Sheet metal work (except stampings) manufacturing · Minnesota
Plant 6-Lake Air
Vadnais Heights, MN · ~58 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 6.5
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Plant 6-Lake Air runs at 196% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Sheet metal work (except stampings) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.
Plant 6-Lake Air: 6.5 TCR = 196% of Sheet metal work (except stampings) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Plant 6-Lake Air safety composite
Plant 6-Lake Air scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 31%), 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).
37/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 6.46 per 100 workers
Safer than 31% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 3.15 per 100 workers
Safer than 34% 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
Plant 6-Lake Air: 6.4 → 9.4 TCR
Peak year 2020 @ 11.5 TCR · DART/TCR 0.49× in 2024
Plant 6-Lake Air's TCR rose 3.0 from 6.4 in 2019 to 9.4 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 11.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.49× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 332322 · Vadnais Heights, MN ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade D · TCR 6.5 · 196% of ind
- DART 3.1 DART
- RANK #27/41
- PHOTO Advantage MetalWork …
- BOOK 6y book
- INJ 23 inj
- SIZE ~58 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Advantage MetalWork & Finishing, LLC (0.0 TCR gap)
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Plant 6-Lake Air in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Plant 6-Lake Air
6.5 TCR
- Advantage Meta
Advantage MetalWork & Finishing, LLC
6.5 TCR
- Heating and Co
Heating and Cooling Products - BY
6.5 TCR
- Energy Absorpt
Energy Absorption Systems
6.5 TCR
- Lindblade Meta
Lindblade Metalworks, Inc.
6.4 TCR
What this shows Plant 6-Lake Air averages 6.5 TCR (196% of the Sheet metal work (except stampings) manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Plant 6-Lake Air TCR series: 2019=6.4 · 2020=11.5 · 2021=5 · 2022=5 · 2023=1.4 · 2024=9.4 · BLS 3.3
Where Plant 6-Lake Air falls in its industry
1,158 Sheet metal work (except stamp establishmentsSafer than 31% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.5.
Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #27 safest of 41 Sheet metal work (except stamp employers in Minnesota.
Plant 6-Lake Air has more employees than the Sheet metal work (except stampings) manu median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.5. 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 | 9.4 | 3.1 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 1.4 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 5.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 2021 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 11.5 | 8.2 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 6.4 | 1.6 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
332322 · MN · Vadnais Heights
1,158 Sheet metal work (except stampings) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 42 employers in Vadnais Heights, 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 | Advantage MetalWork & Finishing, LLC | 6.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Heating and Cooling Products - BY | 6.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Energy Absorption Systems | 6.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Lindblade Metalworks, Inc. | 6.4 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Vireo Health of MN - Otsego | 58 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Schwartz Farms SE Misc MN | 58 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | 2101-Redwood Falls, MN (Monsanto Co.) | 58 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Home Office | 58 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | MN State Operated Community Services (MSOCS) | 1,296 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | WM 2087 | 380 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 2087 | 354 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | NAC Mechanical & Electrical | 338 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | 1538 - Belton | 6.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | 5513-Purdue Union Club Hotel | 6.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | 1029 - Encinitas | 6.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Oswego County Ambulance & Hearse Serv, Inc. | 6.5 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Chimes District of Columbia, Reagan Building | 58 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | AA Window and Gutter Cleaning | 58 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Great Lakes Power & Lighting, Inc. | 58 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Joseph Contracting Elmhurst | 58 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.