Structural steel, fabricated, manufacturing · Minnesota
K & K Fabrication
Austin, MN · ~42 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 4.9
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
K & K Fabrication runs at 149% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Structural steel, fabricated, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.
K & K Fabrication: 4.9 TCR = 149% of Structural steel, fabricated, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)
K & K Fabrication safety composite
K & K Fabrication scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 82% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 46%), 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).
60/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 4.92 per 100 workers
Safer than 46% of industry peers
- DART rate
- B 0 per 100 workers
Safer than 82% 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
K & K Fabrication: 2.7 → 3.3 TCR
Peak year 2020 @ 11.6 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2024
K & K Fabrication's TCR rose 0.5 from 2.7 in 2017 to 3.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 11.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 332312 · Austin, MN ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade D · TCR 4.9 · 149% of ind
- DART 0.0 DART
- RANK #13/38
- PHOTO CellXion - Building …
- BOOK 6y book
- INJ 9 inj
- SIZE ~42 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: CellXion - Building Pole Facility (0.0 TCR gap)
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K & K Fabrication in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
K & K Fabrication
4.9 TCR
- CellXion - Bui
CellXion - Building Pole Facility
4.9 TCR
- Contractors Ma
Contractors Materials Company
4.9 TCR
- Nucor Harris R
Nucor Harris Rebar South LLC - Orlando Florida
4.9 TCR
- Blast Cleaning
Blast Cleaning Technologies
4.9 TCR
What this shows K & K Fabrication averages 4.9 TCR (149% of the Structural steel, fabricated, manufacturing BLS benchmark).
K & K Fabrication TCR series: 2017=2.7 · 2020=11.6 · 2021=9.4 · 2022=0 · 2023=2.5 · 2024=3.3 · BLS 3.3
Where K & K Fabrication falls in its industry
1,491 Structural steel, fabricated, establishmentsSafer than 46% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.6.
Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #13 safest of 38 Structural steel, fabricated, employers in Minnesota.
K & K Fabrication has fewer employees than the Structural steel, fabricated, manufactur median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.6. 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 | 3.3 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 9.4 | 9.4 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 11.6 | 4.6 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 2017 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
332312 · MN · Austin
1,491 Structural steel, fabricated, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 75 employers in Austin, 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 | CellXion - Building Pole Facility | 4.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Contractors Materials Company | 4.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Nucor Harris Rebar South LLC - Orlando Florida | 4.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Blast Cleaning Technologies | 4.9 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 | Hormel Foods - Austin | 1,914 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Hormel Foods - Austin Plant | 1,884 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Hormel Foods Corporation | 1,581 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Quality Pork Processors Inc. | 1,208 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Weston Investment Co LLC | 4.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Wings West | 4.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Post Recycling | 4.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | KBE Electric Co Inc | 4.9 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | DEP005 - BOR-Boating | 42 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Dakota Hardwoods Houston #161 | 42 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Grace Parma | 42 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Meade Construction Inc | 42 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.