Window and door (residential-type) of any material, prefabricated, installation · Minnesota
Minnesota Weatherization Specialists, LLC
Shakopee, MN · ~85 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 10.1
- Avg TCR
- 2.8
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Minnesota Weatherization Specialists, LLC runs at 362% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Window and door (residential-type) of any material, prefabricated, installation workplace, earning a grade F.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 10.1
- avg TCR · per 100 workers
- 2.8
- industry benchmark (BLS)
- 20
- recordable injuries tracked
Grade compares Minnesota Weatherization Specialists, LLC's OSHA Total Case Rate of 10.1 to the Window and door (residential-type) of any material, prefabricated, installation BLS benchmark of 2.8 (362% of benchmark) across 2 years of Form 300A filings (2016–2024). This reflects reported recordable injuries, not an independent safety inspection -- underreporting is a known limitation of employer self-recordkeeping.
Injury rate over time
Minnesota Weatherization Specialists, LLC's yearly Total Case Rate, against the 2.8 industry benchmark.
Where Minnesota Weatherization Specialists, LLC falls in its industry
409 Window and door (residential-t establishmentsSafer than 13% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.3.
Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #10 safest of 12 Window and door (residential-t employers in Minnesota.
Minnesota Weatherization Specialists, LLC has an average TCR of 10.1, which is 362% of the industry average (2.8) for Window and door (residential-type) of any material, prefabricated, installation. This is significantly worse than average.
The letter grade is a transparent derived index PlainSafetyScore computes from public OSHA ITA and BLS benchmark data, not an official OSHA rating or safety certification. Full formula and thresholds: Methodology.
Trend analysis for Minnesota Weatherization Specialists, LLC
Between 2023 and 2024, Minnesota Weatherization Specialists, LLC's Total Case Rate improved from 14.2 to 6.1 recordable injuries per 100 full-time workers, a 57% decrease across 1 year of OSHA reporting.
The safest year on record was 2024, at a TCR of 6.1, while 2023 saw the highest rate, at 14.2, a spread of 8.1 points between the best and worst reporting years. That's a wide swing relative to the establishment's overall rate, worth checking the year-by-year table below for whether a single severe year is driving the average, rather than a sustained trend.
Summed across those 2 reporting years, Minnesota Weatherization Specialists, LLC recorded 20 total injuries and illnesses, with no fatalities reported in any of those years. Readers comparing establishments should weigh the 2-year trend above alongside establishment size, since a larger workforce naturally accumulates more raw incidents even at a lower per-100-worker rate.
Verify This Employer with OSHA
The 20 injuries shown on this page for Minnesota Weatherization Specialists, LLC are sourced from its own 2 years of mandatory OSHA Form 300A summaries. Cross-check the underlying establishment record directly against the federal source, name, NAICS classification, recordable case totals, and inspection history are all searchable on OSHA's Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data system.
Verify on OSHA Establishment SearchSource: U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data. NAICS 238350 - Window and door (residential-type) of any material, prefabricated, installation.
DART Rate, Transparent Calculation (2024)
DART (Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred) is computed by OSHA as incidents × 200,000 ÷ hours worked. The 200,000-hour denominator equals roughly 100 full-time workers, which lets establishments of very different sizes be compared directly.
3 DART incidents × 200,000 ÷ 130,981 hours worked = 4.58 DART
Methodology: 29 CFR 1904, OSHA Form 300A recordkeeping
Cross-Validating Context, Establishment vs Industry vs State
| Benchmark | TCR | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Weatherization Specialists, LLC (this establishment) | 10.14 | OSHA ITA Form 300A, 2-year avg |
| Finish carpentry industry avg | 2.80 | BLS IIF, NAICS 238350 |
| Minnesota state avg (all industries) | 5.18 | OSHA ITA, state-level rollup |
Industry benchmarks: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities (IIF) program
Reportable Incident Timeline
Year-by-year reportable incidents (recordable injuries + illnesses + fatalities) submitted by Minnesota Weatherization Specialists, LLC to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application. Each row anchors to OSHA's inspection records search where you can pull the underlying inspection case numbers and citations for that establishment-year.
- 2024: 4 reportable incidents · 4 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2023: 16 reportable incidents · 16 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
Source: OSHA Inspection Information System (IMIS) - inspection case-number records
Year-by-Year Safety Data
| Year | TCR | DART | Injuries | Illnesses | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6.1 | 4.6 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 14.2 | 5.3 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
What this grade means for you
Use this grade as a relative read on Minnesota Weatherization Specialists, LLC's reported OSHA injury record versus its Window and door (residential-type) of any material, prefabricated, installation peers, not a verdict on whether any single site is safe today.
- At 362% of the Window and door (residential-type) of any material, prefabricated, installation benchmark, Minnesota Weatherization Specialists, LLC reports more injuries than typical peers, ask specifically how the employer is reducing them. Know your rights
- Judge this record against the wider Window and door (residential-type) of any material, prefabricated, installation sector, where injury rates vary widely, before comparing it in isolation. See the industry
- Grades reflect 2016–2024 filings; check the latest establishment record straight from OSHA, or look up a different employer. Look up another
Safety grades reflect employers' self-reported OSHA Form 300A filings from 2016 to 2024 and can lag current conditions. A grade is not a guarantee that any specific workplace is safe or unsafe today. See our methodology and disclaimer.
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