Struts, automotive, truck, and bus, manufacturing · Minnesota

Karl Manufacturing Solutions

Roseau, MN · ~45 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.1
Avg TCR
5.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Karl Manufacturing Solutions runs at 20% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Struts, automotive, truck, and bus, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Karl Manufacturing Solutions: 1.1 TCR = 20% of Struts, automotive, truck, and bus, manufacturing BLS 5.4 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Karl Manufacturing Solutions safety composite

Karl Manufacturing Solutions scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 82% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).

C

66/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.1 per 100 workers

Safer than 82% of industry peers

DART rate
C 1.08 per 100 workers

Safer than 57% 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%).

TCR Δ

−1.1

2022→2024

Karl Manufacturing Solutions injury rate improved

Karl Manufacturing Solutions's TCR fell 1.1 from 2.2 in 2022 to 1.1 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 2.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.98× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=2.2 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=1.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 336330 · Roseau, MN AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 1.1 · 20% of ind

  • DART 1.1 DART
  • RANK #1/4
  • PHOTO Tenneco
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~45 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Tenneco (0.0 TCR gap)

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Karl Manufacturing Solutions in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Karl Manufacturing Solutions averages 1.1 TCR (20% of the Struts, automotive, truck, and bus, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Karl Manufacturing Solutions TCR series: 2022=2.2 · 2023=0 · 2024=1.1 · BLS 5.4

Where Karl Manufacturing Solutions falls in its industry

134 Struts, automotive, truck, and establishments

Safer than 82% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #1 safest of 4 Struts, automotive, truck, and employers in Minnesota.

Karl Manufacturing Solutions (45 employees, TCR 1.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 192 employees and a TCR of 2.7 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 05001,0001,500 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Karl Manufacturing Solutions
Karl Manufacturing Solutions (45 employees, TCR 1.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 192 employees and a TCR of 2.7

Karl Manufacturing Solutions has fewer employees than the Struts, automotive, truck, and bus, manu median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.7. 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 1.1 1.1 4 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 2.2 2.2 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

336330 · MN · Roseau

134 Struts, automotive, truck, and bus, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 15 employers in Roseau, 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 Tenneco 1.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Polaris Riverside Manufacturing 1.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Dakkota 1.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Tenneco Kettering 1.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE District 45 45 FTE
STATE-SIZE Allstar Construction Commercial Op Co, LLC 45 FTE
STATE-SIZE Doran Construction Company, LLC 45 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hasslen Construction Company, Inc. 45 FTE
CITY-NEAR Roseau Public School 220 FTE
CITY-NEAR BB Diversified Services Ltd. 76 FTE
CITY-NEAR Roseau Altru Clinic 70 FTE
CITY-NEAR City of Roseau 63 FTE
NAT-TCR Jabil Healthcare Asheville 1.1 TCR
NAT-TCR OmniSource, LLC. - Toledo ASR 1.1 TCR
NAT-TCR HTI Recycling 1.1 TCR
NAT-TCR IKO Southeast 1.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Miller 1 and Miller 2 Head Start 45 FTE
NAT-SIZE Tutor Perini Corporation - Building West 45 FTE
NAT-SIZE Breathitt County Community Action Agency 45 FTE
NAT-SIZE Royal Fresh Cuts Building 3600 45 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. 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.