Laundry machinery, equipment, and supplies, commercial, merchant wholesalers · Minnesota

The Minnesota Chemical Company

St. Paul, MN · ~22 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
18.4
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

The Minnesota Chemical Company runs at 837% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Laundry machinery, equipment, and supplies, commercial, merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.

The Minnesota Chemical Company: 18.4 TCR = 837% of Laundry machinery, equipment, and supplies, commercial, merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

The Minnesota Chemical Company safety composite

The Minnesota Chemical Company scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 84% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 0%), 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

42/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 18.41 per 100 workers

Safer than 0% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 84% 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

−5.4

2017→2018

The Minnesota Chemical Company injury rate improved

The Minnesota Chemical Company's TCR fell 5.4 from 21.1 in 2017 to 15.7 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2017 at 21.1 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=21.1 · 2018=15.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423850 · St. Paul, MN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 18.4 · 837% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #8/8
  • PHOTO HOSPITAL LAUNDRY SER…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 7 inj
  • SIZE ~22 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: HOSPITAL LAUNDRY SERVICES (1.3 TCR gap)

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The Minnesota Chemical Company in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows The Minnesota Chemical Company averages 18.4 TCR (837% of the Laundry machinery, equipment, and supplies, commercial, merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

The Minnesota Chemical Company TCR series: 2017=21.1 · 2018=15.7 · BLS 2.2

Where The Minnesota Chemical Company falls in its industry

253 Laundry machinery, equipment, establishments

Safer than 0% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #8 safest of 8 Laundry machinery, equipment, employers in Minnesota.

The Minnesota Chemical Company (22 employees, TCR 18.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 4.1 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 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate The Minnesota Chemical Company
The Minnesota Chemical Company (22 employees, TCR 18.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 4.1

The Minnesota Chemical Company has fewer employees than the Laundry machinery, equipment, and suppli median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.1. 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 15.7 0.0 3 0 0
2017 21.1 5.3 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423850 · MN · St. Paul

253 Laundry machinery, equipment, and supplies, commercial, merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 370 employers in St. Paul, 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 HOSPITAL LAUNDRY SERVICES 17.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR MO016 15.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR 850 Golden Valley, MN 13.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Midwest Equipment Company 13.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Sunrise Dairy 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE Emerald Spring Dairy, Inc. 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE Silverstreak Dairy LLC, Greenstreak Dairy 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE Dassel 22 FTE
CITY-NEAR YCID 5,214 FTE
CITY-NEAR Boston Scientific CRM 5,100 FTE
CITY-NEAR United Hospital 3,384 FTE
CITY-NEAR IT Campus 2,409 FTE
NAT-TCR The Waterford at Ames 18.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Fre 04 18.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Hs Ems - Chambersburg 18.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Roby Services, Inc. 18.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Kerry - Plant City FL 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE Antenucci, Inc. 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE Giant Eagle #3051 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE Gundlach Champion Inc. Office 22 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.