Balloons, plastics, manufacturing · Minnesota

National Polymers

Lakeville, MN · ~48 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.5
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

National Polymers runs at 75% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Balloons, plastics, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

National Polymers: 2.5 TCR = 75% of Balloons, plastics, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

National Polymers safety composite

National Polymers scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 86% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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

69/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.49 per 100 workers

Safer than 66% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 86% 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

−1.1

2019→2024

National Polymers injury rate improved

National Polymers's TCR fell 1.1 from 1.1 in 2019 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 6.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=1.1 · 2023=6.4 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 326199 · Lakeville, MN AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.5 · 75% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #30/89
  • PHOTO Techstar Molding
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~48 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Techstar Molding (0.0 TCR gap)

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National Polymers in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows National Polymers averages 2.5 TCR (75% of the Balloons, plastics, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

National Polymers TCR series: 2019=1.1 · 2023=6.4 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.3

Where National Polymers falls in its industry

2,838 Balloons, plastics, manufactur establishments

Safer than 66% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #30 safest of 89 Balloons, plastics, manufactur employers in Minnesota.

National Polymers (48 employees, TCR 2.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 101 employees and a TCR of 3.5 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 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate National Polymers
National Polymers (48 employees, TCR 2.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 101 employees and a TCR of 3.5

National Polymers has fewer employees than the Balloons, plastics, manufacturing median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.5. 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
2024 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 6.4 6.4 2 0 0
2019 1.1 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

326199 · MN · Lakeville

2,838 Balloons, plastics, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 141 employers in Lakeville, 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 Techstar Molding 2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Teijin Automotive Technologies Texas, LLC 2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR 841 REM 2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Tetra Mold & Tool Inc. 2.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Waukon 48 FTE
STATE-SIZE Swenoda 48 FTE
STATE-SIZE Central Region Cooperative - SE Agronomy East/BCA/Shop 48 FTE
STATE-SIZE 2101-Redwood Falls, MN 48 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lakeville Technical Center 645 FTE
CITY-NEAR Schmitty & Sons 640 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hearthside Foods Solutions 634 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1484 - Lakeville 414 FTE
NAT-TCR CA-Devers Substation 2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Baptist Health System Jacksonville Baptist Er Center Oakleaf 2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Insteel Wire Products NCW 2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Frank J Ryan & Sons Inc 2.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Heritage Woods Of DeKalb 48 FTE
NAT-SIZE NxEdge San Carlos LLC 48 FTE
NAT-SIZE CA-Irvine Operation Center 48 FTE
NAT-SIZE Columbia River Knife & Tool 48 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, 2019. 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.