Utility line (i.e., communication, electric power), construction · Minnesota

Highline Construction, Inc.

Paynesville, MN · ~78 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
6.1
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
1
Fatality
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The verdict

Highline Construction, Inc. runs at 219% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Utility line (i.e., communication, electric power), construction workplace, earning a grade F.

Highline Construction, Inc.: 6.1 TCR = 219% of Utility line (i.e., communication, electric power), construction BLS 2.8 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Highline Construction, Inc. safety composite

Highline Construction, Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 38% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 3%), 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).

F

20/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.13 per 100 workers

Safer than 15% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.13 per 100 workers

Safer than 38% of industry peers

Fatalities
F 1

Safer than 3% 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

Highline Construction, Inc.: 3.6 → 9.0 TCR

Peak year 2023 @ 9.2 TCR · DART/TCR 0.18× in 2024

Highline Construction, Inc.'s TCR rose 5.5 from 3.6 in 2017 to 9.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 9.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.18× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 237130 · Paynesville, MN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 6.1 · 219% of ind

  • DART 1.1 DART
  • RANK #23/38
  • PHOTO NA-US-CA-Riverside-I…
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 36 inj
  • SIZE ~78 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: NA-US-CA-Riverside-Iowa Avenue (0.0 TCR gap)

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Highline Construction, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Highline Construction, Inc. averages 6.1 TCR (219% of the Utility line (i.e., communication, electric power), construction BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-09-26

Highline Construction, Inc. TCR series: 2017=3.6 · 2018=3 · 2020=1.1 · 2021=7.8 · 2022=9.1 · 2023=9.2 · 2024=9 · BLS 2.8

Where Highline Construction, Inc. falls in its industry

1,605 Utility line (i.e., communicat establishments

Safer than 15% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #23 safest of 38 Utility line (i.e., communicat employers in Minnesota.

Highline Construction, Inc. (78 employees, TCR 6.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 74 employees and a TCR of 2.0 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 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Highline Construction, Inc.
Highline Construction, Inc. (78 employees, TCR 6.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 74 employees and a TCR of 2.0

Highline Construction, Inc. has more employees than the Utility line (i.e., communication, elect median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.0. 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 9.0 1.1 8 0 0
2023 9.2 4.6 8 0 0
2022 9.1 4.6 8 0 1
2021 7.8 2.2 7 0 0
2020 1.1 1.1 1 0 0
2018 3.0 1.5 2 0 0
2017 3.6 1.8 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

237130 · MN · Paynesville

1,605 Utility line (i.e., communication, electric power), construction employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 23 employers in Paynesville, 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 NA-US-CA-Riverside-Iowa Avenue 6.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR B Robinson Harlingen 6.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR PAU:PA038 - PA038-Pauley Constr-Phoenix, A 6.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ozark Traffic Management 6.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE City of Babbitt 78 FTE
STATE-SIZE Mower County - Justice Center 78 FTE
STATE-SIZE Twin City Tanning Company 78 FTE
STATE-SIZE Allina Health Maple Grove Clinic 78 FTE
CITY-NEAR CentraCare Health Paynesville, Hospital, Clinic, PT, Lab, Business Office 252 FTE
CITY-NEAR CentraCare Health-Paynesville 236 FTE
CITY-NEAR CentraCare Paynesville 227 FTE
CITY-NEAR Valley Industries, LLP 125 FTE
NAT-TCR Medford 6.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Dale Spradley Motors, Inc. 6.1 TCR
NAT-TCR West Palm Beach - 923 6.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Baker-Katz Skilled Nursing and Rehab Center 6.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Video Industrial Services, Inc 78 FTE
NAT-SIZE Rolling Hills Manor Nursing and Rehabilitation, LLC 78 FTE
NAT-SIZE Catholic Charities New Hampshire DBA St. Francis Rehabilitation & Nursing Center 78 FTE
NAT-SIZE Nandino BUilding 78 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, 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.