Machine shops · Minnesota

Porta-Dock, Inc.

Dassel, MN · ~40 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
7.0
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Porta-Dock, Inc. runs at 212% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Machine shops workplace, earning a grade F.

Porta-Dock, Inc.: 7.0 TCR = 212% of Machine shops BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Porta-Dock, Inc. safety composite

Porta-Dock, Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 75% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 18%), 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

46/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.99 per 100 workers

Safer than 18% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 75% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 50% 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

−13.9

2018→2024

Porta-Dock, Inc. injury rate improved

Porta-Dock, Inc.'s TCR fell 13.9 from 13.9 in 2018 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 13.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=13.9 · 2023=7.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332710 · Dassel, MN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 7.0 · 212% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #70/92
  • PHOTO Quality Machine Prod…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~40 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Quality Machine Products (0.0 TCR gap)

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Porta-Dock, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Porta-Dock, Inc. averages 7.0 TCR (212% of the Machine shops BLS benchmark).

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

Porta-Dock, Inc. TCR series: 2018=13.9 · 2023=7 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Porta-Dock, Inc. falls in its industry

1,821 Machine shops establishments

Safer than 18% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #70 safest of 92 Machine shops employers in Minnesota.

Porta-Dock, Inc. (40 employees, TCR 7.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 48 employees and a TCR of 3.5 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 050100150200250 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Porta-Dock, Inc.
Porta-Dock, Inc. (40 employees, TCR 7.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 48 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Porta-Dock, Inc. has fewer employees than the Machine shops median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.5. 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 7.0 7.0 1 1 0
2018 13.9 13.9 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332710 · MN · Dassel

1,821 Machine shops employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 7 employers in Dassel, 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 Quality Machine Products 7.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR GMT Corporation 7.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Vidor Facility 7.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR J&L Precision Machine Co. Inc. 7.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE FDML TW Shop - SE 0010 40 FTE
STATE-SIZE Sleepy Eye Feedmill 40 FTE
STATE-SIZE Forsman Farms HL 40 FTE
STATE-SIZE Perham Breeders 40 FTE
CITY-NEAR CDT-Dassel 248 FTE
CITY-NEAR Spectralytics, Inc. 191 FTE
CITY-NEAR Augustana HC Dassel 149 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lakeside Generations 106 FTE
NAT-TCR Golden Oaks Village of Stillwater, LLC 7.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Pennyrile Forest State Resort Park 7.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Sdstu - Sturgis 7.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Patch Rubber Company 7.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Brookdale East Mesa 40 FTE
NAT-SIZE Springfield Supportive Living LLC 40 FTE
NAT-SIZE CHI 40 FTE
NAT-SIZE Dallas 10537 40 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.