Department stores (except discount department stores) · Minnesota

Younkers -Austin

Name: Younkers -Austin Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Austin, MN · ~53 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

B
Good Safety Record: 2.3
Avg TCR: 3.4
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Younkers -Austin runs at 68% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Department stores (except discount department stores) workplace, earning a grade B.

Younkers -Austin: 2.3 TCR = 68% of Department stores (except discount department stores) BLS 3.4 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Younkers -Austin safety composite

Younkers -Austin scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 80% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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).

69/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): C 2.31 per 100 workers

Safer than 70% of industry peers
DART rate: B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 80% 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

−4.6

2016→2017

Younkers -Austin injury rate improved

Younkers -Austin's TCR fell 4.6 from 4.6 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2017. Peak filing year was 2016 at 4.6 TCR. In 2017, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=4.6 · 2017=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 452111 · Austin, MN AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.3 · 68% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #15/46
PHOTO STR0664
BOOK 2y book
INJ 1 inj
SIZE ~53 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: STR0664 (0.0 TCR gap)

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2.3
STR0664

2.3
Unit #1535

2.3
839 - Shrewsbu

2.3
Unit # 0955

2.3

What this shows Younkers -Austin averages 2.3 TCR (68% of the Department stores (except discount department stores) BLS benchmark).

Younkers -Austin TCR series: 2016=4.6 · 2017=0 · BLS 3.4

Where Younkers -Austin falls in its industry

1,987 Department stores (except disc establishments

Safer than 70% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

Grade B

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #15 safest of 46 Department stores (except disc employers in Minnesota.

Younkers -Austin (53 employees, TCR 2.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 46 employees and a TCR of 3.3

Younkers -Austin has more employees than the Department stores (except discount depar median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.3. 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
2017	0.0	0.0	0	0	0
2016	4.6	0.0	1	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

452111 · MN · Austin

1,987 Department stores (except discount department stores) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 75 employers in Austin, MN · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	STR0664	ELIZABETHTOWN, KY	2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Unit #1535	BUTLER, PA	2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	839 - Shrewsbury	SHREWSBURY, NJ	2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Unit # 0955	HUNTINGTON PARK, CA	2.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE	North Ottawa	WENDELL	53 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Perham Breeder Farms	PERHAM	53 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Wastewater Treatment Facility	HUTCHINSON	53 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Maertens- Brenny Construction Company	MINNEAPOLIS	53 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Hormel Foods - Austin	Austin	1,914 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Hormel Foods - Austin Plant	Austin	1,884 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Hormel Foods Corporation	Austin	1,581 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Quality Pork Processors Inc.	Austin	1,208 FTE
NAT-TCR	Benchmark-Worthington	Worthington, OH	2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Grid Solutions : AIS - USC - Charleroi, PA, USA	Charleroi, PA	2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Big Lots Store #4627 Colorado Spring	Colorado Springs, CO	2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Mercy Inpatient Meical Associates (MIMA)	Springfield, MA	2.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Peterson Hospice	Kerrville, TX	53 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Dexter N and R LLC	Dexter, MO	53 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Streamline Precision Contracting, LLC	Burley, ID	53 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Delaware Valley Shippers Inc	Bensalem, PA	53 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: 2017, 2016. 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.