Extruded, molded or lathe-cut rubber goods manufacturing · Minnesota

Stern Rubber Company - Aitkin Plant

Aitkin, MN · ~33 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
8.8
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Stern Rubber Company - Aitkin Plant runs at 266% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Extruded, molded or lathe-cut rubber goods manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Stern Rubber Company - Aitkin Plant: 8.8 TCR = 266% of Extruded, molded or lathe-cut rubber goods manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Stern Rubber Company - Aitkin Plant safety composite

Stern Rubber Company - Aitkin Plant scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 85% 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

47/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 8.79 per 100 workers

Safer than 10% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 85% 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

−6.5

2018→2021

Stern Rubber Company - Aitkin Plant injury rate improved

Stern Rubber Company - Aitkin Plant's TCR fell 6.5 from 9.7 in 2018 to 3.2 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2019 at 19.1 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=9.7 · 2019=19.1 · 2020=3.2 · 2021=3.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 326291 · Aitkin, MN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 8.8 · 266% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #12/12
  • PHOTO The Rubber Group
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 11 inj
  • SIZE ~33 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: The Rubber Group (0.1 TCR gap)

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Stern Rubber Company - Aitkin Plant in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Stern Rubber Company - Aitkin Plant averages 8.8 TCR (266% of the Extruded, molded or lathe-cut rubber goods manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Stern Rubber Company - Aitkin Plant TCR series: 2018=9.7 · 2019=19.1 · 2020=3.2 · 2021=3.2 · BLS 3.3

Where Stern Rubber Company - Aitkin Plant falls in its industry

266 Extruded, molded or lathe-cut establishments

Safer than 10% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #12 safest of 12 Extruded, molded or lathe-cut employers in Minnesota.

Stern Rubber Company - Aitkin Plant (33 employees, TCR 8.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 81 employees and a TCR of 3.6 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 0200400600 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Stern Rubber Company - Aitkin Plant
Stern Rubber Company - Aitkin Plant (33 employees, TCR 8.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 81 employees and a TCR of 3.6

Stern Rubber Company - Aitkin Plant has fewer employees than the Extruded, molded or lathe-cut rubber goo median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.6. 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
2021 3.2 0.0 1 0 0
2020 3.2 3.2 1 0 0
2019 19.1 9.5 6 0 0
2018 9.7 6.5 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

326291 · MN · Aitkin

266 Extruded, molded or lathe-cut rubber goods manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 26 employers in Aitkin, 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 The Rubber Group 8.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR West American Rubber Company, LLC 8.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Northern Prairie Polymers, LLC dba Industrial Molded Rubber 8.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Scougal Rubber corp. 8.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Perham Egg LLC 33 FTE
STATE-SIZE Gorans Brothers Inc. 33 FTE
STATE-SIZE Las Vegas Raiders 17150004 33 FTE
STATE-SIZE Loeffler Construction & Consulting 33 FTE
CITY-NEAR Riverwood Hospital 373 FTE
CITY-NEAR Riverwood Healthcare Center - Hospital 317 FTE
CITY-NEAR Aitkin County 242 FTE
CITY-NEAR Aitkin High School 115 FTE
NAT-TCR Zionsville Meadows 8.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Las Vegas (LAS) 8.8 TCR
NAT-TCR N1 - Allentown 8.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Kahl Home for the Aged 8.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Centerville (#44) 33 FTE
NAT-SIZE ABE Enterprises Kennesaw 33 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hasko Industries LLC Soddy Daisy 33 FTE
NAT-SIZE Summit 33 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: 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.