Low voltage electrical work · Minnesota

Paape Distributing Co

Mankato, MN · ~67 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
2.5
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Paape Distributing Co runs at 88% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Low voltage electrical work workplace, earning a grade C.

Paape Distributing Co: 2.5 TCR = 88% of Low voltage electrical work BLS 2.8 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Paape Distributing Co safety composite

Paape Distributing Co scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 28%), 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

43/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 2.46 per 100 workers

Safer than 50% of industry peers

DART rate
F 2.43 per 100 workers

Safer than 28% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Paape Distributing Co: 3.4 → 4.9 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 4.9 TCR · DART/TCR 0.99× in 2024

Paape Distributing Co's TCR rose 1.5 from 3.4 in 2018 to 4.9 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0.99× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238210 · Mankato, MN AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 2.5 · 88% of ind

  • DART 2.4 DART
  • RANK #45/100
  • PHOTO Electrical Contractor
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 12 inj
  • SIZE ~67 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Electrical Contractor (0.0 TCR gap)

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Paape Distributing Co in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Paape Distributing Co averages 2.5 TCR (88% of the Low voltage electrical work BLS benchmark).

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

Paape Distributing Co TCR series: 2018=3.4 · 2019=3.2 · 2020=0 · 2021=0 · 2022=3 · 2023=2.9 · 2024=4.9 · BLS 2.8

Where Paape Distributing Co falls in its industry

4,550 Low voltage electrical work establishments

Safer than 50% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #45 safest of 100 Low voltage electrical work employers in Minnesota.

Paape Distributing Co (67 employees, TCR 2.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 63 employees and a TCR of 2.5 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 05001,0001,500 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Paape Distributing Co
Paape Distributing Co (67 employees, TCR 2.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 63 employees and a TCR of 2.5

Paape Distributing Co has more employees than the Low voltage electrical work median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.5. 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 4.9 2.4 4 0 0
2023 2.9 2.9 2 0 0
2022 3.0 3.0 2 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 3.2 1.6 2 0 0
2018 3.4 0.0 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238210 · MN · Mankato

4,550 Low voltage electrical work employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 214 employers in Mankato, 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 Electrical Contractor 2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Van Maanen Technology, Inc. 2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Lake Erie Electric, Inc. - Cleveland 2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR J T ELECTRIC SERVICE, INC. 2.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE MOORHEAD PUBLIC SERVICE 67 FTE
STATE-SIZE 505 Nicollet MNN3 67 FTE
STATE-SIZE SMA, LLC 67 FTE
STATE-SIZE 102809 - Moosejaw 67 FTE
CITY-NEAR Minnesota State University, Mankato 2,729 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mayo Clinic Health System-Mankato 2,468 FTE
CITY-NEAR MRCI - Premier Drive 1,641 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mankato Area Public Schools 1,200 FTE
NAT-TCR SGV 2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Guthrie 21 2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Water/Sewer Maintenance 2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Edgewood Pierre 2.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Integrity Hermitage Retirement Center, LLC 67 FTE
NAT-SIZE Fmic (Sbdc) 67 FTE
NAT-SIZE City of White Plains- DPW Bureau of Highways 67 FTE
NAT-SIZE Tri-County Electric Cooperative 67 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, 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.