Addition, alteration and renovation for-sale builders, commercial and institutional building · Minnesota

Gardner Builders

Name: Gardner Builders Workplace Safety Data
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Minneapolis, MN · ~117 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

A
Excellent Safety Record: 0.4
Avg TCR: 2.9
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Gardner Builders runs at 14% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Addition, alteration and renovation for-sale builders, commercial and institutional building workplace, earning a grade A.

Gardner Builders: 0.4 TCR = 14% of Addition, alteration and renovation for-sale builders, commercial and institutional building BLS 2.9 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Gardner Builders safety composite

Gardner Builders scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 93% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 39%), 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).

64/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): A 0.41 per 100 workers

Safer than 93% of industry peers
DART rate: D 0.81 per 100 workers

Safer than 39% 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

Gardner Builders: 0.0 → 0.8 TCR

Peak year 2019 @ 0.8 TCR · DART/TCR 1.98× in 2019

Gardner Builders's TCR rose 0.8 from 0.0 in 2017 to 0.8 in 2019. In 2019, DART was 1.98× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 236220 · Minneapolis, MN AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 0.4 · 14% of ind

DART 0.8 DART
RANK #3/130
PHOTO FCL Builders Texas, …
BOOK 2y book
INJ 1 inj
SIZE ~117 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: FCL Builders Texas, LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Gardner Builders averages 0.4 TCR (14% of the Addition, alteration and renovation for-sale builders, commercial and institutional building BLS benchmark).

Gardner Builders TCR series: 2017=0 · 2019=0.8 · BLS 2.9

Where Gardner Builders falls in its industry

4,692 Addition, alteration and renov establishments

Safer than 93% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.3.

Grade A

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 130 Addition, alteration and renov employers in Minnesota.

Gardner Builders (117 employees, TCR 0.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 2.3

Gardner Builders has more employees than the Addition, alteration and renovation for- median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.3. 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
2019	0.8	0.8	1	0	0
2017	0.0	0.0	0	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

236220 · MN · Minneapolis

4,692 Addition, alteration and renovation for-sale builders, commercial and institutional building employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 1,321 employers in Minneapolis, 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	FCL Builders Texas, LLC	ARLINGTON, TX	0.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR	E W Howell Co LLC	PLAINVIEW, NY	0.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Corporate Office	ST LOUIS, MO	0.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Piedmont Construction Group I LLC	MACON, GA	0.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE	WLS NextEra Analytics St Paul	ST. PAUL	117 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Chard Excavating	BELLE PLAINE	117 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Laketown Electric Corporation	WACONIA	117 FTE
STATE-SIZE	J Becher & Associates Inc	ROGERS	117 FTE
CITY-NEAR	University of Minnesota Twin Cities	Minneapolis	22,522 FTE
CITY-NEAR	MN950 MN TELECOMMUTER	Minneapolis	12,021 FTE
CITY-NEAR	0501 - City Center	Minneapolis	8,459 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Hennepin County Medical Center	Minneapolis	7,030 FTE
NAT-TCR	Otis Elevator Company-Knoxville	Knoxville, TN	0.4 TCR
NAT-TCR	Hilldrup Companies - Stafford 164-55	Stafford, VA	0.4 TCR
NAT-TCR	Raytheon_Fort Irwin_CA	Fort Irwin, CA	0.4 TCR
NAT-TCR	Comm HVAC NA and EMEA : SVC-Alabama/Georgia District : SVC-Birmingham AL-USA	Birmingham, AL	0.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Michels Power- Brownsville	Brownsville, WI	117 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Orchard Ridge Center	New Port Richey, FL	117 FTE
NAT-SIZE	West Valley	Northridge, CA	117 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Hotel Athletic Club	Hialeah, FL	117 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: 2019, 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.