Employer · Minnesota

Norstan Communications Inc - MN(MG Branch)

Maple Grove, MN · ~24 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
2.2
Avg TCR
2.1
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Norstan Communications Inc - MN(MG Branch) runs at 106% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical industry workplace, earning a grade C.

Norstan Communications Inc - MN(MG Branch): 2.2 TCR = 106% of industry BLS 2.1 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Norstan Communications Inc - MN(MG Branch) safety composite

Norstan Communications Inc - MN(MG Branch) scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (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

30/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 2.22 per 100 workers

Safer than 33% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.44 per 100 workers

Safer than 12% 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

Norstan Communications Inc - MN(MG Branch): 0.0 → 4.4 TCR

Peak year 2017 @ 4.4 TCR · DART/TCR 2× in 2017

Norstan Communications Inc - MN(MG Branch)'s TCR rose 4.4 from 0.0 in 2016 to 4.4 in 2017. In 2017, DART was 2× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 811213 · Maple Grove, MN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 2.2 · 106% of ind

  • DART 4.4 DART
  • RANK P33
  • PHOTO Hightower Communicat…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~24 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Hightower Communications Inc. SC (0.1 TCR gap)

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Norstan Communications Inc - MN(MG Branch) in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Norstan Communications Inc - MN(MG Branch) averages 2.2 TCR (106% of the industry BLS benchmark).

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

Norstan Communications Inc - MN(MG Branch) TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=4.4 · BLS 2.1

Where Norstan Communications Inc - MN(MG Branch) falls in its industry

21 industry establishments

Safer than 33% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Norstan Communications Inc - MN(MG Branch) (24 employees, TCR 2.2) among 12 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 71 employees and a TCR of 1.6 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 13 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 01,0002,0003,000 0246 Average employees Total Case Rate Norstan Communications Inc - MN(MG Branch)
Norstan Communications Inc - MN(MG Branch) (24 employees, TCR 2.2) among 12 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 71 employees and a TCR of 1.6

Norstan Communications Inc - MN(MG Branch) has fewer employees than the industry median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.6. 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
2017 4.4 4.4 1 0 0
2016 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

811213 · MN · Maple Grove

21 industry employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 238 employers in Maple Grove, 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 Hightower Communications Inc. SC 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Branch 64 - Wichita 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Communications Electronics- Jessup 2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Tobyhanna Army Depot 1.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE United Dairy, Cottonwood Dairy 24 FTE
STATE-SIZE WPI-Office 24 FTE
STATE-SIZE Production Services - Jackson 24 FTE
STATE-SIZE Pipestone Repairs and Maintenance 24 FTE
CITY-NEAR Boston Scientific Corporation 5,324 FTE
CITY-NEAR Maple Grove Hospital 1,016 FTE
CITY-NEAR MNMPL - MAPLE GROVE 932 FTE
CITY-NEAR MAPLE GROVE (MNMPL) 760 FTE
NAT-TCR James River Work Center 2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Jarden Zinc Products 2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR HBSHSEPA34 2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR 1855-CTBRI7 2.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Allied Mineral Products - Anniston 24 FTE
NAT-SIZE AEM 24 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ammon Nursery 24 FTE
NAT-SIZE Quality Inn & Suites 24 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: 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.