Brake and brake parts, automotive, truck, and bus, manufacturing · Minnesota

ZF North Mankato

North Mankato, MN · ~202 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.9
Avg TCR
5.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

ZF North Mankato runs at 35% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Brake and brake parts, automotive, truck, and bus, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

ZF North Mankato: 1.9 TCR = 35% of Brake and brake parts, automotive, truck, and bus, manufacturing BLS 5.4 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

ZF North Mankato safety composite

ZF North Mankato scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 60% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 30%), 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).

D

47/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 1.91 per 100 workers

Safer than 60% of industry peers

DART rate
F 2.14 per 100 workers

Safer than 30% 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%).

Rising injury rate

ZF North Mankato: 1.1 → 2.7 TCR

Peak year 2023 @ 2.7 TCR · DART/TCR 1.12× in 2023

ZF North Mankato's TCR rose 1.6 from 1.1 in 2022 to 2.7 in 2023. In 2023, DART was 1.12× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 336340 · North Mankato, MN AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 1.9 · 35% of ind

  • DART 2.1 DART
  • RANK P60
  • PHOTO Nastra Automotive In…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 7 inj
  • SIZE ~202 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Nastra Automotive Industries (0.0 TCR gap)

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ZF North Mankato in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows ZF North Mankato averages 1.9 TCR (35% of the Brake and brake parts, automotive, truck, and bus, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

ZF North Mankato TCR series: 2022=1.1 · 2023=2.7 · BLS 5.4

Where ZF North Mankato falls in its industry

133 Brake and brake parts, automot establishments

Safer than 60% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
ZF North Mankato (202 employees, TCR 1.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 150 employees and a TCR of 2.6 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 02004006008001,000 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate ZF North Mankato
ZF North Mankato (202 employees, TCR 1.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 150 employees and a TCR of 2.6

ZF North Mankato has more employees than the Brake and brake parts, automotive, truck median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.6. 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
2023 2.7 2.1 5 0 0
2022 1.1 0.6 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

336340 · MN · North Mankato

133 Brake and brake parts, automotive, truck, and bus, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 57 employers in North 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 Nastra Automotive Industries 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ausco Products Inc. 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Dexter Axle Company - Plant 13 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR WABCO-MICO North Mankato 1.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Ventura Foods 202 FTE
STATE-SIZE Metal-Matic, LLC Minneapolis Plant 202 FTE
STATE-SIZE Pequot Tool & Mfg., Inc. 202 FTE
STATE-SIZE TEAM Industries Audubon 202 FTE
CITY-NEAR FUN.com Inc 776 FTE
CITY-NEAR The Occasions Group Inc. - 0156-MNNO3 542 FTE
CITY-NEAR The Occasions Group - MN - 0156 404 FTE
CITY-NEAR Corporate Graphics Commercial - 0027-MNNO10 349 FTE
NAT-TCR Loudon #138 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Morse Rubber 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR King County District Court 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR BrandSafway Services, LLC - Eugene Branch 1.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Rohm and Haas Chemicals LLC 202 FTE
NAT-SIZE Anchor Packaging Inc. Jonesboro 202 FTE
NAT-SIZE UVRC 202 FTE
NAT-SIZE Oregon Cascades West Council of Governments 202 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: 2023, 2022. 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.