Steel manufacturing · Minnesota

LaX Fabricating

Spring Grove, MN · ~34 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
12.0
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

LaX Fabricating runs at 365% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Steel manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

LaX Fabricating: 12.0 TCR = 365% of Steel manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

LaX Fabricating safety composite

LaX Fabricating scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 53% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 5%), 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).

F

17/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 12.04 per 100 workers

Safer than 5% of industry peers

DART rate
F 6.85 per 100 workers

Safer than 5% 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

−1.3

2017→2024

LaX Fabricating injury rate improved

LaX Fabricating's TCR fell 1.3 from 8.2 in 2017 to 6.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 26.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.57× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=8.2 · 2018=14.2 · 2019=26.5 · 2020=8.6 · 2022=9.5 · 2023=10.5 · 2024=6.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 331110 · Spring Grove, MN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 12.0 · 365% of ind

  • DART 6.8 DART
  • RANK #6/7
  • PHOTO Keysteel Corp
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 30 inj
  • SIZE ~34 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Keysteel Corp (0.1 TCR gap)

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LaX Fabricating in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows LaX Fabricating averages 12.0 TCR (365% of the Steel manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

LaX Fabricating TCR series: 2017=8.2 · 2018=14.2 · 2019=26.5 · 2020=8.6 · 2022=9.5 · 2023=10.5 · 2024=6.8 · BLS 3.3

Where LaX Fabricating falls in its industry

416 Steel manufacturing establishments

Safer than 5% 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 #6 safest of 7 Steel manufacturing employers in Minnesota.

LaX Fabricating (34 employees, TCR 12.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 155 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 05001,0001,5002,0002,500 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate LaX Fabricating
LaX Fabricating (34 employees, TCR 12.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 155 employees and a TCR of 2.7

LaX Fabricating has fewer employees than the Steel manufacturing median and a higher 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 6.8 6.8 3 0 0
2023 10.5 10.5 4 0 0
2022 9.5 0.0 3 0 0
2020 8.6 0.0 3 0 0
2019 26.5 0.0 9 0 0
2018 14.2 0.0 5 0 0
2017 8.2 0.0 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

331110 · MN · Spring Grove

416 Steel manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 6 employers in Spring Grove, 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 Keysteel Corp 12.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR National Frame Rail, Inc 11.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR O'Neill Steel Fabrication, Inc. 12.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Bridge City Steel, LLC 11.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE KBQ, Inc. 34 FTE
STATE-SIZE Daybreak Foods, Inc. 34 FTE
STATE-SIZE Forsman Farms SH 34 FTE
STATE-SIZE Klaphake Feed Mill Inc. 34 FTE
CITY-NEAR Gundersen Tweeten Care Center 65 FTE
CITY-NEAR Northern Engraving Corporation - Spring Grove 57 FTE
CITY-NEAR Shooting Star Native Seeds 28 FTE
CITY-NEAR Farmers Win Coop (Spring Grove) 19 FTE
NAT-TCR CKC Delivery Service 12.0 TCR
NAT-TCR 2771 - Dublin East 12.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Trader Joe's 0620 Washington 12.0 TCR
NAT-TCR CEDI Dallas 12.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Missoula Brewing Company 34 FTE
NAT-SIZE DaNite Sign Co 34 FTE
NAT-SIZE MAP Automotive of Bloomington 34 FTE
NAT-SIZE Supermercados Morelos - Atip Corp 34 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, 2020, 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.