Sheltered workshops (i.e., work experience centers) · Minnesota

WorkAbilities

Golden Valley, MN · ~86 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
8.5
Avg TCR
3.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

WorkAbilities runs at 225% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Sheltered workshops (i.e., work experience centers) workplace, earning a grade F.

WorkAbilities: 8.5 TCR = 225% of Sheltered workshops (i.e., work experience centers) BLS 3.8 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

WorkAbilities safety composite

WorkAbilities scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 14%), 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

25/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 8.54 per 100 workers

Safer than 20% of industry peers

DART rate
F 8.41 per 100 workers

Safer than 14% 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%).

WorkAbilities held a steady TCR band

WorkAbilities's TCR held near 0.3 from 8.7 in 2018 to 8.4 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2018 at 8.7 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0.98× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=8.7 · 2019=8.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 624310 · Golden Valley, MN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 8.5 · 225% of ind

  • DART 8.4 DART
  • RANK #40/58
  • PHOTO Arc Broward- BARC
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 10 inj
  • SIZE ~86 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Arc Broward- BARC (0.0 TCR gap)

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WorkAbilities in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows WorkAbilities averages 8.5 TCR (225% of the Sheltered workshops (i.e., work experience centers) BLS benchmark).

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

WorkAbilities TCR series: 2018=8.7 · 2019=8.4 · BLS 3.8

Where WorkAbilities falls in its industry

1,455 Sheltered workshops (i.e., wor establishments

Safer than 20% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #40 safest of 58 Sheltered workshops (i.e., wor employers in Minnesota.

WorkAbilities (86 employees, TCR 8.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 4.6 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 01,0002,0003,0004,0005,000 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate WorkAbilities
WorkAbilities (86 employees, TCR 8.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 4.6

WorkAbilities has more employees than the Sheltered workshops (i.e., work experien median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.6. 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
2019 8.4 8.4 5 0 0
2018 8.7 3.5 5 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

624310 · MN · Golden Valley

1,455 Sheltered workshops (i.e., work experience centers) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 115 employers in Golden Valley, 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 Arc Broward- BARC 8.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Northwest Indiana ARC 8.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Goodwill Garfield Store 8.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Group Supported Employment Program 8.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE 34 RECC 86 FTE
STATE-SIZE Palmer Soderberg, Inc. 86 FTE
STATE-SIZE Tri-State Drilling 86 FTE
STATE-SIZE Lloyd's Construction Services, Inc. 86 FTE
CITY-NEAR General Mills (Corporate) 3,932 FTE
CITY-NEAR Koch Companies 1,413 FTE
CITY-NEAR HoneywellMN10 1,388 FTE
CITY-NEAR James Ford Bell R&D Center 1,000 FTE
NAT-TCR Superior Grocers # 101 8.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Texas JP 8.5 TCR
NAT-TCR TNI - San Antonio, TX 8.5 TCR
NAT-TCR 6400-Swy 0027 3213 8.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Bell Plumbing and Heating Company 86 FTE
NAT-SIZE Caruso Produce Inc 86 FTE
NAT-SIZE Bali Hai Villas 86 FTE
NAT-SIZE BTP 86 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: 2019, 2018. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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