Generator sets, turbine (e.g., gas, hydraulic, steam), manufacturing · Minnesota

Kato Engineering

North Mankato, MN · ~335 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.4
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Kato Engineering runs at 13% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Generator sets, turbine (e.g., gas, hydraulic, steam), manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Kato Engineering: 0.4 TCR = 13% of Generator sets, turbine (e.g., gas, hydraulic, steam), manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Kato Engineering safety composite

Kato Engineering scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 96% 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).

B

79/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 0.44 per 100 workers

Safer than 96% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 80% 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

−0.6

2016→2023

Kato Engineering injury rate improved

Kato Engineering's TCR fell 0.6 from 0.9 in 2016 to 0.3 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2016 at 0.9 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=0.9 · 2017=0.6 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=0.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 333611 · North Mankato, MN AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 0.4 · 13% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK P96
  • PHOTO Relevant Power Solut…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~335 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Relevant Power Solutions (0.0 TCR gap)

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Kato Engineering in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Kato Engineering averages 0.4 TCR (13% of the Generator sets, turbine (e.g., gas, hydraulic, steam), manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Kato Engineering TCR series: 2016=0.9 · 2017=0.6 · 2022=0 · 2023=0.3 · BLS 3.3

Where Kato Engineering falls in its industry

97 Generator sets, turbine (e.g., establishments

Safer than 96% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Kato Engineering (335 employees, TCR 0.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 141 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 05001,0001,5002,000 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Kato Engineering
Kato Engineering (335 employees, TCR 0.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 141 employees and a TCR of 2.0

Kato Engineering has more employees than the Generator sets, turbine (e.g., gas, hydr median and a lower 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
2023 0.3 0.0 1 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 0.6 0.6 2 0 0
2016 0.9 0.6 2 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

333611 · MN · North Mankato

97 Generator sets, turbine (e.g., gas, hydraulic, steam), manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 57 employers in North Mankato, 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 Relevant Power Solutions 0.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR 2022-1 0.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR BorgWarner Asheville 0.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Mitsubishi Power Americas, Ltd. 0.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Cybex Owatonna 335 FTE
STATE-SIZE NM - Med Tran Brooklyn Center 335 FTE
STATE-SIZE THREE LINKS 335 FTE
STATE-SIZE American Crystal Sugar Moorhead Factory 334 FTE
CITY-NEAR FUN.com Inc 776 FTE
CITY-NEAR The Occasions Group Inc. - 0156-MNNO3 542 FTE
CITY-NEAR The Occasions Group - MN - 0156 404 FTE
CITY-NEAR Corporate Graphics Commercial - 0027-MNNO10 349 FTE
NAT-TCR Glory Transportation, Inc 0.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Gunslinger Custom Paint 0.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Lawrence Screw Products, Inc. 0.4 TCR
NAT-TCR American Track Generations, LLC. 0.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Maverick Arms, Inc. 335 FTE
NAT-SIZE Best Maid Cookies 335 FTE
NAT-SIZE Woven Electronics LLC 335 FTE
NAT-SIZE Terry's Electric 335 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: 2023, 2022, 2017, 2016. 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.