Impression material, dental, manufacturing · Minnesota

Zirc Dental Products Inc

Buffalo, MN · ~61 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
14.0
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Zirc Dental Products Inc runs at 425% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Impression material, dental, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Zirc Dental Products Inc: 14.0 TCR = 425% of Impression material, dental, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Zirc Dental Products Inc safety composite

Zirc Dental Products Inc scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 0%), 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

13/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 14.04 per 100 workers

Safer than 0% of industry peers

DART rate
F 9.97 per 100 workers

Safer than 2% 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

−18.4

2021→2024

Zirc Dental Products Inc injury rate improved

Zirc Dental Products Inc's TCR fell 18.4 from 28.3 in 2021 to 10.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 28.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.71× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=28.3 · 2022=9.3 · 2023=8.5 · 2024=10.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 339114 · Buffalo, MN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 14.0 · 425% of ind

  • DART 10.0 DART
  • RANK P0
  • PHOTO Columbia Dentoform C…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 10 inj
  • SIZE ~61 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Columbia Dentoform Corporation (0.1 TCR gap)

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Zirc Dental Products Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Zirc Dental Products Inc averages 14.0 TCR (425% of the Impression material, dental, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Zirc Dental Products Inc TCR series: 2021=28.3 · 2022=9.3 · 2023=8.5 · 2024=10 · BLS 3.3

Where Zirc Dental Products Inc falls in its industry

111 Impression material, dental, m establishments

Safer than 0% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Zirc Dental Products Inc (61 employees, TCR 14.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 122 employees and a TCR of 2.3 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 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Zirc Dental Products Inc
Zirc Dental Products Inc (61 employees, TCR 14.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 122 employees and a TCR of 2.3

Zirc Dental Products Inc has fewer employees than the Impression material, dental, manufacturi median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.3. 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
2024 10.0 10.0 5 0 0
2023 8.5 5.1 4 1 0
2022 9.3 7.5 1 4 0
2021 28.3 26.3 0 14 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

339114 · MN · Buffalo

111 Impression material, dental, 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 Columbia Dentoform Corporation 13.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Crosstex - PA 12.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Precision One Medical 11.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Garreco Heber Springs 10.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Gittleman Construction and Maintenance 61 FTE
STATE-SIZE R and G Construction Co. 61 FTE
STATE-SIZE BLK ELECTRIC 61 FTE
STATE-SIZE Cresco Food Technologies 61 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 Midcoast- 123 Medical Ctr Dr 14.0 TCR
NAT-TCR ServiceOne Air Conditioning Main Office 14.0 TCR
NAT-TCR 42 - Harriman 14.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Arma Health and Rehab 14.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Rosen Aviation 61 FTE
NAT-SIZE Kiski Precision Industries, LLC 61 FTE
NAT-SIZE Fairfield-Suisun Sewer District 61 FTE
NAT-SIZE Wolf Industries Inc 61 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, 2022, 2021. 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.