Steel forgings made from purchased steel, unfinished · Minnesota
Gerdau Duluth Grinding Ball
Duluth, MN · ~41 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 7.8
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Gerdau Duluth Grinding Ball runs at 238% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Steel forgings made from purchased steel, unfinished workplace, earning a grade F.
Gerdau Duluth Grinding Ball: 7.8 TCR = 238% of Steel forgings made from purchased steel, unfinished BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Gerdau Duluth Grinding Ball safety composite
Gerdau Duluth Grinding Ball scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 6%), 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).
24/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 7.84 per 100 workers
Safer than 22% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 9.77 per 100 workers
Safer than 6% 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
Gerdau Duluth Grinding Ball: 4.2 → 9.8 TCR
Peak year 2022 @ 19.3 TCR · DART/TCR 1.25× in 2024
Gerdau Duluth Grinding Ball's TCR rose 5.5 from 4.2 in 2017 to 9.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 19.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.25× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 332111 · Duluth, MN ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 7.8 · 238% of ind
- DART 9.8 DART
- RANK #3/5
- PHOTO Phoenix Forging Co.,…
- BOOK 8y book
- INJ 17 inj
- SIZE ~41 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Phoenix Forging Co., Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)
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Gerdau Duluth Grinding Ball in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- The Dayton For
The Dayton Forging & Heat Treating Company
8 TCR
- Hydrafab North
Hydrafab Northwest Inc
8 TCR
- This site
Gerdau Duluth Grinding Ball
7.8 TCR
- Phoenix Forgin
Phoenix Forging Co., Inc.
7.8 TCR
- Superior Forge
Superior Forge and Steel - New Castle
7.8 TCR
What this shows Gerdau Duluth Grinding Ball averages 7.8 TCR (238% of the Steel forgings made from purchased steel, unfinished BLS benchmark).
Gerdau Duluth Grinding Ball TCR series: 2017=4.2 · 2018=6.6 · 2019=4.8 · 2020=10 · 2021=2.8 · 2022=19.3 · 2023=5.2 · 2024=9.8 · BLS 3.3
Where Gerdau Duluth Grinding Ball falls in its industry
241 Steel forgings made from purch establishmentsSafer than 22% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.0.
Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 5 Steel forgings made from purch employers in Minnesota.
Gerdau Duluth Grinding Ball has fewer employees than the Steel forgings made from purchased steel median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.0. 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 | 9.8 | 9.8 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 2023 | 5.2 | 2.6 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 19.3 | 11.0 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| 2021 | 2.8 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 2019 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 6.6 | 6.6 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
332111 · MN · Duluth
241 Steel forgings made from purchased steel, unfinished employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 340 employers in Duluth, 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 | Phoenix Forging Co., Inc. | 7.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Superior Forge and Steel - New Castle | 7.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | The Dayton Forging & Heat Treating Company | 8.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Hydrafab Northwest Inc | 8.0 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Minnesota Farming | 41 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Feedmill TW Shop - SE | 41 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Hobbs Brigade Energy Services | 41 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Wild Rice Electric Cooperative, Inc. | 41 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | St Mary's Medical Center | 3,230 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | St. Luke's Hospital of Duluth | 3,052 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Building D-Miller Dwan Medical Center | 1,880 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | University of Minnesota Duluth | 1,701 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | W.B. Starr, Inc. | 7.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Plastic Products Co., Inc. - Greenville | 7.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Visiting Angels of Hanover | 7.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Newington High School | 7.8 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | ICCS - Greeley | 41 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Pepe Ganga Cidra | 41 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Carson City Office | 41 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Brookdale Fisher's Landing | 41 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.