Shipping containers, corrugated, made from purchased paper or paperboard · Minnesota

North Star Sheets, LLC

Cottage Grove, MN · ~75 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
6.1
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

North Star Sheets, LLC runs at 186% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Shipping containers, corrugated, made from purchased paper or paperboard workplace, earning a grade D.

North Star Sheets, LLC: 6.1 TCR = 186% of Shipping containers, corrugated, made from purchased paper or paperboard BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

North Star Sheets, LLC safety composite

North Star Sheets, LLC scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 9%), 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

21/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.14 per 100 workers

Safer than 9% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.99 per 100 workers

Safer than 14% 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

−0.8

2019→2024

North Star Sheets, LLC injury rate improved

North Star Sheets, LLC's TCR fell 0.8 from 5.8 in 2019 to 5.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 8.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.65× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=5.8 · 2020=8.8 · 2021=4.1 · 2022=4.3 · 2023=8.9 · 2024=5.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 322211 · Cottage Grove, MN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 6.1 · 186% of ind

  • DART 4.0 DART
  • RANK #28/30
  • PHOTO Rusken Packaging of …
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 32 inj
  • SIZE ~75 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Rusken Packaging of Georgia Conyers location (0.0 TCR gap)

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North Star Sheets, LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows North Star Sheets, LLC averages 6.1 TCR (186% of the Shipping containers, corrugated, made from purchased paper or paperboard BLS benchmark).

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

North Star Sheets, LLC TCR series: 2019=5.8 · 2020=8.8 · 2021=4.1 · 2022=4.3 · 2023=8.9 · 2024=5 · BLS 3.3

Where North Star Sheets, LLC falls in its industry

1,338 Shipping containers, corrugate establishments

Safer than 9% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #28 safest of 30 Shipping containers, corrugate employers in Minnesota.

North Star Sheets, LLC (75 employees, TCR 6.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 102 employees and a TCR of 2.4 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 0100200300 02468 Average employees Total Case Rate North Star Sheets, LLC
North Star Sheets, LLC (75 employees, TCR 6.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 102 employees and a TCR of 2.4

North Star Sheets, LLC has fewer employees than the Shipping containers, corrugated, made fr median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.4. 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 5.0 4.0 5 0 0
2023 8.9 5.6 8 0 0
2022 4.3 2.1 4 0 0
2021 4.1 3.1 4 0 0
2020 8.8 6.3 7 0 0
2019 5.8 5.8 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

322211 · MN · Cottage Grove

1,338 Shipping containers, corrugated, made from purchased paper or paperboard employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 33 employers in Cottage 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 Rusken Packaging of Georgia Conyers location 6.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR OH030 Akron Container 6.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR CL Rabb Inc 6.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR PA018 Bradford Container 6.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Crossroad Construction, Inc. 75 FTE
STATE-SIZE BCI Construction, Inc 75 FTE
STATE-SIZE Midwest Asphalt Services, LLC 75 FTE
STATE-SIZE M. G. McGrath, Inc. Glass & Glazing 75 FTE
CITY-NEAR Renewal by Andersen 1,281 FTE
CITY-NEAR Cottage Grove Site 719 FTE
CITY-NEAR Up North Plastics 433 FTE
CITY-NEAR City of Cottage Grove 366 FTE
NAT-TCR Springhill Suites Waukegan 6.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Woodland Wood Preservers, Ltd 6.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Mancor Inc 6.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Clearwing Productions Arizona LLC 6.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Atlanta 03 HIS 75 FTE
NAT-SIZE 246 - Decatur Management Contrct Il 75 FTE
NAT-SIZE 101 Airline Dr Metairie La 75 FTE
NAT-SIZE 2581 Market Place St. Croix, WI 75 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, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.