Addition, alteration and renovation general contractors, commercial and institutional building · Minnesota
LS Black
St. Paul, MN · ~87 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 2.8
- Avg TCR
- 2.9
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
LS Black runs at 96% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Addition, alteration and renovation general contractors, commercial and institutional building workplace, earning a grade C.
LS Black: 2.8 TCR = 96% of Addition, alteration and renovation general contractors, commercial and institutional building BLS 2.9 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)
LS Black safety composite
LS Black scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 37%), 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).
43/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 2.78 per 100 workers
Safer than 43% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 1.03 per 100 workers
Safer than 37% 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
−3.3
2017→2024
LS Black injury rate improved
LS Black's TCR fell 3.3 from 5.4 in 2017 to 2.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2017 at 5.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.37× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2017=5.4 · 2018=1.6 · 2019=3.6 · 2021=2.1 · 2022=3.9 · 2023=0.9 · 2024=2.0
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 236220 · St. Paul, MN AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL
Grade C · TCR 2.8 · 96% of ind
- DART 1.0 DART
- RANK #53/130
- PHOTO I E I GENERAL CONTRA…
- BOOK 7y book
- INJ 15 inj
- SIZE ~87 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: I E I GENERAL CONTRACTORS INC (0.0 TCR gap)
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LS Black in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
LS Black
2.8 TCR
- I E I GENERAL
I E I GENERAL CONTRACTORS INC
2.8 TCR
- Turf
Turf
2.8 TCR
- Volvo Baltimor
Volvo Baltimore RDC
2.8 TCR
- OSHA 300A
OSHA 300A
2.8 TCR
What this shows LS Black averages 2.8 TCR (96% of the Addition, alteration and renovation general contractors, commercial and institutional building BLS benchmark).
LS Black TCR series: 2017=5.4 · 2018=1.6 · 2019=3.6 · 2021=2.1 · 2022=3.9 · 2023=0.9 · 2024=2 · BLS 2.9
Where LS Black falls in its industry
4,692 Addition, alteration and renov establishmentsSafer than 43% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.3.
Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #53 safest of 130 Addition, alteration and renov employers in Minnesota.
LS Black has more employees than the Addition, alteration and renovation gene median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.3. 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 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 3.9 | 2.6 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 1.6 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 5.4 | 1.8 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
236220 · MN · St. Paul
4,692 Addition, alteration and renovation general contractors, commercial and institutional building employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 370 employers in St. Paul, 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 | I E I GENERAL CONTRACTORS INC | 2.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Turf | 2.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Volvo Baltimore RDC | 2.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | OSHA 300A | 2.8 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Minger Construction Companies Incorporated | 87 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Herzog Roofing | 87 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Egan Company - Rochester, MN | 87 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Cedar Creek Energy Corporation | 87 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | YCID | 5,214 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Boston Scientific CRM | 5,100 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | United Hospital | 3,384 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | IT Campus | 2,409 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Pan American Grain Company-Fertilizer | 2.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Houston South Loop | 2.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Bender Lumber | 2.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | General Coatings Manufacturing Corp. | 2.8 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Priority Pallet, Inc. | 87 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Lady Lake FL Truss | 87 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Terminix Co of NC | 87 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Hsi & Es, LLC | 87 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.