Insulation contractors · Minnesota

Metro Home Insulation #435

Name: Metro Home Insulation #435 Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Elk River, MN · ~56 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

F
Failing Safety Record: 13.5
Avg TCR: 2.8
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Metro Home Insulation #435 runs at 483% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Insulation contractors workplace, earning a grade F.

Metro Home Insulation #435: 13.5 TCR = 483% of Insulation contractors BLS 2.8 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Metro Home Insulation #435 safety composite

Metro Home Insulation #435 scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 3%), 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).

19/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 13.53 per 100 workers

Safer than 3% of industry peers
DART rate: F 6.3 per 100 workers

Safer than 14% 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

−1.8

2018→2021

Metro Home Insulation #435 injury rate improved

Metro Home Insulation #435's TCR fell 1.8 from 13.2 in 2018 to 11.3 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2019 at 19.9 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.47× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=13.2 · 2019=19.9 · 2020=9.8 · 2021=11.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238310 · Elk River, MN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 13.5 · 483% of ind

DART 6.3 DART
RANK #30/34
PHOTO Alpine Insulation Ap…
BOOK 4y book
INJ 33 inj
SIZE ~56 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Alpine Insulation Appleton (0.0 TCR gap)

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Yukon Plasteri

13.6
This site

13.5
Alpine Insulat

13.5
dba Builders'

13.5
USA ENERGY SAV

13.4

What this shows Metro Home Insulation #435 averages 13.5 TCR (483% of the Insulation contractors BLS benchmark).

Metro Home Insulation #435 TCR series: 2018=13.2 · 2019=19.9 · 2020=9.8 · 2021=11.3 · BLS 2.8

Where Metro Home Insulation #435 falls in its industry

1,613 Insulation contractors establishments

Safer than 3% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.4.

Grade F

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #30 safest of 34 Insulation contractors employers in Minnesota.

Metro Home Insulation #435 (56 employees, TCR 13.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 63 employees and a TCR of 3.4

Metro Home Insulation #435 has fewer employees than the Insulation contractors median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.4. 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
2021	11.3	6.3	9
2020	9.8	7.0	7
2019	19.9	10.8	11
2018	13.2	13.2	6

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238310 · MN · Elk River

1,613 Insulation contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 102 employers in Elk River, MN · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Alpine Insulation Appleton	APPLETON, WI	13.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	dba Builders' Insulation (Charlotte, NC)	CHARLOTTE, NC	13.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Yukon Plastering, Inc.	CORONA, CA	13.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	USA ENERGY SAVERS, LLC	JACKSONVILLE, FL	13.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE	LDC.FAR	SLEEPY EYE	56 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Public Utilities	NEW ULM	56 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Shakopee Public Utilities	SHAKOPEE	56 FTE
STATE-SIZE	CenterPoint Energy - Mankato	MANKATO	56 FTE
CITY-NEAR	WM 3209	Elk River	437 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Sherburne County Government Center - General	Elk River	418 FTE
CITY-NEAR	3209	Elk River	387 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Sherburne County Government Center	Elk River	367 FTE
NAT-TCR	Indianapolis Museum of Art d/b/a Newfields	Indianapolis, IN	13.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	SunnyBrook of Fairfield	Fairfield, IA	13.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	ZLS - Mishawaka	Mishawaka, IN	13.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	EFWL	Orangevale, CA	13.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Big City Insulation of Idaho #896	Nampa, ID	56 FTE
NAT-SIZE	STA-Navasota (TEX-775)	Navasota, TX	56 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Lewis Environmental, Inc.	Royersford, PA	56 FTE
NAT-SIZE	4769-645-Pottery Barn	Bellevue, WA	56 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, 2019, 2018. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.