General freight trucking, long-distance, truckload (TL) · Minnesota

Polman Transfer Inc

Wadena, MN · ~54 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.9
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Polman Transfer Inc runs at 41% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical General freight trucking, long-distance, truckload (TL) workplace, earning a grade A.

Polman Transfer Inc: 1.9 TCR = 41% of General freight trucking, long-distance, truckload (TL) BLS 4.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Polman Transfer Inc safety composite

Polman Transfer Inc scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 86% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 53%), 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).

C

73/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 1.86 per 100 workers

Safer than 73% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 86% 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%).

TCR Δ

−0.6

2023→2024

Polman Transfer Inc injury rate improved

Polman Transfer Inc's TCR fell 0.6 from 2.1 in 2023 to 1.6 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 2.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2023=2.1 · 2024=1.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 484121 · Wadena, MN AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 1.9 · 41% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #18/74
  • PHOTO Woodfield Trucking
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~54 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Woodfield Trucking (0.0 TCR gap)

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Polman Transfer Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Polman Transfer Inc averages 1.9 TCR (41% of the General freight trucking, long-distance, truckload (TL) BLS benchmark).

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

Polman Transfer Inc TCR series: 2023=2.1 · 2024=1.6 · BLS 4.5

Where Polman Transfer Inc falls in its industry

3,252 General freight trucking, long establishments

Safer than 73% 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 #18 safest of 74 General freight trucking, long employers in Minnesota.

Polman Transfer Inc (54 employees, TCR 1.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 61 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 01,0002,0003,0004,0005,000 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Polman Transfer Inc
Polman Transfer Inc (54 employees, TCR 1.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 61 employees and a TCR of 3.0

Polman Transfer Inc has fewer employees than the General freight trucking, long-distance, median and a lower 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 1.6 0.0 1 0 0
2023 2.1 2.1 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

484121 · MN · Wadena

3,252 General freight trucking, long-distance, truckload (TL) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 34 employers in Wadena, 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 Woodfield Trucking 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR 300003230710653 - CA-French Camp-Schneider Field Office 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR RLTL ALTOONA 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR WM 7836 1.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Monticello Training Center 54 FTE
STATE-SIZE 09 Eveleth 54 FTE
STATE-SIZE Elder-Jones Inc. 54 FTE
STATE-SIZE Haldeman Homme, Inc. - Minneapolis - Corporate 54 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 4246 208 FTE
CITY-NEAR 4246 196 FTE
CITY-NEAR Elementary 101 FTE
CITY-NEAR Homecrest Outdoor Living 100 FTE
NAT-TCR Gold Crest Care Center 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR College Station 10152 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Mid Atlantic Fabrication LLC 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Consolidated Flooring LLC 1.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE California Die Casting, Inc. 54 FTE
NAT-SIZE Precision Shapes 54 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hawthorne Gardens Senior Living 54 FTE
NAT-SIZE National City 10297 54 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.