Attachments, powered lawn and garden equipment, manufacturing · Minnesota

WHIRLTRONICS

Buffalo, MN · ~102 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
14.2
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

WHIRLTRONICS runs at 431% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Attachments, powered lawn and garden equipment, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

WHIRLTRONICS: 14.2 TCR = 431% of Attachments, powered lawn and garden equipment, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

WHIRLTRONICS safety composite

WHIRLTRONICS scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 2%), 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).

F

15/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 14.22 per 100 workers

Safer than 2% of industry peers

DART rate
F 8.8 per 100 workers

Safer than 4% 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%).

Rising injury rate

WHIRLTRONICS: 8.1 → 15.7 TCR

Peak year 2023 @ 18.9 TCR · DART/TCR 0.62× in 2024

WHIRLTRONICS's TCR rose 7.5 from 8.1 in 2017 to 15.7 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 18.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.62× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 333112 · Buffalo, MN ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 14.2 · 431% of ind

  • DART 8.8 DART
  • RANK #4/4
  • PHOTO Universal Industrial…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 41 inj
  • SIZE ~102 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Universal Industrial Products (0.5 TCR gap)

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WHIRLTRONICS in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows WHIRLTRONICS averages 14.2 TCR (431% of the Attachments, powered lawn and garden equipment, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

WHIRLTRONICS TCR series: 2017=8.1 · 2023=18.9 · 2024=15.7 · BLS 3.3

Where WHIRLTRONICS falls in its industry

91 Attachments, powered lawn and establishments

Safer than 2% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 4 Attachments, powered lawn and employers in Minnesota.

WHIRLTRONICS (102 employees, TCR 14.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 240 employees and a TCR of 3.6 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 05001,0001,500 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate WHIRLTRONICS
WHIRLTRONICS (102 employees, TCR 14.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 240 employees and a TCR of 3.6

WHIRLTRONICS has fewer employees than the Attachments, powered lawn and garden equ median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.6. 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 15.7 8.8 16 0 0
2023 18.9 10.9 19 0 0
2017 8.1 5.4 6 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

333112 · MN · Buffalo

91 Attachments, powered lawn and garden equipment, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 74 employers in Buffalo, 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 Universal Industrial Products 13.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Intimidator Group BBB 14.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Horseshoe Bend 14.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR 7865 N 100 E 11.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Highmark Companies 102 FTE
STATE-SIZE Minger Construction Co., Inc. 102 FTE
STATE-SIZE US121: Minneapolis 337 - SG 102 FTE
STATE-SIZE Blue Earth MN 102 FTE
CITY-NEAR Health One Buffalo (Buffalo Hospital) 532 FTE
CITY-NEAR Health One Buffalo 500 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 1577 404 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1577 320 FTE
NAT-TCR Richland Woods by New Perspective 14.2 TCR
NAT-TCR M & M Auto Parts, Inc. 14.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Tubular Steel, Inc. 14.2 TCR
NAT-TCR TXS022 14.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE A-1 Electrical Contractors, Inc. 102 FTE
NAT-SIZE Mw/Mb, LLC 102 FTE
NAT-SIZE The Pinery LLC 102 FTE
NAT-SIZE STR0329 102 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, 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.