Department Stores · Minnesota

Shopko Store #41 (Austin, MN)

Austin, MN · ~72 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.5
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Shopko Store #41 (Austin, MN) runs at 73% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Department Stores workplace, earning a grade B.

Shopko Store #41 (Austin, MN): 2.5 TCR = 73% of Department Stores BLS 3.4 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Shopko Store #41 (Austin, MN) safety composite

Shopko Store #41 (Austin, MN) scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 79% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 17%), 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

50/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 2.47 per 100 workers

Safer than 79% of industry peers

DART rate
F 5.16 per 100 workers

Safer than 17% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Shopko Store #41 (Austin, MN): 2.3 → 5.2 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 5.2 TCR · DART/TCR 2.09× in 2018

Shopko Store #41 (Austin, MN)'s TCR rose 2.9 from 2.3 in 2016 to 5.2 in 2018. In 2018, DART was 2.09× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 452112 · Austin, MN AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.5 · 73% of ind

  • DART 5.2 DART
  • RANK #18/131
  • PHOTO 0796 - Gainesville
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~72 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 0796 - Gainesville (0.0 TCR gap)

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Shopko Store #41 (Austin, MN) in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Shopko Store #41 (Austin, MN) averages 2.5 TCR (73% of the Department Stores BLS benchmark).

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

Shopko Store #41 (Austin, MN) TCR series: 2016=2.3 · 2017=0 · 2018=5.2 · BLS 3.4

Where Shopko Store #41 (Austin, MN) falls in its industry

4,991 Department Stores establishments

Safer than 79% 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 #18 safest of 131 Department Stores employers in Minnesota.

Shopko Store #41 (Austin, MN) (72 employees, TCR 2.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 99 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 0100200300400 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Shopko Store #41 (Austin, MN)
Shopko Store #41 (Austin, MN) (72 employees, TCR 2.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 99 employees and a TCR of 4.4

Shopko Store #41 (Austin, MN) has fewer employees than the Department Stores median and a lower 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
2018 5.2 5.2 2 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 2.3 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

452112 · MN · Austin

4,991 Department Stores employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 75 employers in Austin, 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 0796 - Gainesville 2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Unit #2311 2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Unit #2795 2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Unit #2922 2.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Corteva Jackson JAC1 72 FTE
STATE-SIZE ACI Asphalt and Concrete, Inc. 72 FTE
STATE-SIZE Electrical Production Services Inc 72 FTE
STATE-SIZE Minnesota Soybean Processors 72 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hormel Foods - Austin 1,914 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hormel Foods - Austin Plant 1,884 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hormel Foods Corporation 1,581 FTE
CITY-NEAR Quality Pork Processors Inc. 1,208 FTE
NAT-TCR Halls LLC 2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Cobalt Rehabilitation Hospital 2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Bonded Filter 2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Burbank 2.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Shopko Store #66 (Spokane, WA (North)) 72 FTE
NAT-SIZE Shopko Store #18 (West Bend, WI) 72 FTE
NAT-SIZE Shopko Store #69 (Coeur Dalene, ID) 72 FTE
NAT-SIZE Presence Nazarethville 72 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: 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.