Lumber retailing yards · Minnesota

Simonson Lumber Baxter

Baxter, MN · ~27 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
7.0
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Simonson Lumber Baxter runs at 205% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Lumber retailing yards workplace, earning a grade F.

Simonson Lumber Baxter: 7.0 TCR = 205% of Lumber retailing yards BLS 3.4 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Simonson Lumber Baxter safety composite

Simonson Lumber Baxter scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 69% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 10%), 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

41/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.97 per 100 workers

Safer than 10% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 69% 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

−9.6

2016→2024

Simonson Lumber Baxter injury rate improved

Simonson Lumber Baxter's TCR fell 9.6 from 13.4 in 2016 to 3.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 13.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=13.4 · 2017=3.8 · 2024=3.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 444180 · Baxter, MN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 7.0 · 205% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK P10
  • PHOTO Bellevue Main Office
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~27 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Bellevue Main Office (0.1 TCR gap)

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Simonson Lumber Baxter in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Simonson Lumber Baxter averages 7.0 TCR (205% of the Lumber retailing yards BLS benchmark).

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

Simonson Lumber Baxter TCR series: 2016=13.4 · 2017=3.8 · 2024=3.8 · BLS 3.4

Where Simonson Lumber Baxter falls in its industry

280 Lumber retailing yards establishments

Safer than 10% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Simonson Lumber Baxter (27 employees, TCR 7.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 34 employees and a TCR of 3.0 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 020406080100 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Simonson Lumber Baxter
Simonson Lumber Baxter (27 employees, TCR 7.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 34 employees and a TCR of 3.0

Simonson Lumber Baxter has fewer employees than the Lumber retailing yards median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.0. 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 3.8 0.0 1 0 0
2017 3.8 3.8 1 0 0
2016 13.4 8.9 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

444180 · MN · Baxter

280 Lumber retailing yards employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 48 employers in Baxter, 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 Bellevue Main Office 6.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Builders Equipment & Supply Co. 7.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Park City UT Yard 7.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Treasure Coast FL Yard 7.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Featherstone Fruits and Vegetables LLC. 27 FTE
STATE-SIZE Forest City Feedmill 27 FTE
STATE-SIZE Schwartz Farms PAP MN 27 FTE
STATE-SIZE 2011-Stanton, MN 27 FTE
CITY-NEAR MNDOT District 3 431 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 1654 416 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1654 365 FTE
CITY-NEAR BAXTER MN - 3163 220 FTE
NAT-TCR Vdm Metals USA, LLC 7.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Wenger Feeds - Shippensburg Mill 7.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Pure Logistics LLC 7.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Spotlight 29 Casino 7.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE CLX 27 FTE
NAT-SIZE Snow Country Hardwoods, Inc. 27 FTE
NAT-SIZE Greenway Equipment Bryant 27 FTE
NAT-SIZE Greenway Equipment Walnut Ridge 27 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, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.