Duct work (e.g., cooling, dust collection, exhaust, heating, ventilation) installation · Minnesota
Sentra-Sota Sheet Metal Inc
Waite Park, MN · ~26 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 10.6
- Avg TCR
- 2.8
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Sentra-Sota Sheet Metal Inc runs at 379% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Duct work (e.g., cooling, dust collection, exhaust, heating, ventilation) installation workplace, earning a grade F.
Sentra-Sota Sheet Metal Inc: 10.6 TCR = 379% of Duct work (e.g., cooling, dust collection, exhaust, heating, ventilation) installation BLS 2.8 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Sentra-Sota Sheet Metal Inc safety composite
Sentra-Sota Sheet Metal Inc scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (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).
17/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 10.62 per 100 workers
Safer than 9% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 16.62 per 100 workers
Safer than 1% 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%).
Rising injury rate
Sentra-Sota Sheet Metal Inc: 4.6 → 16.6 TCR
Peak year 2023 @ 35.2 TCR · DART/TCR 1.56× in 2024
Sentra-Sota Sheet Metal Inc's TCR rose 12.0 from 4.6 in 2018 to 16.6 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 35.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.56× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 238220 · Waite Park, MN ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 10.6 · 379% of ind
- DART 16.6 DART
- RANK #128/153
- PHOTO cronier air conditio…
- BOOK 7y book
- INJ 17 inj
- SIZE ~26 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: cronier air conditioning, llc (0.0 TCR gap)
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Sentra-Sota Sheet Metal Inc in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Sentra-Sota Sheet Metal Inc
10.6 TCR
- cronier air co
cronier air conditioning, llc
10.6 TCR
- Tuck & Howell
Tuck & Howell Inc.
10.6 TCR
- Dependable Hea
Dependable Heating & Air Conditioning
10.6 TCR
- Benedict Refri
Benedict Refrigeration Service
10.6 TCR
What this shows Sentra-Sota Sheet Metal Inc averages 10.6 TCR (379% of the Duct work (e.g., cooling, dust collection, exhaust, heating, ventilation) installation BLS benchmark).
Sentra-Sota Sheet Metal Inc TCR series: 2018=4.6 · 2019=4 · 2020=4.2 · 2021=4 · 2022=5.9 · 2023=35.2 · 2024=16.6 · BLS 2.8
Where Sentra-Sota Sheet Metal Inc falls in its industry
5,793 Duct work (e.g., cooling, dust establishmentsSafer than 9% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.
Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #128 safest of 153 Duct work (e.g., cooling, dust employers in Minnesota.
Sentra-Sota Sheet Metal Inc has fewer employees than the Duct work (e.g., cooling, dust collectio median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.3. 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 | 16.6 | 16.6 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 35.2 | 35.2 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 5.9 | 5.9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 4.2 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 4.6 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
238220 · MN · Waite Park
5,793 Duct work (e.g., cooling, dust collection, exhaust, heating, ventilation) installation employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 82 employers in Waite Park, 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 | cronier air conditioning, llc | 10.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Tuck & Howell Inc. | 10.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Dependable Heating & Air Conditioning | 10.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Benedict Refrigeration Service | 10.6 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Becker | 26 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Silverstreak Dairy LLC, Silverstreak Dairy | 26 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Schwartz Farms Huiras MN | 26 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Golden Egg | 26 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | WACOSA | 570 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Bernicks Pepsi & Chas A Bernick of St Cloud | 323 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Buttweiler Environmental, Inc. | 260 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Buttweiler Environmental, Inc. Corporate Office | 247 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | CAN033 | 10.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | INL001 | 10.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | 2002 - Los Angeles | 10.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Stericycle - Dunkirk,NY | 10.6 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Social Vocational Services 263 | 26 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | 14-3 Pacella Park Drive, Randolph, MA 02368 | 26 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Viking SupplyNet & Fabrication Services - Richmond | 26 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Abbott Labs Altavista | 26 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.