Windows and window frames, vinyl, manufacturing · Minnesota

Thermo-Tech Windows LLC

Sauk Rapids, MN · ~157 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
8.7
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Thermo-Tech Windows LLC runs at 265% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Windows and window frames, vinyl, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Thermo-Tech Windows LLC: 8.7 TCR = 265% of Windows and window frames, vinyl, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Thermo-Tech Windows LLC safety composite

Thermo-Tech Windows LLC scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 55% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 11%), 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

36/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 8.74 per 100 workers

Safer than 11% of industry peers

DART rate
C 1.35 per 100 workers

Safer than 55% 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

−16.7

2017→2024

Thermo-Tech Windows LLC injury rate improved

Thermo-Tech Windows LLC's TCR fell 16.7 from 18.0 in 2017 to 1.4 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 19.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.15× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=18.0 · 2018=19.6 · 2019=9.3 · 2020=9.8 · 2021=7.8 · 2022=2.2 · 2023=1.8 · 2024=1.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 326199 · Sauk Rapids, MN ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 8.7 · 265% of ind

  • DART 1.4 DART
  • RANK #78/89
  • PHOTO LIGHTNING TOOL & MAN…
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 85 inj
  • SIZE ~157 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: LIGHTNING TOOL & MANUFACTURING, INC. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Thermo-Tech Windows LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Thermo-Tech Windows LLC averages 8.7 TCR (265% of the Windows and window frames, vinyl, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Thermo-Tech Windows LLC TCR series: 2017=18 · 2018=19.6 · 2019=9.3 · 2020=9.8 · 2021=7.8 · 2022=2.2 · 2023=1.8 · 2024=1.4 · BLS 3.3

Where Thermo-Tech Windows LLC falls in its industry

2,838 Windows and window frames, vin establishments

Safer than 11% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #78 safest of 89 Windows and window frames, vin employers in Minnesota.

Thermo-Tech Windows LLC (157 employees, TCR 8.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 101 employees and a TCR of 3.5 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 Thermo-Tech Windows LLC
Thermo-Tech Windows LLC (157 employees, TCR 8.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 101 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Thermo-Tech Windows LLC has more employees than the Windows and window frames, vinyl, manufa median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.5. 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 1.4 1.4 2 0 0
2023 1.8 0.0 2 1 0
2022 2.2 0.6 4 0 0
2021 7.8 4.2 13 0 0
2020 9.8 4.9 13 1 0
2019 9.3 4.3 10 1 0
2018 19.6 10.2 22 3 0
2017 18.0 5.3 19 5 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

326199 · MN · Sauk Rapids

2,838 Windows and window frames, vinyl, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 50 employers in Sauk Rapids, 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 LIGHTNING TOOL & MANUFACTURING, INC. 8.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Missouri Thistle Inc. 8.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR JDR Enterprises 8.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Greenview Floors International Inc 8.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Landwher Construction INC 157 FTE
STATE-SIZE International Paper - Austin 157 FTE
STATE-SIZE Molded 157 FTE
STATE-SIZE Resonetics Hutchinson 157 FTE
CITY-NEAR Sauk Rapids-Rice Public Schools 779 FTE
CITY-NEAR J-Berd Mechanical Contractors INC 487 FTE
CITY-NEAR J-Berd Mechanical 386 FTE
CITY-NEAR 320141 - Various Mobile 306 FTE
NAT-TCR Gizdich Ranch 8.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Shelbyville Store 8.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Pottsville Distribution Center 8.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Keesecker Agri Business 8.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Richmond, Va 157 FTE
NAT-SIZE Commonwealth Plywood Inc 157 FTE
NAT-SIZE Brandon Woods at Alvamar 157 FTE
NAT-SIZE Woodruff & Sons, Inc.-FL 157 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, 2021, 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.