Blacktop work, residential and commercial driveway and parking area · Minnesota

Nielsen Blacktopping & Concrete

Kasota, MN · ~60 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
7.2
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Nielsen Blacktopping & Concrete runs at 258% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Blacktop work, residential and commercial driveway and parking area workplace, earning a grade F.

Nielsen Blacktopping & Concrete: 7.2 TCR = 258% of Blacktop work, residential and commercial driveway and parking area BLS 2.8 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Nielsen Blacktopping & Concrete safety composite

Nielsen Blacktopping & Concrete scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 12%), 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

29/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.23 per 100 workers

Safer than 12% of industry peers

DART rate
F 1.91 per 100 workers

Safer than 32% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 51% 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

−3.0

2019→2024

Nielsen Blacktopping & Concrete injury rate improved

Nielsen Blacktopping & Concrete's TCR fell 3.0 from 8.7 in 2019 to 5.7 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 8.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.26× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=8.7 · 2024=5.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238990 · Kasota, MN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 7.2 · 258% of ind

  • DART 1.9 DART
  • RANK #21/30
  • PHOTO Jan Fence Inc
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 6 inj
  • SIZE ~60 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Jan Fence Inc (0.0 TCR gap)

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Nielsen Blacktopping & Concrete in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Nielsen Blacktopping & Concrete averages 7.2 TCR (258% of the Blacktop work, residential and commercial driveway and parking area BLS benchmark).

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

Nielsen Blacktopping & Concrete TCR series: 2019=8.7 · 2024=5.7 · BLS 2.8

Where Nielsen Blacktopping & Concrete falls in its industry

1,634 Blacktop work, residential and establishments

Safer than 12% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #21 safest of 30 Blacktop work, residential and employers in Minnesota.

Nielsen Blacktopping & Concrete (60 employees, TCR 7.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 52 employees and a TCR of 1.9 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 05001,0001,500 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Nielsen Blacktopping & Concrete
Nielsen Blacktopping & Concrete (60 employees, TCR 7.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 52 employees and a TCR of 1.9

Nielsen Blacktopping & Concrete has more employees than the Blacktop work, residential and commercia median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.9. 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 5.7 1.9 3 0 0
2019 8.7 0.0 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238990 · MN · Kasota

1,634 Blacktop work, residential and commercial driveway and parking area 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 Jan Fence Inc 7.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR City Erectors Inc. 7.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR American Asphalt Paving, LLC 7.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR 97390001-32030 BOE - MAINTENANCE 7.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Living Greens Farm 60 FTE
STATE-SIZE New Sweden Dairy 60 FTE
STATE-SIZE Customer Service Support 60 FTE
STATE-SIZE Twin Cities Specialties 60 FTE
CITY-NEAR Waletich Corporation 94 FTE
NAT-TCR Reliance Steel Company 7.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Grocery Outlet-Redwood City 7.2 TCR
NAT-TCR G&F Recycling 7.2 TCR
NAT-TCR 0884 - Prescott 7.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Shepherd of The Valley Lutheran Retirement Inc. - Boardman 60 FTE
NAT-SIZE Total Maintenance, Inc. 60 FTE
NAT-SIZE ACRT, Inc. Arlington TX 60 FTE
NAT-SIZE Maricorp US 60 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, 2019. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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