Automotive, truck and bus steering assemblies and parts manufacturing · Minnesota
QA1 Precision Products, Inc.
Lakeville, MN · ~131 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 4.5
- Avg TCR
- 5.4
- Industry avg
- 1
- Fatality
The verdict
QA1 Precision Products, Inc. runs at 84% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Automotive, truck and bus steering assemblies and parts manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.
QA1 Precision Products, Inc.: 4.5 TCR = 84% of Automotive, truck and bus steering assemblies and parts manufacturing BLS 5.4 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)
QA1 Precision Products, Inc. safety composite
QA1 Precision Products, Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 26% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 1%), 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).
19/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 4.51 per 100 workers
Safer than 23% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 2.57 per 100 workers
Safer than 26% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- F 1
Safer than 1% 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
−2.0
2018→2024
QA1 Precision Products, Inc. injury rate improved
QA1 Precision Products, Inc.'s TCR fell 2.0 from 6.5 in 2018 to 4.5 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 6.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.57× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2018=6.5 · 2019=6.0 · 2020=1.8 · 2021=5.7 · 2022=4.5 · 2023=2.6 · 2024=4.5
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 336330 · Lakeville, MN AT/BELOW-IND · MID
Grade C · TCR 4.5 · 84% of ind
- DART 2.6 DART
- RANK #3/4
- PHOTO Hitachi Astemo Ameri…
- BOOK 7y book
- INJ 38 inj
- SIZE ~131 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Hitachi Astemo Americas Sunbury (0.1 TCR gap)
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QA1 Precision Products, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Avancez Assemb
Avancez Assembly Hazel Park
4.7 TCR
- This site
QA1 Precision Products, Inc.
4.5 TCR
- Hitachi Astemo
Hitachi Astemo Americas Sunbury
4.4 TCR
- Somic America
Somic America
4.4 TCR
- Kendallville P
Kendallville Plant 3
4.3 TCR
What this shows QA1 Precision Products, Inc. averages 4.5 TCR (84% of the Automotive, truck and bus steering assemblies and parts manufacturing BLS benchmark).
QA1 Precision Products, Inc. TCR series: 2018=6.5 · 2019=6 · 2020=1.8 · 2021=5.7 · 2022=4.5 · 2023=2.6 · 2024=4.5 · BLS 5.4
Where QA1 Precision Products, Inc. falls in its industry
134 Automotive, truck and bus stee establishmentsSafer than 23% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.7.
Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 4 Automotive, truck and bus stee employers in Minnesota.
QA1 Precision Products, Inc. has fewer employees than the Automotive, truck and bus steering assem median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.7. 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 | 4.5 | 2.6 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 2.6 | 0.7 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 5.7 | 5.7 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 1.8 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 6.0 | 5.0 | 6 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 6.5 | 3.2 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
336330 · MN · Lakeville
134 Automotive, truck and bus steering assemblies and parts manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 141 employers in Lakeville, 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 | Hitachi Astemo Americas Sunbury | 4.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Somic America | 4.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Avancez Assembly Hazel Park | 4.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Kendallville Plant 3 | 4.3 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Enebak Construction Company | 131 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Parallel Technologies | 131 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | R. J. Zavoral & Sons, Inc. | 131 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Bernicks Twin Cities | 131 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Lakeville Technical Center | 645 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Schmitty & Sons | 640 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Hearthside Foods Solutions | 634 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 1484 - Lakeville | 414 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Hidalgo Medical Services | 4.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Supply Chain Solutions LLC | 4.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Accessories of Michigan | 4.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Advantage Sales Company | 4.5 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Bridgestone HosePower, LLC | 131 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Professional Airlines Cargo Services, LLC | 131 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Lexington House | 131 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | C511 Leland | 131 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.