Air cowls, sheet metal (except stampings), manufacturing · Minnesota

Metal Sales MC - Detroit Lakes

Detroit Lakes, MN · ~34 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
6.4
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Metal Sales MC - Detroit Lakes runs at 195% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Air cowls, sheet metal (except stampings), manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Metal Sales MC - Detroit Lakes: 6.4 TCR = 195% of Air cowls, sheet metal (except stampings), manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Metal Sales MC - Detroit Lakes safety composite

Metal Sales MC - Detroit Lakes scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 27%), 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).

D

35/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.43 per 100 workers

Safer than 31% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.85 per 100 workers

Safer than 27% 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

−5.2

2020→2021

Metal Sales MC - Detroit Lakes injury rate improved

Metal Sales MC - Detroit Lakes's TCR fell 5.2 from 9.0 in 2020 to 3.9 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2020 at 9.0 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.6× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=9.0 · 2021=3.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332322 · Detroit Lakes, MN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 6.4 · 195% of ind

  • DART 3.9 DART
  • RANK #26/41
  • PHOTO Creative Metal Produ…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~34 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Creative Metal Products, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Metal Sales MC - Detroit Lakes in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Metal Sales MC - Detroit Lakes averages 6.4 TCR (195% of the Air cowls, sheet metal (except stampings), manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Metal Sales MC - Detroit Lakes TCR series: 2020=9 · 2021=3.9 · BLS 3.3

Where Metal Sales MC - Detroit Lakes falls in its industry

1,158 Air cowls, sheet metal (except establishments

Safer than 31% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #26 safest of 41 Air cowls, sheet metal (except employers in Minnesota.

Metal Sales MC - Detroit Lakes (34 employees, TCR 6.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 4.5 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 050100150200 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Metal Sales MC - Detroit Lakes
Metal Sales MC - Detroit Lakes (34 employees, TCR 6.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 4.5

Metal Sales MC - Detroit Lakes has fewer employees than the Air cowls, sheet metal (except stampings median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.5. 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
2021 3.9 3.9 1 0 0
2020 9.0 3.0 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332322 · MN · Detroit Lakes

1,158 Air cowls, sheet metal (except stampings), manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 86 employers in Detroit Lakes, 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 Creative Metal Products, Inc. 6.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Lindblade Metalworks, Inc. 6.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Stock Mfg. & Design 6.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR MEVA Formwork Systems, Inc. 6.4 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 Saint Mary's Hospital Detroit Lakes 511 FTE
CITY-NEAR St Marys Hospital - Detroit Lakes 497 FTE
CITY-NEAR Operations - Detroit Lakes, MN 472 FTE
CITY-NEAR BTD Manufacturing Detroit Lakes 448 FTE
NAT-TCR Ocala Regional Medical Center 6.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Kimball County Manor and Assisted Living 6.4 TCR
NAT-TCR In Your Golden Years, LLC 6.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Sunshine Electronic Display Corporation 6.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Kando of Cincinnati Inc 34 FTE
NAT-SIZE Custom Built 34 FTE
NAT-SIZE Administration 34 FTE
NAT-SIZE S05969 - WM of TX OK Area Office 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: 2021, 2020. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.