Furniture parts, finished metal, manufacturing · Minnesota
Valley Design Enterprises
Fountain, MN · ~76 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 5.9
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Valley Design Enterprises runs at 180% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Furniture parts, finished metal, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.
Valley Design Enterprises: 5.9 TCR = 180% of Furniture parts, finished metal, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Valley Design Enterprises safety composite
Valley Design Enterprises scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 57% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 39%), 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).
48/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 5.94 per 100 workers
Safer than 39% of industry peers
- DART rate
- C 1.33 per 100 workers
Safer than 57% 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
−3.5
2021→2024
Valley Design Enterprises injury rate improved
Valley Design Enterprises's TCR fell 3.5 from 8.8 in 2021 to 5.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 8.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.22× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2021=8.8 · 2022=6.8 · 2023=2.8 · 2024=5.3
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 337215 · Fountain, MN ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade D · TCR 5.9 · 180% of ind
- DART 1.3 DART
- RANK #10/17
- PHOTO Lyon LLC - Paris Loc…
- BOOK 4y book
- INJ 17 inj
- SIZE ~76 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Lyon LLC - Paris Location (0.0 TCR gap)
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Valley Design Enterprises in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Lyon LLC - Par
Lyon LLC - Paris Location
6 TCR
- This site
Valley Design Enterprises
5.9 TCR
- Heartland Stee
Heartland Steel Products
5.9 TCR
- Speedrack Prod
Speedrack Products Group Ltd
5.9 TCR
- Lyon LLC - Mic
Lyon LLC - Michigan City Location
5.9 TCR
What this shows Valley Design Enterprises averages 5.9 TCR (180% of the Furniture parts, finished metal, manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Valley Design Enterprises TCR series: 2021=8.8 · 2022=6.8 · 2023=2.8 · 2024=5.3 · BLS 3.3
Where Valley Design Enterprises falls in its industry
231 Furniture parts, finished meta establishmentsSafer than 39% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.1.
Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #10 safest of 17 Furniture parts, finished meta employers in Minnesota.
Valley Design Enterprises has more employees than the Furniture parts, finished metal, manufac median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.1. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5.3 | 1.3 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 2.8 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 6.8 | 1.4 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 8.8 | 1.5 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
337215 · MN · Fountain
231 Furniture parts, finished metal, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 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 | Lyon LLC - Paris Location | 6.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Heartland Steel Products | 5.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Speedrack Products Group Ltd | 5.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Lyon LLC - Michigan City Location | 5.9 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Twin City Framers | 76 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Fireside Hearth n Home Roseville | 76 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Schoenfelder Renovations | 76 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Ridley Inc. | 76 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Jay & S DBA Gordon's Glass | 5.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Closets by Design of Southeast Michigan | 5.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Bartow Paving Company Inc. | 5.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Kelly Glass Inc | 5.9 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | The Scotts Company - Orrville | 76 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Baruch | 76 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Automated Conveyor Systems Incorporated | 76 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Ravenswood | 76 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.