Employer · Minnesota

Norstan Communications, Inc. - EP/MPLS*

Name: Norstan Communications, Inc. - EP/MPLS* Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Eden Prairie, MN · ~671 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

A
Excellent Safety Record: 0.7
Avg TCR: 2.8
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Norstan Communications, Inc. - EP/MPLS* runs at 23% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical industry workplace, earning a grade A.

Norstan Communications, Inc. - EP/MPLS*: 0.7 TCR = 23% of industry BLS 2.8 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Norstan Communications, Inc. - EP/MPLS* safety composite

Norstan Communications, Inc. - EP/MPLS* scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 90% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).

67/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): A 0.65 per 100 workers

Safer than 90% of industry peers
DART rate: D 0.31 per 100 workers

Safer than 53% 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

−0.7

2018→2020

Norstan Communications, Inc. - EP/MPLS* injury rate improved

Norstan Communications, Inc. - EP/MPLS*'s TCR fell 0.7 from 1.0 in 2018 to 0.3 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2018 at 1.0 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0.48× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=1.0 · 2019=0.6 · 2020=0.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238210 · Eden Prairie, MN AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 0.7 · 23% of ind

DART 0.3 DART
RANK #8/100
PHOTO Intrepid Electronic …
BOOK 3y book
INJ 14 inj
SIZE ~671 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Intrepid Electronic Systems, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Norstan Communications, Inc. - EP/MPLS* averages 0.7 TCR (23% of the industry BLS benchmark).

Norstan Communications, Inc. - EP/MPLS* TCR series: 2018=1 · 2019=0.6 · 2020=0.3 · BLS 2.8

Where Norstan Communications, Inc. - EP/MPLS* falls in its industry

4,550 industry establishments

Safer than 90% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

Grade A

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #8 safest of 100 industry employers in Minnesota.

Norstan Communications, Inc. - EP/MPLS* (671 employees, TCR 0.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 63 employees and a TCR of 2.5

Norstan Communications, Inc. - EP/MPLS* has more employees than the industry median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.5. 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
2020	0.3	0.3	1
2019	0.6	0.5	4
2018	1.0	0.9	9

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238210 · MN · Eden Prairie

4,550 industry employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 242 employers in Eden Prairie, MN · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Intrepid Electronic Systems, Inc.	CROCKETT, CA	0.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Robinson Electric	LAKESIDE, CA	0.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Xtreme Powerline Construction Inc	PORT HURON, MI	0.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Hays Electrical Services Inc	HUMBLE, TX	0.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Japs Olson - St Louis Park	ST. LOUIS PARK	670 FTE
STATE-SIZE	PN1N ST LOUIS PARK 3800 BLDG	ST LOUIS PARK	670 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Estee Lauder - Blaine	BLAINE	669 FTE
STATE-SIZE	200 University	SAINT PAUL	673 FTE
CITY-NEAR	2573-MN101	Eden Prairie	1,940 FTE
CITY-NEAR	2573-MN051	Eden Prairie	1,643 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Minnesota	Eden Prairie	1,632 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Fortra, LLC	Eden Prairie	1,367 FTE
NAT-TCR	Wellford (BP)	Wellford, SC	0.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	103558 - Kapalama Container Terminal - Yard	Honolulu, HI	0.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Plant 68	Mount Holly, NC	0.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Plant 26	Walnut Cove, NC	0.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Akutan	Akutan, AK	671 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Thermo Fisher Scientific (Asheville) LLC	Asheville, NC	671 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Poplar Bluff, Missouri Facility	Poplar Bluff, MO	671 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Cooper Farms Processing	St Henry, OH	671 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: 2020, 2019, 2018. 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.