Machine shops · Minnesota

IPM, Inc.

Waite Park, MN · ~42 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.9
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

IPM, Inc. runs at 118% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Machine shops workplace, earning a grade C.

IPM, Inc.: 3.9 TCR = 118% of Machine shops BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

IPM, Inc. safety composite

IPM, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 28%), 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

40/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 3.88 per 100 workers

Safer than 45% of industry peers

DART rate
F 2.54 per 100 workers

Safer than 28% 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

−3.2

2017→2024

IPM, Inc. injury rate improved

IPM, Inc.'s TCR fell 3.2 from 5.7 in 2017 to 2.5 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 7.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.65× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=5.7 · 2018=7.3 · 2019=0.0 · 2024=2.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332710 · Waite Park, MN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 3.9 · 118% of ind

  • DART 2.5 DART
  • RANK #42/92
  • PHOTO Drasgow, Inc.
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 6 inj
  • SIZE ~42 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Drasgow, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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IPM, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows IPM, Inc. averages 3.9 TCR (118% of the Machine shops BLS benchmark).

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

IPM, Inc. TCR series: 2017=5.7 · 2018=7.3 · 2019=0 · 2024=2.5 · BLS 3.3

Where IPM, Inc. falls in its industry

1,821 Machine shops establishments

Safer than 45% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #42 safest of 92 Machine shops employers in Minnesota.

IPM, Inc. (42 employees, TCR 3.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 48 employees and a TCR of 3.5 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 050100150200250 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate IPM, Inc.
IPM, Inc. (42 employees, TCR 3.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 48 employees and a TCR of 3.5

IPM, Inc. has fewer employees than the Machine shops median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.5. 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 2.5 2.5 1 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 7.3 0.0 3 0 0
2017 5.7 0.0 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332710 · MN · Waite Park

1,821 Machine shops employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 82 employers in Waite Park, 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 Drasgow, Inc. 3.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Highpoint Tool and Machine 3.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR G&C Multi-Services, LLC 3.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR D.L. Martin Co. 3.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Michael Foods Inc.- GY2 42 FTE
STATE-SIZE Redwood Falls, MN-PS 42 FTE
STATE-SIZE Willmar Municipal Utilities 42 FTE
STATE-SIZE Benson Power, LLC 42 FTE
CITY-NEAR WACOSA 570 FTE
CITY-NEAR Bernicks Pepsi & Chas A Bernick of St Cloud 323 FTE
CITY-NEAR Buttweiler Environmental, Inc. 260 FTE
CITY-NEAR Buttweiler Environmental, Inc. Corporate Office 247 FTE
NAT-TCR Quinn Bros of Essex inc 3.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Steiner Electric Inc 3.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Mountain Mechanical Contractors 3.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Arrowaste, Inc. 3.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE W&W|AFCO Steel Nash 42 FTE
NAT-SIZE Boeing Distribution Services Inc. - Carson, CA 42 FTE
NAT-SIZE CHINN Construction, LLC 42 FTE
NAT-SIZE Dietzler Construction company 42 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, 2019, 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.