Grains, abrasive, natural and artificial, manufacturing · Arizona

Minerals Research, Inc.

Cottonwood, AZ · ~21 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
7.5
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Minerals Research, Inc. runs at 228% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Grains, abrasive, natural and artificial, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Minerals Research, Inc.: 7.5 TCR = 228% of Grains, abrasive, natural and artificial, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Minerals Research, Inc. safety composite

Minerals Research, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 22%), 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).

F

30/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.54 per 100 workers

Safer than 24% of industry peers

DART rate
F 5.92 per 100 workers

Safer than 22% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Minerals Research, Inc.: 4.5 → 11.8 TCR

Peak year 2021 @ 17.9 TCR · DART/TCR 0.79× in 2023

Minerals Research, Inc.'s TCR rose 7.3 from 4.5 in 2016 to 11.8 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2021 at 17.9 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.79× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 327910 · Cottonwood, AZ ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 7.5 · 228% of ind

  • DART 5.9 DART
  • RANK P24
  • PHOTO Acme Abrasives
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 8 inj
  • SIZE ~21 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Acme Abrasives (0.2 TCR gap)

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Minerals Research, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Minerals Research, Inc. averages 7.5 TCR (228% of the Grains, abrasive, natural and artificial, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Minerals Research, Inc. TCR series: 2016=4.5 · 2017=0 · 2018=0 · 2019=4.4 · 2020=15 · 2021=17.9 · 2022=6.6 · 2023=11.8 · BLS 3.3

Where Minerals Research, Inc. falls in its industry

90 Grains, abrasive, natural and establishments

Safer than 24% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Minerals Research, Inc. (21 employees, TCR 7.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 61 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 0100200300400 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Minerals Research, Inc.
Minerals Research, Inc. (21 employees, TCR 7.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 61 employees and a TCR of 4.5

Minerals Research, Inc. has fewer employees than the Grains, abrasive, natural and artificial 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
2023 11.8 5.9 2 0 0
2022 6.6 0.0 1 0 0
2021 17.9 17.9 0 3 0
2020 15.0 5.0 3 0 0
2019 4.4 4.4 1 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 4.5 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

327910 · AZ · Cottonwood

90 Grains, abrasive, natural and artificial, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 9,594 rated employers in Arizona with headcount on file · 29 employers in Cottonwood, AZ · 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 Acme Abrasives 7.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Saint- Gobain 7.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Camel Grinding Wheels 7.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Global Abrasives, Inc. - 378 Niagara Street 7.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Curry Farms LLC 21 FTE
STATE-SIZE A & P Farms 21 FTE
STATE-SIZE ARLINGTON BARNS 21 FTE
STATE-SIZE Southwest Energy Shop and Warehouse 21 FTE
CITY-NEAR City of Cottonwood 390 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 1299 336 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1299 336 FTE
CITY-NEAR SWY-0017-0017-02052 FAC-02052-COTTONWOOD-AZ 142 FTE
NAT-TCR James Wickliffe 7.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Inland Empire 7.5 TCR
NAT-TCR 4223-M5500 7.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Triad Fabco 7.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Visalia, Ca #00004 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE Bakersfield, Ca #00005 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE Fresno, Ca #00007 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE Stockton, Ca #00011 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: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. 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.