General freight trucking, long-distance, truckload (TL) · Minnesota

Kottke Trucking Inc.

Buffalo Lake, MN · ~168 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
2.1
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Kottke Trucking Inc. runs at 47% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical General freight trucking, long-distance, truckload (TL) workplace, earning a grade A.

Kottke Trucking Inc.: 2.1 TCR = 47% of General freight trucking, long-distance, truckload (TL) BLS 4.5 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Kottke Trucking Inc. safety composite

Kottke Trucking Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 68% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 53%), 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

59/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.11 per 100 workers

Safer than 68% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.82 per 100 workers

Safer than 54% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 53% 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

2019→2023

Kottke Trucking Inc. injury rate improved

Kottke Trucking Inc.'s TCR fell 0.6 from 2.4 in 2019 to 1.8 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2021 at 222.2 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.86× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=2.4 · 2021=222.2 · 2022=60.0 · 2023=1.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 484121 · Buffalo Lake, MN AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 2.1 · 47% of ind

  • DART 1.8 DART
  • RANK #20/74
  • PHOTO Styline Logistics Mi…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 16 inj
  • SIZE ~168 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Styline Logistics Mississippi (0.0 TCR gap)

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Kottke Trucking Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Kottke Trucking Inc. averages 2.1 TCR (47% of the General freight trucking, long-distance, truckload (TL) BLS benchmark).

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

Kottke Trucking Inc. TCR series: 2019=2.4 · 2021=222.2 · 2022=60 · 2023=1.8 · BLS 4.5

Where Kottke Trucking Inc. falls in its industry

3,252 General freight trucking, long establishments

Safer than 68% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #20 safest of 74 General freight trucking, long employers in Minnesota.

Kottke Trucking Inc. (168 employees, TCR 2.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 61 employees and a TCR of 3.0 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 01,0002,0003,0004,0005,000 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Kottke Trucking Inc.
Kottke Trucking Inc. (168 employees, TCR 2.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 61 employees and a TCR of 3.0

Kottke Trucking Inc. has more employees than the General freight trucking, long-distance, median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.0. 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 1.8 1.8 4 0 0
2022 60.0 40.0 3 0 0
2021 222.2 0.0 8 0 0
2019 2.4 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

484121 · MN · Buffalo Lake

3,252 General freight trucking, long-distance, truckload (TL) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 8 employers in Buffalo Lake, 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 Styline Logistics Mississippi 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Jurupa Valley Terminal 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Detroit / New Boston Terminal 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Harrisonville Terminal 2.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE 505 Nicollet REN3 168 FTE
STATE-SIZE RMS Energy Co LLC 168 FTE
STATE-SIZE Saputo White Bear Lake 168 FTE
STATE-SIZE Labelworks - 0021-MNNO15 168 FTE
CITY-NEAR US 212 Beef Corporation 186 FTE
CITY-NEAR Duane Kottke Trucking Corp 154 FTE
CITY-NEAR Buffalo Lake Healthcare Center 87 FTE
CITY-NEAR Buffalo Lake Elementary 47 FTE
NAT-TCR DaVco Mechanical Contractors, Inc 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR International Fire Protection Inc 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Spartanburg Resource Center - PNG 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Goldsboro Resource Center - PNG 2.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE San Mateo Marriott 168 FTE
NAT-SIZE Albquerque Asphalt 168 FTE
NAT-SIZE Summit Orange 168 FTE
NAT-SIZE Puyallup #016 168 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, 2021, 2019. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.