Farm supplies merchant wholesalers · Minnesota

(05) VC Location

Vernon Center, MN · ~27 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
13.3
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

(05) VC Location runs at 604% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Farm supplies merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.

(05) VC Location: 13.3 TCR = 604% of Farm supplies merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

(05) VC Location safety composite

(05) VC Location 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

23/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 13.28 per 100 workers

Safer than 2% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.88 per 100 workers

Safer than 28% 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%).

TCR Δ

−8.2

2017→2022

(05) VC Location injury rate improved

(05) VC Location's TCR fell 8.2 from 12.1 in 2017 to 3.9 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2021 at 40.9 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0.29× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=12.1 · 2018=4.0 · 2019=12.4 · 2020=6.4 · 2021=40.9 · 2022=3.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 424910 · Vernon Center, MN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 13.3 · 604% of ind

  • DART 3.9 DART
  • RANK #67/72
  • PHOTO Southern States Midl…
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 9 inj
  • SIZE ~27 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Southern States Midlothian Service (0.0 TCR gap)

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(05) VC Location in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows (05) VC Location averages 13.3 TCR (604% of the Farm supplies merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

(05) VC Location TCR series: 2017=12.1 · 2018=4 · 2019=12.4 · 2020=6.4 · 2021=40.9 · 2022=3.9 · BLS 2.2

Where (05) VC Location falls in its industry

1,202 Farm supplies merchant wholesa establishments

Safer than 2% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #67 safest of 72 Farm supplies merchant wholesa employers in Minnesota.

(05) VC Location (27 employees, TCR 13.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 30 employees and a TCR of 3.5 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 (05) VC Location
(05) VC Location (27 employees, TCR 13.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 30 employees and a TCR of 3.5

(05) VC Location has fewer employees than the Farm supplies merchant wholesalers median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.5. 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
2022 3.9 3.9 1 0 0
2021 40.9 37.2 1 10 0
2020 6.4 6.4 1 0 0
2019 12.4 4.1 3 0 0
2018 4.0 0.0 1 0 0
2017 12.1 0.0 2 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

424910 · MN · Vernon Center

1,202 Farm supplies merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 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 Southern States Midlothian Service 13.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR NEW Cooperative, Inc. - Duncombe Mill 13.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Weyauwega Feed/Agronomy 13.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Southern States Monroe Service 13.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Featherstone Fruits and Vegetables LLC. 27 FTE
STATE-SIZE Forest City Feedmill 27 FTE
STATE-SIZE Schwartz Farms PAP MN 27 FTE
STATE-SIZE 2011-Stanton, MN 27 FTE
NAT-TCR Southern States Creedmoor Service 13.3 TCR
NAT-TCR 6962-ABS-0029-0028-01345 13.3 TCR
NAT-TCR HG1050 13.3 TCR
NAT-TCR 5472-NAI-0032-0032-03514 13.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE US TX Boerne 28855 IH 10 West 27 FTE
NAT-SIZE 2904-AWP-CA 27 FTE
NAT-SIZE 2904-AWP-OH 27 FTE
NAT-SIZE Service Motor Company Dale 27 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: 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017. 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.