Barge sections, prefabricated metal, manufacturing · Minnesota

SMI & Hydraulics, Inc.

Porter, MN · ~28 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
10.6
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

SMI & Hydraulics, Inc. runs at 320% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Barge sections, prefabricated metal, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

SMI & Hydraulics, Inc.: 10.6 TCR = 320% of Barge sections, prefabricated metal, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

SMI & Hydraulics, Inc. safety composite

SMI & Hydraulics, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 13%), 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

27/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 10.56 per 100 workers

Safer than 13% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.89 per 100 workers

Safer than 26% 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%).

TCR Δ

−1.3

2022→2024

SMI & Hydraulics, Inc. injury rate improved

SMI & Hydraulics, Inc.'s TCR fell 1.3 from 9.1 in 2022 to 7.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 14.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.37× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=9.1 · 2023=14.8 · 2024=7.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332312 · Porter, MN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 10.6 · 320% of ind

  • DART 3.9 DART
  • RANK #25/38
  • PHOTO GS Steel
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 9 inj
  • SIZE ~28 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: GS Steel (0.0 TCR gap)

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SMI & Hydraulics, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows SMI & Hydraulics, Inc. averages 10.6 TCR (320% of the Barge sections, prefabricated metal, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

SMI & Hydraulics, Inc. TCR series: 2022=9.1 · 2023=14.8 · 2024=7.8 · BLS 3.3

Where SMI & Hydraulics, Inc. falls in its industry

1,491 Barge sections, prefabricated establishments

Safer than 13% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #25 safest of 38 Barge sections, prefabricated employers in Minnesota.

SMI & Hydraulics, Inc. (28 employees, TCR 10.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 4.6 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 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate SMI & Hydraulics, Inc.
SMI & Hydraulics, Inc. (28 employees, TCR 10.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 4.6

SMI & Hydraulics, Inc. has fewer employees than the Barge sections, prefabricated metal, man median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.6. 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 7.8 3.9 2 0 0
2023 14.8 11.1 4 0 0
2022 9.1 3.0 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332312 · MN · Porter

1,491 Barge sections, prefabricated metal, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 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 GS Steel 10.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Steel Fabrication 10.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ohio Bridge Manufacturing 10.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Lakeside Capital Corp. dba/Dahlstrom Roll Form 10.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Shooting Star Native Seeds 28 FTE
STATE-SIZE Moore Calves 28 FTE
STATE-SIZE 2528-Glyndon, MN 28 FTE
STATE-SIZE Worthington Public Utilities 28 FTE
CITY-NEAR SMI 32 FTE
NAT-TCR Station 61 10.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Tree Products Hardwoods LP 10.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Clinical Packaging Solutions 10.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Parkwest Medical Center 10.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Power Pro Plus, Inc. 28 FTE
NAT-SIZE Location 50002 28 FTE
NAT-SIZE 74th St. Preschool 28 FTE
NAT-SIZE San Juan Island EMS 28 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, 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.