Utility line (i.e., sewer, water), construction · Minnesota

VS Inc - MN

Blaine, MN · ~18 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
2.6
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

VS Inc - MN runs at 95% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Utility line (i.e., sewer, water), construction workplace, earning a grade C.

VS Inc - MN: 2.6 TCR = 95% of Utility line (i.e., sewer, water), construction BLS 2.8 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

VS Inc - MN safety composite

VS Inc - MN scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 79% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 52%), 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

62/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 2.65 per 100 workers

Safer than 54% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 79% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 52% 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

−11.1

2017→2022

VS Inc - MN injury rate improved

VS Inc - MN's TCR fell 11.1 from 11.1 in 2017 to 0.0 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2017 at 11.1 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=11.1 · 2018=4.8 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 237110 · Blaine, MN AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 2.6 · 95% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #9/32
  • PHOTO Location 3
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~18 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Location 3 (0.0 TCR gap)

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VS Inc - MN in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows VS Inc - MN averages 2.6 TCR (95% of the Utility line (i.e., sewer, water), construction BLS benchmark).

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

VS Inc - MN TCR series: 2017=11.1 · 2018=4.8 · 2019=0 · 2020=0 · 2021=0 · 2022=0 · BLS 2.8

Where VS Inc - MN falls in its industry

1,614 Utility line (i.e., sewer, wat establishments

Safer than 54% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #9 safest of 32 Utility line (i.e., sewer, wat employers in Minnesota.

VS Inc - MN (18 employees, TCR 2.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 3.0 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 0100200300400500 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate VS Inc - MN
VS Inc - MN (18 employees, TCR 2.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 3.0

VS Inc - MN has fewer employees than the Utility line (i.e., sewer, water), const median and a lower 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
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 4.8 4.8 1 0 0
2017 11.1 11.1 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

237110 · MN · Blaine

1,614 Utility line (i.e., sewer, water), construction employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 163 employers in Blaine, MN · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel Establishment Metric
NAICS-TCR Location 3 2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Pumping Services Inc. 2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Suncoast Infrastructure Inc 2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Petersburg Plumbing and Excavating 2.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE WPI-Fieldstaff 18 FTE
STATE-SIZE Select Genetics MN Magnum 003-0138-MA 18 FTE
STATE-SIZE Mesabi Metallics 18 FTE
STATE-SIZE Vigen Construction- Erskine 18 FTE
CITY-NEAR Estee Lauder - Blaine 669 FTE
CITY-NEAR Infinite Campus, Inc. 471 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1832 - Blaine 400 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 3498 352 FTE
NAT-TCR Tops #207 2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Brookdale Senior Living 2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Cork Industries Inc (Jacksonville, Florida) 2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Southwest Sealants 2.6 TCR

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: 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.