Sheet Metal Work Manufacturing · Minnesota

Sheet Metal Connectors Inc

Minneapolis, MN · ~134 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
7.1
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Sheet Metal Connectors Inc runs at 215% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Sheet Metal Work Manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Sheet Metal Connectors Inc: 7.1 TCR = 215% of Sheet Metal Work Manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Sheet Metal Connectors Inc safety composite

Sheet Metal Connectors Inc scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 8%), 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

26/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.09 per 100 workers

Safer than 27% of industry peers

DART rate
F 8.27 per 100 workers

Safer than 8% 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

Sheet Metal Connectors Inc: 5.9 → 8.3 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 8.3 TCR · DART/TCR 1.17× in 2024

Sheet Metal Connectors Inc's TCR rose 2.4 from 5.9 in 2023 to 8.3 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1.17× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332322 · Minneapolis, MN ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 7.1 · 215% of ind

  • DART 8.3 DART
  • RANK #29/41
  • PHOTO DAWSON METAL CO INC
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 19 inj
  • SIZE ~134 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: DAWSON METAL CO INC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Sheet Metal Connectors Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Sheet Metal Connectors Inc averages 7.1 TCR (215% of the Sheet Metal Work Manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Sheet Metal Connectors Inc TCR series: 2023=5.9 · 2024=8.3 · BLS 3.3

Where Sheet Metal Connectors Inc falls in its industry

1,158 Sheet Metal Work Manufacturing establishments

Safer than 27% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.5.

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 41 Sheet Metal Work Manufacturing employers in Minnesota.

Sheet Metal Connectors Inc (134 employees, TCR 7.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 4.5 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 050100150200 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Sheet Metal Connectors Inc
Sheet Metal Connectors Inc (134 employees, TCR 7.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 4.5

Sheet Metal Connectors Inc has more employees than the Sheet Metal Work Manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.5. 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 8.3 8.3 11 0 0
2023 5.9 3.0 8 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332322 · MN · Minneapolis

1,158 Sheet Metal Work Manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 1,321 employers in Minneapolis, 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 DAWSON METAL CO INC 7.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Robinson, Inc.-MTC 7.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Precision Engineering, Inc. 7.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Blickman Industries 7.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Tuffys Pet Treat Inc 134 FTE
STATE-SIZE Norbord Minnesota 134 FTE
STATE-SIZE Behrens Manufacturing, LLC 134 FTE
STATE-SIZE HIREL SYSTEMS MARSHALL MN 134 FTE
CITY-NEAR University of Minnesota Twin Cities 22,522 FTE
CITY-NEAR MN950 MN TELECOMMUTER 12,021 FTE
CITY-NEAR 0501 - City Center 8,459 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hennepin County Medical Center 7,030 FTE
NAT-TCR Aurora Energy, LLC 7.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Smyth County Machine and Fabrication LLC 7.1 TCR
NAT-TCR The Christian Village 7.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Photofabrication Engineering Inc. 7.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Lexington Machining 134 FTE
NAT-SIZE Alternative Supports Inc 134 FTE
NAT-SIZE MARSA Inc. 134 FTE
NAT-SIZE SSW Premier 134 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. 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.