Trailer parts, new, merchant wholesalers · Minnesota

Rigid Hitch

Burnsville, MN · ~40 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
5.9
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Rigid Hitch runs at 269% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Trailer parts, new, merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.

Rigid Hitch: 5.9 TCR = 269% of Trailer parts, new, merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Rigid Hitch safety composite

Rigid Hitch scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 53% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 38%), 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

47/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 5.91 per 100 workers

Safer than 38% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.82 per 100 workers

Safer than 53% 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%).

Rigid Hitch held a steady TCR band

Rigid Hitch's TCR held near 0.3 from 2.5 in 2017 to 2.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 11.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.48× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=2.5 · 2018=5.0 · 2019=11.8 · 2020=4.6 · 2021=8.8 · 2022=9.2 · 2023=2.6 · 2024=2.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423120 · Burnsville, MN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 5.9 · 269% of ind

  • DART 2.8 DART
  • RANK #13/17
  • PHOTO Parts Authority Rock…
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 18 inj
  • SIZE ~40 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Parts Authority Rockville (0.0 TCR gap)

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Rigid Hitch in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Rigid Hitch averages 5.9 TCR (269% of the Trailer parts, new, merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

Rigid Hitch TCR series: 2017=2.5 · 2018=5 · 2019=11.8 · 2020=4.6 · 2021=8.8 · 2022=9.2 · 2023=2.6 · 2024=2.8 · BLS 2.2

Where Rigid Hitch falls in its industry

950 Trailer parts, new, merchant w establishments

Safer than 38% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #13 safest of 17 Trailer parts, new, merchant w employers in Minnesota.

Rigid Hitch (40 employees, TCR 5.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 49 employees and a TCR of 4.7 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 0200400600800 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Rigid Hitch
Rigid Hitch (40 employees, TCR 5.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 49 employees and a TCR of 4.7

Rigid Hitch has fewer employees than the Trailer parts, new, merchant wholesalers median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.7. 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 2.8 2.8 1 0 0
2023 2.6 2.6 1 0 0
2022 9.2 2.3 3 1 0
2021 8.8 4.4 3 1 0
2020 4.6 2.3 2 0 0
2019 11.8 11.8 5 0 0
2018 5.0 5.0 2 0 0
2017 2.5 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423120 · MN · Burnsville

950 Trailer parts, new, merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 243 employers in Burnsville, 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 Parts Authority Rockville 5.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR NBC 5.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR AP NY Adelaide Rochester 5.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR NEWLIFE GR 5.9 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 Ames Construction 2,318 FTE
CITY-NEAR Rosemount Aerospace Inc (Burnsville MN) 1,894 FTE
CITY-NEAR ROSEMOUNT AEROSPACE INC_6830 1,861 FTE
CITY-NEAR Goodrich - Sensors and Integrated Systems- Burnsville MN 1,673 FTE
NAT-TCR Thermal Designs and Manufacturing Inc. 5.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Bellaire, Oh Branch 5.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Newtown Market LLC 5.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Simmons Farm Raised Catfish 5.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Westminster Tool Inc 40 FTE
NAT-SIZE L&C Landscape, Inc. 40 FTE
NAT-SIZE Costco DCT 40 FTE
NAT-SIZE Optical Filters SMR 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, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.