Mechanical rubber goods (i.e., extruded, lathe-cut, molded) manufacturing · Minnesota

Northern Prairie Polymers, LLC dba Industrial Molded Rubber Products

Big Lake, MN · ~44 workers · 3 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

Northern Prairie Polymers, LLC dba Industrial Molded Rubber Products runs at 164% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Mechanical rubber goods (i.e., extruded, lathe-cut, molded) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Northern Prairie Polymers, LLC dba Industrial Molded Rubber Products: 5.4 TCR = 164% of Mechanical rubber goods (i.e., extruded, lathe-cut, molded) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Northern Prairie Polymers, LLC dba Industrial Molded Rubber Products safety composite

Northern Prairie Polymers, LLC dba Industrial Molded Rubber Products scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 85% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 29%), 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).

D

54/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 5.42 per 100 workers

Safer than 29% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 85% 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

−8.0

2017→2019

Northern Prairie Polymers, LLC dba Industrial Molded Rubber Products injury rate improved

Northern Prairie Polymers, LLC dba Industrial Molded Rubber Products's TCR fell 8.0 from 8.0 in 2017 to 0.0 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2018 at 8.3 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=8.0 · 2018=8.3 · 2019=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 326291 · Big Lake, MN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 5.4 · 164% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #8/12
  • PHOTO Western Consolidated…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 6 inj
  • SIZE ~44 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Western Consolidated Technologies (0.0 TCR gap)

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Northern Prairie Polymers, LLC dba Industrial Molded Rubber Products in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Northern Prairie Polymers, LLC dba Industrial Molded Rubber Products averages 5.4 TCR (164% of the Mechanical rubber goods (i.e., extruded, lathe-cut, molded) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Northern Prairie Polymers, LLC dba Industrial Molded Rubber Products TCR series: 2017=8 · 2018=8.3 · 2019=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Northern Prairie Polymers, LLC dba Industrial Molded Rubber Products falls in its industry

266 Mechanical rubber goods (i.e., establishments

Safer than 29% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.6.

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 12 Mechanical rubber goods (i.e., employers in Minnesota.

Northern Prairie Polymers, LLC dba Industrial Molded Rubber Products (44 employees, TCR 5.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 81 employees and a TCR of 3.6 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 0200400600 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Northern Prairie Polymers, LLC dba Industrial Molded Rubber Products
Northern Prairie Polymers, LLC dba Industrial Molded Rubber Products (44 employees, TCR 5.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 81 employees and a TCR of 3.6

Northern Prairie Polymers, LLC dba Industrial Molded Rubber Products has fewer employees than the Mechanical rubber goods (i.e., extruded, median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.6. 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
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 8.3 8.3 3 0 0
2017 8.0 8.0 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

326291 · MN · Big Lake

266 Mechanical rubber goods (i.e., extruded, lathe-cut, molded) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 31 employers in Big Lake, 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 Western Consolidated Technologies 5.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR GRIFFITH RUBBER MILLS 5.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR PML Inc 5.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Calumet 5.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE West River 44 FTE
STATE-SIZE Monticello Training Ctr-LL 44 FTE
STATE-SIZE Water Treatment Facility 44 FTE
STATE-SIZE WasteWater Treatment Facility 44 FTE
CITY-NEAR Minnesota Limited 849 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2031 Coborn's Big Lake 152 FTE
CITY-NEAR Premier Marine LLC 142 FTE
CITY-NEAR AES Arconic Big Lake 125 FTE
NAT-TCR Goodwill College Hills 5.4 TCR
NAT-TCR William B. Meyer Incorporated - Windsor 5.4 TCR
NAT-TCR SeniorServ 5.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Ft Myers SDO 5.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Poet Biorefining Mitchell LLC 44 FTE
NAT-SIZE Renze Display Company 44 FTE
NAT-SIZE Superior Metal Products, Inc 44 FTE
NAT-SIZE OMCO 44 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: 2019, 2018, 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.