General freight trucking, long-distance, truckload (TL) · Minnesota
Volk Transfer, Inc.
Mankato, MN · ~55 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 11.3
- Avg TCR
- 4.5
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Volk Transfer, Inc. runs at 251% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical General freight trucking, long-distance, truckload (TL) workplace, earning a grade F.
Volk Transfer, Inc.: 11.3 TCR = 251% of General freight trucking, long-distance, truckload (TL) BLS 4.5 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Volk Transfer, Inc. safety composite
Volk Transfer, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 53% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (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).
15/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 11.31 per 100 workers
Safer than 4% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 48.16 per 100 workers
Safer than 0% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- D 0
Safer than 53% 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%).
Rising injury rate
Volk Transfer, Inc.: 6.1 → 48.2 TCR
Peak year 2024 @ 48.2 TCR · DART/TCR 4.26× in 2024
Volk Transfer, Inc.'s TCR rose 42.1 from 6.1 in 2019 to 48.2 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 4.26× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 484121 · Mankato, MN ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 11.3 · 251% of ind
- DART 48.2 DART
- RANK #71/74
- PHOTO Syracuse
- BOOK 6y book
- INJ 11 inj
- SIZE ~55 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Syracuse (0.0 TCR gap)
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Volk Transfer, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Southern Freig
Southern Freight Services, Inc. of Morristown DBA Southern Freight Services, Inc.
11.4 TCR
- This site
Volk Transfer, Inc.
11.3 TCR
- Syracuse
Syracuse
11.3 TCR
- RUSH TRUCKING
RUSH TRUCKING LOUISVILLE DAKKOTA
11.3 TCR
- 6836-HAR
6836-HAR
11.3 TCR
What this shows Volk Transfer, Inc. averages 11.3 TCR (251% of the General freight trucking, long-distance, truckload (TL) BLS benchmark).
Volk Transfer, Inc. TCR series: 2019=6.1 · 2020=2.4 · 2021=4.2 · 2022=3.6 · 2023=3.4 · 2024=48.2 · BLS 4.5
Where Volk Transfer, Inc. falls in its industry
3,252 General freight trucking, long establishmentsSafer than 4% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.
Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #71 safest of 74 General freight trucking, long employers in Minnesota.
Volk Transfer, Inc. has fewer employees than the General freight trucking, long-distance, median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.0. 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 | 48.2 | 48.2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 3.6 | 1.8 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2019 | 6.1 | 6.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
484121 · MN · Mankato
3,252 General freight trucking, long-distance, truckload (TL) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 214 employers in Mankato, 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 | Syracuse | 11.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | RUSH TRUCKING LOUISVILLE DAKKOTA | 11.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | 6836-HAR | 11.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Southern Freight Services, Inc. of Morristown DBA Southern Freight Services, Inc. | 11.4 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Langhorst Pork, Inc. | 55 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Gemko of Forest Lake dba WDI Company | 55 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | FCO Echo | 55 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Melrose, MN (Arvig) | 55 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Minnesota State University, Mankato | 2,729 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Mayo Clinic Health System-Mankato | 2,468 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | MRCI - Premier Drive | 1,641 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Mankato Area Public Schools | 1,200 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Guy Bennett Lumber Co. | 11.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Setzer Forest Products - Sacramento | 11.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Alger Correctional Facility | 11.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Smooth-Bor Plastics | 11.3 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Runnings of Putnam | 55 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Midland Paper - Hazelwood, MO | 55 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Runnings of Brockport | 55 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Pyramid Paving & Contracting Co. | 55 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.