Sporting goods (except ammunition, clothing, footwear, small arms) manufacturing · Minnesota

South Plant

Mankato, MN · ~84 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.5
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

South Plant runs at 77% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Sporting goods (except ammunition, clothing, footwear, small arms) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

South Plant: 2.5 TCR = 77% of Sporting goods (except ammunition, clothing, footwear, small arms) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

South Plant safety composite

South Plant scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 82% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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).

C

66/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.53 per 100 workers

Safer than 63% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 82% 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

−6.5

2017→2022

South Plant injury rate improved

South Plant's TCR fell 6.5 from 6.5 in 2017 to 0.0 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2017 at 6.5 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=6.5 · 2018=3.7 · 2019=3.4 · 2020=1.6 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 339920 · Mankato, MN AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.5 · 77% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #3/11
  • PHOTO Pradco Outdoor Brands
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 13 inj
  • SIZE ~84 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Pradco Outdoor Brands (0.0 TCR gap)

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South Plant in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows South Plant averages 2.5 TCR (77% of the Sporting goods (except ammunition, clothing, footwear, small arms) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

South Plant TCR series: 2017=6.5 · 2018=3.7 · 2019=3.4 · 2020=1.6 · 2021=0 · 2022=0 · BLS 3.3

Where South Plant falls in its industry

197 Sporting goods (except ammunit establishments

Safer than 63% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 11 Sporting goods (except ammunit employers in Minnesota.

South Plant (84 employees, TCR 2.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 84 employees and a TCR of 3.3 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 0200400600800 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate South Plant
South Plant (84 employees, TCR 2.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 84 employees and a TCR of 3.3

South Plant has more employees than the Sporting goods (except ammunition, cloth median and a lower 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
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 1.6 0.0 1 0 0
2019 3.4 1.1 2 1 0
2018 3.7 3.7 4 0 0
2017 6.5 6.5 6 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

339920 · MN · Mankato

197 Sporting goods (except ammunition, clothing, footwear, small arms) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 214 employers in Mankato, 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 Pradco Outdoor Brands 2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Life Fitness - Falmouth, KY 2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Bridgestone Golf 2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Discraft Inc 2.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Newport Service Center 84 FTE
STATE-SIZE Global Specialty Contractors, Inc. 84 FTE
STATE-SIZE OlympiaTech Electric 84 FTE
STATE-SIZE South Office 84 FTE
CITY-NEAR Minnesota State University, Mankato 2,729 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mayo Clinic Health System-Mankato 2,468 FTE
CITY-NEAR MRCI - Premier Drive 1,641 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mankato Area Public Schools 1,200 FTE
NAT-TCR Homeboy Industries 2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Honorage NursingCenter 2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Home Office 2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Food City Store #252 2.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Dust Bowl Brewing Co. Fulkerth Taproom 84 FTE
NAT-SIZE Eastern Heating & Cooling Inc. 84 FTE
NAT-SIZE International Paper Beaverton Bag 84 FTE
NAT-SIZE H-E Parts International, Mining Solutions USA 84 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: 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017. 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.