Small arms ammunition (i.e., 30 mm. or less, 1.18 inch or less) manufacturing · Minnesota

Northrop Grumman - TPG

Name: Northrop Grumman - TPG Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Elk River, MN · ~65 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

A
Excellent Safety Record: 1.1
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Northrop Grumman - TPG runs at 33% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Small arms ammunition (i.e., 30 mm. or less, 1.18 inch or less) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Northrop Grumman - TPG: 1.1 TCR = 33% of Small arms ammunition (i.e., 30 mm. or less, 1.18 inch or less) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Northrop Grumman - TPG safety composite

Northrop Grumman - TPG scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 88% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 54%), 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).

78/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): B 1.09 per 100 workers

Safer than 88% of industry peers
DART rate: B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 84% of industry peers
Fatalities: D 0

Safer than 54% 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

Northrop Grumman - TPG: 0.0 → 1.5 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 1.8 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2019

Northrop Grumman - TPG's TCR rose 1.5 from 0.0 in 2017 to 1.5 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2018 at 1.8 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332992 · Elk River, MN AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 1.1 · 33% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK P88
PHOTO Red Lion, PA
BOOK 3y book
INJ 2 inj
SIZE ~65 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Red Lion, PA (0.0 TCR gap)

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Nammo MAC, LLC

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What this shows Northrop Grumman - TPG averages 1.1 TCR (33% of the Small arms ammunition (i.e., 30 mm. or less, 1.18 inch or less) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Northrop Grumman - TPG TCR series: 2017=0 · 2018=1.8 · 2019=1.5 · BLS 3.3

Where Northrop Grumman - TPG falls in its industry

50 Small arms ammunition (i.e., 3 establishments

Safer than 88% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.6.

Grade A

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Northrop Grumman - TPG (65 employees, TCR 1.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 132 employees and a TCR of 2.6

Northrop Grumman - TPG has fewer employees than the Small arms ammunition (i.e., 30 mm. or l median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.6. 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
2019	1.5	0.0	1
2018	1.8	1.8	1
2017	0.0	0.0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332992 · MN · Elk River

50 Small arms ammunition (i.e., 30 mm. or less, 1.18 inch or less) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 102 employers in Elk River, 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	Red Lion, PA	RED LION, PA	1.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Freedom Munitions 815 D St	LEWISTON, ID	1.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Remington Ammunition	LONOKE, AR	1.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Nammo MAC, LLC	BAY SAINT LOUIS, MS	1.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Lake Prairie	LE SUEUR	65 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Hibbing Public Utilities	HIBBING	65 FTE
STATE-SIZE	City of Virginia Public Utilities	VIRGINIA	65 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Michels Utility Services Inc-MN-Lakeville	LAKEVILLE	65 FTE
CITY-NEAR	WM 3209	Elk River	437 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Sherburne County Government Center - General	Elk River	418 FTE
CITY-NEAR	3209	Elk River	387 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Sherburne County Government Center	Elk River	367 FTE
NAT-TCR	Batavia -AGCO Parts N.A.	Batavia, IL	1.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	Hampton Inn Martinsburg	Martinsburg, WV	1.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	Seaview Nursing and Rehabilitation Center	Pompano Beach, FL	1.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	Lucas Street Project	Mount Vernon, NY	1.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Delta Pipeline, Inc.	La Verne, CA	65 FTE
NAT-SIZE	King's Construction Co Inc	Oskaloosa, KS	65 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Greene Lumber Co. L.P.	Davenport, NY	65 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Kaman's Art Shoppes, Inc. COZ 85	Powell, OH	65 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.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.