Compressor, metering and pumping station, gas and oil pipeline, construction · Minnesota

Michels Utility Services Inc-MN-Ostego

Ostego, MN · ~430 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.2
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Michels Utility Services Inc-MN-Ostego runs at 6% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Compressor, metering and pumping station, gas and oil pipeline, construction workplace, earning a grade A.

Michels Utility Services Inc-MN-Ostego: 0.2 TCR = 6% of Compressor, metering and pumping station, gas and oil pipeline, construction BLS 2.8 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Michels Utility Services Inc-MN-Ostego safety composite

Michels Utility Services Inc-MN-Ostego scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 91% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 34%), 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).

C

61/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 0.16 per 100 workers

Safer than 91% of industry peers

DART rate
F 0.21 per 100 workers

Safer than 34% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 52% 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%).

Michels Utility Services Inc-MN-Ostego held a steady TCR band

Michels Utility Services Inc-MN-Ostego's TCR held near 0.2 from 0.0 in 2021 to 0.2 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 0.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.31× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=0.0 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=0.4 · 2024=0.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 237120 · Ostego, MN AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 0.2 · 6% of ind

  • DART 0.2 DART
  • RANK #1/12
  • PHOTO Refractory Construct…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~430 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Refractory Construction Services (0.0 TCR gap)

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Michels Utility Services Inc-MN-Ostego in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Michels Utility Services Inc-MN-Ostego averages 0.2 TCR (6% of the Compressor, metering and pumping station, gas and oil pipeline, construction BLS benchmark).

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

Michels Utility Services Inc-MN-Ostego TCR series: 2021=0 · 2022=0 · 2023=0.4 · 2024=0.2 · BLS 2.8

Where Michels Utility Services Inc-MN-Ostego falls in its industry

809 Compressor, metering and pumpi establishments

Safer than 91% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 0.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #1 safest of 12 Compressor, metering and pumpi employers in Minnesota.

Michels Utility Services Inc-MN-Ostego (430 employees, TCR 0.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 137 employees and a TCR of 0.7 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 01,0002,0003,0004,000 01234 Average employees Total Case Rate Michels Utility Services Inc-MN-Ostego
Michels Utility Services Inc-MN-Ostego (430 employees, TCR 0.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 137 employees and a TCR of 0.7

Michels Utility Services Inc-MN-Ostego has more employees than the Compressor, metering and pumping station median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 0.7. 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 0.2 0.2 1 0 0
2023 0.4 0.4 2 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

237120 · MN · Ostego

809 Compressor, metering and pumping station, gas and oil pipeline, construction employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 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 Refractory Construction Services 0.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Wyatt Field Service 0.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR BMWC Constructors Gulf Coast, Inc. 0.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Spartan Companies 300, LLC 0.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Monticello Nuclear Plant 430 FTE
STATE-SIZE Loram Maintenance of Way (Corporate Office) 431 FTE
STATE-SIZE MN100 431 FTE
STATE-SIZE WM 3404 429 FTE
CITY-NEAR Michels Power Inc-MN-Ostego 92 FTE
NAT-TCR empirical technology, inc. - Corporate Office 0.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Westside 0.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Westfield, MA - 53 Summit Lock Road 0.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Stanton Towers 0.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Baldwin Paving Co, Inc 430 FTE
NAT-SIZE Fairbanks Morse Defense 430 FTE
NAT-SIZE Magic City Casino 430 FTE
NAT-SIZE JM Murray - Off Site 430 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, 2021. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.