Lath, expanded metal, manufacturing · Minnesota

Midwest Expanded Metal

Waconia, MN · ~21 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
21.2
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Midwest Expanded Metal runs at 644% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Lath, expanded metal, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Midwest Expanded Metal: 21.2 TCR = 644% of Lath, expanded metal, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Midwest Expanded Metal safety composite

Midwest Expanded Metal scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 78% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 1%), 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

40/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 21.24 per 100 workers

Safer than 1% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 78% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 50% 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

−11.3

2017→2022

Midwest Expanded Metal injury rate improved

Midwest Expanded Metal's TCR fell 11.3 from 16.5 in 2017 to 5.2 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2019 at 48.9 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=16.5 · 2019=48.9 · 2020=5.4 · 2021=30.3 · 2022=5.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332323 · Waconia, MN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 21.2 · 644% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #15/15
  • PHOTO Van Dam Iron Works
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 19 inj
  • SIZE ~21 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Van Dam Iron Works (0.7 TCR gap)

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Midwest Expanded Metal in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Midwest Expanded Metal averages 21.2 TCR (644% of the Lath, expanded metal, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Midwest Expanded Metal TCR series: 2017=16.5 · 2019=48.9 · 2020=5.4 · 2021=30.3 · 2022=5.2 · BLS 3.3

Where Midwest Expanded Metal falls in its industry

309 Lath, expanded metal, manufact establishments

Safer than 1% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #15 safest of 15 Lath, expanded metal, manufact employers in Minnesota.

Midwest Expanded Metal (21 employees, TCR 21.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 48 employees and a TCR of 4.1 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 050100150200250 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Midwest Expanded Metal
Midwest Expanded Metal (21 employees, TCR 21.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 48 employees and a TCR of 4.1

Midwest Expanded Metal has fewer employees than the Lath, expanded metal, manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.1. 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
2022 5.2 0.0 1 0 0
2021 30.3 12.1 5 0 0
2020 5.4 0.0 1 0 0
2019 48.9 10.9 9 0 0
2017 16.5 11.0 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332323 · MN · Waconia

309 Lath, expanded metal, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 44 employers in Waconia, 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 Van Dam Iron Works 21.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Win Vent Windows Inc 21.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Colorado Springs CO Warehouse 17.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Tri State Iron Works, Inc. 17.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Winthrop Agronomy 21 FTE
STATE-SIZE Donahues Greenhouse 21 FTE
STATE-SIZE M7 21 FTE
STATE-SIZE MNLOG-SEL-SEL MN LOGISTICS' 21 FTE
CITY-NEAR Ridgeview Waconia 2,057 FTE
CITY-NEAR Ridgeview Medical Center 1,793 FTE
CITY-NEAR Cabinetworks Group 441 FTE
CITY-NEAR Educational Services Center 415 FTE
NAT-TCR Njjam - Hyundai - Glovis New Jersey 21.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Federal Marine Terminals, Inc - Port Manatee 21.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Davenport Distribution Center 39 21.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Adult-ICF-OLR24 21.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Farmers Coop Society #1 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE NH Shop 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE Quality Bindery Services Inc 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE Safco Products - Kennesaw, GA 21 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: 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

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