Dentistry · Minnesota

River Oaks Dental (Aitkin)

Aitkin, MN · ~35 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
24.6
Avg TCR
3.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

River Oaks Dental (Aitkin) runs at 648% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Dentistry workplace, earning a grade F.

River Oaks Dental (Aitkin): 24.6 TCR = 648% of Dentistry BLS 3.8 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

River Oaks Dental (Aitkin) safety composite

River Oaks Dental (Aitkin) scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 57% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 0%), 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).

F

32/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 24.64 per 100 workers

Safer than 0% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 57% 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

−86.5

2022→2023

River Oaks Dental (Aitkin) injury rate improved

River Oaks Dental (Aitkin)'s TCR fell 86.5 from 111.1 in 2022 to 24.6 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2022 at 111.1 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=111.1 · 2023=24.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 621210 · Aitkin, MN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 24.6 · 648% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #29/29
  • PHOTO Jackson Snider Parke…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~35 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Jackson Snider Parker Dentistry, PLLC (1.1 TCR gap)

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River Oaks Dental (Aitkin) in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows River Oaks Dental (Aitkin) averages 24.6 TCR (648% of the Dentistry BLS benchmark).

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

River Oaks Dental (Aitkin) TCR series: 2022=111.1 · 2023=24.6 · BLS 3.8

Where River Oaks Dental (Aitkin) falls in its industry

81 Dentistry establishments

Safer than 0% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #29 safest of 29 Dentistry employers in Minnesota.

River Oaks Dental (Aitkin) (35 employees, TCR 24.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 35 employees and a TCR of 4.4 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 0102030 Average employees Total Case Rate River Oaks Dental (Aitkin)
River Oaks Dental (Aitkin) (35 employees, TCR 24.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 35 employees and a TCR of 4.4

River Oaks Dental (Aitkin) has more employees than the Dentistry median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.4. 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
2023 24.6 0.0 4 2 0
2022 111.1 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

621210 · MN · Aitkin

81 Dentistry employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 26 employers in Aitkin, 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 Jackson Snider Parker Dentistry, PLLC 23.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Dental Associates Family & Specialty Care LLC - Franklin 22.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Eastern Iowa Dental Center 17.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Dental Clinics 16.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Dollymount 35 FTE
STATE-SIZE Scotch Prairie Farms LLC 35 FTE
STATE-SIZE Genex Farm Systems Melrose 35 FTE
STATE-SIZE Black Dog Power Plant 35 FTE
CITY-NEAR Riverwood Hospital 373 FTE
CITY-NEAR Riverwood Healthcare Center - Hospital 317 FTE
CITY-NEAR Aitkin County 242 FTE
CITY-NEAR Aitkin High School 115 FTE
NAT-TCR Polyflex, Inc. 24.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Myriad Fleet, LLC 24.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Alliance Health at Rosewood 24.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Artis Senior Living of Briarcliff Manor 24.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Balfour Beatty - Sterling Natural Resources 35 FTE
NAT-SIZE Wesley Haven Villa 35 FTE
NAT-SIZE Max Rieke & Brothers, Inc. 35 FTE
NAT-SIZE Area Energy & Electric, Inc. Columbus 35 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: 2023, 2022. 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.