Chimney, concrete, construction · Minnesota

Northstar Specialties, Inc.

Stacy, MN · ~68 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
2.8
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Northstar Specialties, Inc. runs at 101% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Chimney, concrete, construction workplace, earning a grade C.

Northstar Specialties, Inc.: 2.8 TCR = 101% of Chimney, concrete, construction BLS 2.8 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Northstar Specialties, Inc. safety composite

Northstar Specialties, Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 62% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 48%), 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)
C 2.84 per 100 workers

Safer than 62% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.58 per 100 workers

Safer than 48% 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

−2.5

2022→2023

Northstar Specialties, Inc. injury rate improved

Northstar Specialties, Inc.'s TCR fell 2.5 from 4.1 in 2022 to 1.6 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2022 at 4.1 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.56× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=4.1 · 2023=1.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238110 · Stacy, MN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 2.8 · 101% of ind

  • DART 1.6 DART
  • RANK #2/27
  • PHOTO K.A.R. CONSTRUCTION …
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 6 inj
  • SIZE ~68 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: K.A.R. CONSTRUCTION INC. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Northstar Specialties, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Northstar Specialties, Inc. averages 2.8 TCR (101% of the Chimney, concrete, construction BLS benchmark).

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

Northstar Specialties, Inc. TCR series: 2022=4.1 · 2023=1.6 · BLS 2.8

Where Northstar Specialties, Inc. falls in its industry

1,314 Chimney, concrete, constructio establishments

Safer than 62% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #2 safest of 27 Chimney, concrete, constructio employers in Minnesota.

Northstar Specialties, Inc. (68 employees, TCR 2.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 64 employees and a TCR of 3.8 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 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Northstar Specialties, Inc.
Northstar Specialties, Inc. (68 employees, TCR 2.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 64 employees and a TCR of 3.8

Northstar Specialties, Inc. has more employees than the Chimney, concrete, construction median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.8. 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
2023 1.6 1.6 1 0 0
2022 4.1 2.5 5 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238110 · MN · Stacy

1,314 Chimney, concrete, construction employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 6 employers in Stacy, 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 K.A.R. CONSTRUCTION INC. 2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Commercial Forming Corp South 2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Blakley Corporation Concrete and Masonry Services 2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Carousel Development & Restoration Inc 2.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Stearns Electric Association 68 FTE
STATE-SIZE Federal Contracting Group 68 FTE
STATE-SIZE T.A. Schifsky & Sons, Inc. 68 FTE
STATE-SIZE Wm Mueller & Sons Inc 68 FTE
CITY-NEAR Stacy Pipe & Precast 100 FTE
CITY-NEAR RINKER - MSPCP 99 FTE
CITY-NEAR Wyoming Machine Inc 43 FTE
CITY-NEAR MJ Lorenz Concrete Inc. 32 FTE
NAT-TCR North America : La Cantina 2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Fairfield Nursing and Rehabilitation Center 2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Arnold J Thomas & Son Inc 2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Times Supermarket Waipahu 2.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Welders Supply 68 FTE
NAT-SIZE Specialty Gases Inc. 68 FTE
NAT-SIZE All American Maintenance Inc 68 FTE
NAT-SIZE Rehab Builders, Inc. 68 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: 2023, 2022. 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.