rogers | 271 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | SPIRE Credit Union | 271 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Health One Buffalo (Buffalo Hospital) | 532 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Health One Buffalo | 500 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | WM 1577 | 404 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 1577 | 320 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Capet - Petaluma | 19.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Mathison Retirement Community | 19.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Trego/Dugan Aviation Inc Fwa | 19.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Darwin's Natural Pet Products | 19.8 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Hunton Services | 271 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Swagelok HPF | 271 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Protocol | 271 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | 0324 - San Jose West | 271 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.