Highway construction · Minnesota

Northwest Asphalt, Inc.

Shakopee, MN · ~149 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
7.6
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Northwest Asphalt, Inc. runs at 271% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Highway construction workplace, earning a grade F.

Northwest Asphalt, Inc.: 7.6 TCR = 271% of Highway construction BLS 2.8 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Northwest Asphalt, Inc. safety composite

Northwest Asphalt, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 53% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 15%), 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

28/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.6 per 100 workers

Safer than 15% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.36 per 100 workers

Safer than 25% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 53% 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

Northwest Asphalt, Inc.: 5.8 → 6.7 TCR

Peak year 2023 @ 10.3 TCR · DART/TCR 0.44× in 2024

Northwest Asphalt, Inc.'s TCR rose 1.0 from 5.8 in 2018 to 6.7 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 10.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.44× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 237310 · Shakopee, MN ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 7.6 · 271% of ind

  • DART 3.4 DART
  • RANK #88/107
  • PHOTO Central Seal Company
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 38 inj
  • SIZE ~149 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Central Seal Company (0.0 TCR gap)

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Northwest Asphalt, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Northwest Asphalt, Inc. averages 7.6 TCR (271% of the Highway construction BLS benchmark).

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

Northwest Asphalt, Inc. TCR series: 2018=5.8 · 2023=10.3 · 2024=6.7 · BLS 2.8

Where Northwest Asphalt, Inc. falls in its industry

4,078 Highway construction establishments

Safer than 15% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #88 safest of 107 Highway construction employers in Minnesota.

Northwest Asphalt, Inc. (149 employees, TCR 7.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 69 employees and a TCR of 3.0 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 01,0002,0003,000 0102030 Average employees Total Case Rate Northwest Asphalt, Inc.
Northwest Asphalt, Inc. (149 employees, TCR 7.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 69 employees and a TCR of 3.0

Northwest Asphalt, Inc. has more employees than the Highway construction median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.0. 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 6.7 3.4 12 0 0
2023 10.3 2.3 18 0 0
2018 5.8 5.8 8 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

237310 · MN · Shakopee

4,078 Highway construction employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 180 employers in Shakopee, 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 Central Seal Company 7.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR M & S Paving and Sealing, Inc. 7.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Monarch Oil Company 7.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Keleman-Bauer Construction Inc. DBA Edbauer Construction 7.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Minneapolis Office 149 FTE
STATE-SIZE RJM Construction LLC 149 FTE
STATE-SIZE Minnesota Thermofoil Plant 149 FTE
STATE-SIZE Nonin Medical Headquarters 149 FTE
CITY-NEAR Amazon.com Services LLC - MSP1 2,298 FTE
CITY-NEAR North America Fulfillment Centers (FCs) : MSP1 2,202 FTE
CITY-NEAR Entrust Corporation 1,448 FTE
CITY-NEAR Emerson Automation Solutions - Shakopee 1,350 FTE
NAT-TCR Charter Wire LLC 7.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Largo 10543 7.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Cottages Wi, LLC 7.6 TCR
NAT-TCR TX ST Alkek Starbucks 7.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Tecon Services 149 FTE
NAT-SIZE SAK Builders 149 FTE
NAT-SIZE Magbee Contractors Supply 149 FTE
NAT-SIZE Giant Food Stores 6332 149 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, 2018. 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.