Pallet containers, wood or wood and metal combination, manufacturing · Minnesota

Gruber Pallets, Inc.

Lake Elmo, MN · ~35 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
6.7
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Gruber Pallets, Inc. runs at 202% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Pallet containers, wood or wood and metal combination, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Gruber Pallets, Inc.: 6.7 TCR = 202% of Pallet containers, wood or wood and metal combination, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Gruber Pallets, Inc. safety composite

Gruber Pallets, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 47%), 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).

D

48/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 6.68 per 100 workers

Safer than 47% of industry peers

DART rate
D 3.55 per 100 workers

Safer than 48% 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

−5.5

2017→2024

Gruber Pallets, Inc. injury rate improved

Gruber Pallets, Inc.'s TCR fell 5.5 from 9.0 in 2017 to 3.5 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 13.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.53× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=9.0 · 2018=9.8 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=3.2 · 2021=13.9 · 2022=13.9 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=3.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 321920 · Lake Elmo, MN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 6.7 · 202% of ind

  • DART 3.5 DART
  • RANK #8/18
  • PHOTO SC-NC-SILER CITY
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 15 inj
  • SIZE ~35 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: SC-NC-SILER CITY (0.0 TCR gap)

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Gruber Pallets, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Gruber Pallets, Inc. averages 6.7 TCR (202% of the Pallet containers, wood or wood and metal combination, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Gruber Pallets, Inc. TCR series: 2017=9 · 2018=9.8 · 2019=0 · 2020=3.2 · 2021=13.9 · 2022=13.9 · 2023=0 · 2024=3.5 · BLS 3.3

Where Gruber Pallets, Inc. falls in its industry

952 Pallet containers, wood or woo establishments

Safer than 47% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #8 safest of 18 Pallet containers, wood or woo employers in Minnesota.

Gruber Pallets, Inc. (35 employees, TCR 6.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 51 employees and a TCR of 6.3 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 0100200300400500 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Gruber Pallets, Inc.
Gruber Pallets, Inc. (35 employees, TCR 6.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 51 employees and a TCR of 6.3

Gruber Pallets, Inc. has fewer employees than the Pallet containers, wood or wood and meta median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 6.3. 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
2024 3.5 3.5 1 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 13.9 3.5 4 0 0
2021 13.9 10.4 3 1 0
2020 3.2 0.0 1 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 9.8 6.5 3 0 0
2017 9.0 9.0 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

321920 · MN · Lake Elmo

952 Pallet containers, wood or wood and metal combination, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 22 employers in Lake Elmo, 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 SC-NC-SILER CITY 6.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR WIC Carrollton Crosby Location 6.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Lake City,MN - 565 6.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Recycled Dallas (USRX) 6.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Dollymount 35 FTE
STATE-SIZE Scotch Prairie Farms LLC 35 FTE
STATE-SIZE Genex Farm Systems Melrose 35 FTE
STATE-SIZE Black Dog Power Plant 35 FTE
CITY-NEAR Day Camp Kumalya 2,089 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lake Elmo Inn 136 FTE
CITY-NEAR ISD# 834-Lake Elmo Elementary 84 FTE
CITY-NEAR ISD# 834-Oak-Land Middle School 75 FTE
NAT-TCR el super #31 foothill 6.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Bonney Forge 6.7 TCR
NAT-TCR RRS Farms a California General Partnership 6.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Next to Nature Landscape 6.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Custom Finishers 35 FTE
NAT-SIZE At Home Stores #176 35 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hi-Grade Materials-Indio Ready Mix 35 FTE
NAT-SIZE At Home Stores #172 35 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, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.