Die-cut paper products for office use made from purchased paper or paperboard · Minnesota

The Smead Manufacturing Company

Hastings, MN · ~135 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.0
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

The Smead Manufacturing Company runs at 59% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Die-cut paper products for office use made from purchased paper or paperboard workplace, earning a grade B.

The Smead Manufacturing Company: 2.0 TCR = 59% of Die-cut paper products for office use made from purchased paper or paperboard BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

The Smead Manufacturing Company safety composite

The Smead Manufacturing Company scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 84% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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

68/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 1.96 per 100 workers

Safer than 65% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 84% 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%).

The Smead Manufacturing Company held a steady TCR band

The Smead Manufacturing Company's TCR held near 0.3 from 1.3 in 2017 to 1.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 3.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=1.3 · 2018=1.3 · 2019=3.8 · 2020=3.4 · 2023=1.0 · 2024=1.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 322230 · Hastings, MN AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 2.0 · 59% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #1/5
  • PHOTO ACCO Brands - Alexan…
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 9 inj
  • SIZE ~135 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: ACCO Brands - Alexandria (0.0 TCR gap)

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The Smead Manufacturing Company in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows The Smead Manufacturing Company averages 2.0 TCR (59% of the Die-cut paper products for office use made from purchased paper or paperboard BLS benchmark).

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

The Smead Manufacturing Company TCR series: 2017=1.3 · 2018=1.3 · 2019=3.8 · 2020=3.4 · 2023=1 · 2024=1 · BLS 3.3

Where The Smead Manufacturing Company falls in its industry

122 Die-cut paper products for off establishments

Safer than 65% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #1 safest of 5 Die-cut paper products for off employers in Minnesota.

The Smead Manufacturing Company (135 employees, TCR 2.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 99 employees and a TCR of 2.6 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 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate The Smead Manufacturing Company
The Smead Manufacturing Company (135 employees, TCR 2.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 99 employees and a TCR of 2.6

The Smead Manufacturing Company has more employees than the Die-cut paper products for office use ma median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.6. 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 1.0 0.0 1 0 0
2023 1.0 0.0 0 1 0
2020 3.4 0.0 3 1 0
2019 3.8 0.9 3 1 0
2018 1.3 0.6 1 1 0
2017 1.3 0.0 1 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

322230 · MN · Hastings

122 Die-cut paper products for office use made from purchased paper or paperboard employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 72 employers in Hastings, 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 ACCO Brands - Alexandria 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR USA CUSTOM PAD CORP 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Goelzer Industries 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Plant 05 - DM 1.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Maple Island Inc 135 FTE
STATE-SIZE Liberty Packaging, Brooklyn Park 135 FTE
STATE-SIZE Edgerton Location 135 FTE
STATE-SIZE Progressive Systems, Inc 135 FTE
CITY-NEAR Dakota County 2,091 FTE
CITY-NEAR Regina Hospital (United Hastings Regina) 553 FTE
CITY-NEAR 610 AFTON ALPS 449 FTE
CITY-NEAR Regina Hospital 389 FTE
NAT-TCR American Rigging & Supply 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Reyes Construction, Inc. 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Campbellsville Store 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Molex Pinellas Park 2.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Pennsylvania Coach - Hanover 135 FTE
NAT-SIZE Detroit 172 135 FTE
NAT-SIZE Agr International, Inc. 135 FTE
NAT-SIZE Mid-State Tank Co., Inc. 135 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, 2020, 2019, 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.