Fireplace fixtures and equipment manufacturing · Minnesota

North Star Machine Co., Inc.

Savage, MN · ~22 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.4
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

North Star Machine Co., Inc. runs at 165% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Fireplace fixtures and equipment manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

North Star Machine Co., Inc.: 5.4 TCR = 165% of Fireplace fixtures and equipment manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

North Star Machine Co., Inc. safety composite

North Star Machine Co., Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 83% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 38%), 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

57/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 5.43 per 100 workers

Safer than 38% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 83% 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

−10.9

2017→2022

North Star Machine Co., Inc. injury rate improved

North Star Machine Co., Inc.'s TCR fell 10.9 from 10.9 in 2017 to 0.0 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2017 at 10.9 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=10.9 · 2022=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332999 · Savage, MN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 5.4 · 165% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #22/39
  • PHOTO National Metalwares
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~22 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: National Metalwares (0.0 TCR gap)

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North Star Machine Co., Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows North Star Machine Co., Inc. averages 5.4 TCR (165% of the Fireplace fixtures and equipment manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

North Star Machine Co., Inc. TCR series: 2017=10.9 · 2022=0 · BLS 3.3

Where North Star Machine Co., Inc. falls in its industry

827 Fireplace fixtures and equipme establishments

Safer than 38% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #22 safest of 39 Fireplace fixtures and equipme employers in Minnesota.

North Star Machine Co., Inc. (22 employees, TCR 5.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 67 employees and a TCR of 4.5 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 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate North Star Machine Co., Inc.
North Star Machine Co., Inc. (22 employees, TCR 5.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 67 employees and a TCR of 4.5

North Star Machine Co., Inc. has fewer employees than the Fireplace fixtures and equipment manufac median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.5. 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
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 10.9 5.4 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332999 · MN · Savage

827 Fireplace fixtures and equipment manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 63 employers in Savage, 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 National Metalwares 5.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Forkey Consrtuction & Fabrication, Inc. 5.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR American Van Equipment 5.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Middle Atlantic Products-Fairfield 5.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Sunrise Dairy 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE Emerald Spring Dairy, Inc. 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE Silverstreak Dairy LLC, Greenstreak Dairy 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE Dassel 22 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1833 - Savage 357 FTE
CITY-NEAR Savage - Main Store 294 FTE
CITY-NEAR MN Plant 243 FTE
CITY-NEAR City of Savage 180 FTE
NAT-TCR HHI Formtech, LLC - Royal Oak Plant 5.4 TCR
NAT-TCR S04099 - WM of St Louis - Metro 5.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Bartlett Grain Company, L.P. (JAC) 5.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Food City Store #631 5.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE H.R. Ewell, Inc.-Markham Terminal 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE To Your Health Sprouted Flour Co. 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE Tidewater Transit-Jacksonville 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE Tidewater Transit-Savannah 22 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: 2022, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.