Gravel hauling, local · Minnesota

Metro Transport- Newport

Name: Metro Transport- Newport Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Newport, MN · ~16 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

C
Average Safety Record: 4.6
Avg TCR: 4.5
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Metro Transport- Newport runs at 103% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Gravel hauling, local workplace, earning a grade C.

Metro Transport- Newport: 4.6 TCR = 103% of Gravel hauling, local BLS 4.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Metro Transport- Newport safety composite

Metro Transport- Newport scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 53% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 7%), 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).

29/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 4.64 per 100 workers

Safer than 32% of industry peers
DART rate: F 9.29 per 100 workers

Safer than 7% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Metro Transport- Newport: 0.0 → 9.3 TCR

Peak year 2019 @ 9.3 TCR · DART/TCR 2× in 2019

Metro Transport- Newport's TCR rose 9.3 from 0.0 in 2018 to 9.3 in 2019. In 2019, DART was 2× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 484220 · Newport, MN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 4.6 · 103% of ind

DART 9.3 DART
RANK #7/13
PHOTO BLADENBORO FEED DELI…
BOOK 2y book
INJ 1 inj
SIZE ~16 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: BLADENBORO FEED DELIVERY -EST (0.0 TCR gap)

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Thomas Eilen

4.7
This site

4.6
BLADENBORO FEE

4.6
Commerce Termi

4.6
CAST Transpor

4.6

What this shows Metro Transport- Newport averages 4.6 TCR (103% of the Gravel hauling, local BLS benchmark).

Metro Transport- Newport TCR series: 2018=0 · 2019=9.3 · BLS 4.5

Where Metro Transport- Newport falls in its industry

1,130 Gravel hauling, local establishments

Safer than 32% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.4.

Grade C

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #7 safest of 13 Gravel hauling, local employers in Minnesota.

Metro Transport- Newport (16 employees, TCR 4.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 42 employees and a TCR of 3.4

Metro Transport- Newport has fewer employees than the Gravel hauling, local 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	Illnesses	Fatalities
2019	9.3	9.3	1	0	0
2018	0.0	0.0	0	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

484220 · MN · Newport

1,130 Gravel hauling, local employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 14 employers in Newport, MN · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	BLADENBORO FEED DELIVERY -EST	BLADENBORO, NC	4.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Thomas Eilen	HAMPTON, MN	4.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Commerce Terminal	COMMERCE, CA	4.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	CAST Transportation	HENDERSON, CO	4.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Olivia - West	OLIVIA	16 FTE
STATE-SIZE	ACI Asphalt & Concrete LLC Roberts	MAPLE GROVE	16 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Water Resources Group	DEERWOOD	16 FTE
STATE-SIZE	S.G.O. Roofing and Construction, LLC	PRIOR LAKE	16 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Newport Service Center-NB	Newport	97 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Newport Service Center	Newport	84 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Ramsey Washington Recycling and Energy Center	Newport	72 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Wilson Lines Inc	Newport	70 FTE
NAT-TCR	Store 206-Algonquin	Algonquin, IL	4.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	Seneca Foods Baraboo	Baraboo, WI	4.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	New York JP	Brocton, NY	4.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	Knouse Foods Coop, Inc - Orrtanna	Orrtanna, PA	4.6 TCR

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: 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.