Excavating, earthmoving, or land clearing contractors · Minnesota

Peterson Companies, Inc.

Name: Peterson Companies, Inc. Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Chisago City, MN · ~141 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

C
Average Safety Record: 2.4
Avg TCR: 2.8
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Peterson Companies, Inc. runs at 85% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Excavating, earthmoving, or land clearing contractors workplace, earning a grade C.

Peterson Companies, Inc.: 2.4 TCR = 85% of Excavating, earthmoving, or land clearing contractors BLS 2.8 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Peterson Companies, Inc. safety composite

Peterson Companies, Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 77% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 52%), 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).

61/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): D 2.37 per 100 workers

Safer than 53% of industry peers
DART rate: B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 77% of industry peers
Fatalities: D 0

Safer than 52% 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%).

Peterson Companies, Inc. held a steady TCR band

Peterson Companies, Inc.'s TCR held near 0.0 from 1.6 in 2017 to 1.6 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 7.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=1.6 · 2018=7.5 · 2019=1.4 · 2020=1.5 · 2021=3.0 · 2022=1.5 · 2023=0.8 · 2024=1.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238910 · Chisago City, MN AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 2.4 · 85% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #14/42
PHOTO Ft Lauderdale (441)
BOOK 8y book
INJ 25 inj
SIZE ~141 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Ft Lauderdale (441) (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Peterson Companies, Inc. averages 2.4 TCR (85% of the Excavating, earthmoving, or land clearing contractors BLS benchmark).

Peterson Companies, Inc. TCR series: 2017=1.6 · 2018=7.5 · 2019=1.4 · 2020=1.5 · 2021=3 · 2022=1.5 · 2023=0.8 · 2024=1.6 · BLS 2.8

Where Peterson Companies, Inc. falls in its industry

1,750 Excavating, earthmoving, or la establishments

Safer than 53% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

Grade C

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #14 safest of 42 Excavating, earthmoving, or la employers in Minnesota.

Peterson Companies, Inc. (141 employees, TCR 2.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 51 employees and a TCR of 2.5

Peterson Companies, Inc. has more employees than the Excavating, earthmoving, or land clearin median and a lower 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
2024	1.6	0.0	2
2023	0.8	0.8	1
2022	1.5	0.0	2
2021	3.0	1.5	4
2020	1.5	0.0	2
2019	1.4	1.4	2
2018	7.5	1.5	10
2017	1.6	0.0	2

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238910 · MN · Chisago City

1,750 Excavating, earthmoving, or land clearing contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 11 employers in Chisago City, 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	Ft Lauderdale (441)	LAUDERDALE LAKES, FL	2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR	el cheapo lifts	PICO RIVERA, CA	2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Vollers Excavating	BRANCHBURG, NJ	2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR	AMG Demolition and Environmental Service	SAN DIEGO, CA	2.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Evergreen MNF2	COON RAPIDS	141 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Wieser Brothers General Contractor, Inc.	LA CRESCENT	141 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Riley Bros Construction Inc	MORRIS	141 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Amerilab Technologies, Inc.	PLYMOUTH	141 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Parmly on the Lake	Chisago City	185 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Chisago Lakes Achievement Center	Chisago City	115 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Lakeside Elem	Chisago City	91 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Kendall Howard	Chisago City	70 FTE
NAT-TCR	Altoga	Austin, TX	2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR	Town of South Windsor - Community Center	South Windsor, CT	2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR	Elmroad Generating Station	Oak Creek, WI	2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR	Pratt (Jet Corr), Inc.	Springfield, OH	2.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Corodata Records Management	Poway, CA	141 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Municipal services	Jacksonville, IL	141 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Santa Clara Office	Santa Clara, CA	141 FTE
NAT-SIZE	US Gypsum East Chicago	East Chicago, IN	141 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, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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